{"id":399,"date":"2019-10-13T13:35:02","date_gmt":"2019-10-13T03:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5786.temp.domains\/~theasid4\/?p=399"},"modified":"2026-09-23T13:01:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T03:31:28","slug":"in-appreciation-of-cambodia-yes-the-team-that-just-lost-14-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiangame.net\/ro\/in-appreciation-of-cambodia-yes-the-team-that-just-lost-14-0\/","title":{"rendered":"In appreciation of Cambodia &#8211; yes, the team that just lost 14-0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 id=\"you-may-have-noticed-iran-played-cambodia-on-thursday-and-it-got-really-ugly-really-fast\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">You may have noticed, Iran played Cambodia on Thursday and it got really ugly, really fast.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A thrashing in Tehran was arguably inevitable but it was made \u201eworse\u201c by the increased coverage due to the gates of Azadi Stadium being, for once, opened to female spectators (well,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sepehrifar\/status\/1182327882884009984?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">semi-opened<\/a>, it should be noted).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That left me at a curious crossroads \u2014 on the one hand, the game made for a feel-good story; on the other hand, Cambodia\u2019s struggles made for&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsportsasia.com\/football\/asian-football\/fifa-wc-asian-qualifiers\/1183647\/fans-troll-cambodia-after-record-14-0-loss-to-iran-in-2022-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers\/\" target=\"_blank\">too cheap a punchline for many<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So here it goes \u2014 my awkwardly timed attempt to write Cambodia a feel-good story of their own (actual) making. You are all welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The cruel irony is not lost on me; it does feel peculiar to be writing a defence of a team that clearly cannot defend to save their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was all there: players sort of trying to block shots but not really because they are too afraid to face the ball; a clumsy close-range deflection into own net; defender getting nutmegged inside his own penalty box; goalkeeper fumbling at a simple shot; a textbook back pass claimed by the same keeper to set up an irresistible indirect free kick; a schoolboy penalty foul by the goalkeeper\u2026 oh hang on, the last one was actually Beiranvand on the other side. Never mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a way, the defensive performance resembled that of Norwich against Liverpool on the opening matchday of this Premier League season. It was \u201cnaive\u201d in all senses of the word, not least for Cambodia\u2019s reluctance to stop playing out of the back even at 0-14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But that\u2019s exactly it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Norwich have their own way of playing and won\u2019t drop it just because they face a vastly superior opponent, which is precisely why they \u201cstunned\u201d Manchester City a few weeks later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cambodia have their own way of playing \u2014 they might be \u201csoft\u201d and will always come up short at set pieces (something Iran exploited too), but they know how to combine and can cause serious troubles to anyone with their agility and relentless pressing \u2014 and they won\u2019t drop it against Iran just like they didn\u2019t drop it against Bahrain a few weeks prior, ending up one unlucky bounce removed from a valuable point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"297\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theasiangame.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/gif1.gif?resize=600%2C297&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-403\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cambodia find themselves in a tough group consisting of three 2019 Asian Cup knock-out stages participants and Hong Kong who are notoriously hard to score against.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet Cambodia did it in their home opener, and ultimately held them to a 1-1 draw. The \u201cscore line\u201d as far as average age of starting XI members goes? 24.00 \u2013 29.36 for Hong Kong; a difference of over&nbsp;<em>five<\/em>&nbsp;years. Only four of the Cambodian starters on the day had featured in at least half (nine) of their WC18\/AC19 qualifiers;&nbsp;<em>six<\/em>&nbsp;virtually didn\u2019t play a role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a team building for future, gaining experience while playing their way, absorbing patterns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At this stage four years ago, many players were caught in a revolving door. Only Malaysia (32) had used more players than Cambodia (29) after five opening games of the last WCQ cycle. This time around, Cambodia boast one of the most rigid (19 players)&nbsp;<em>and<\/em>&nbsp;youngest squads around, while only one position \u2014 up top \u2014 has been up for grabs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The turnaround is amazing. F\u00e9lix Dalm\u00e1s regularly puts faith in seven or eight players under 23 years and as many as 10 U-25s, be it from the start or off the bench. The influence of Keisuke Honda can\u2019t be denied at this point either \u2014 if it\u2019s indirect through his football school he runs in Cambodia, or very much first-hand as he\u2019s been ever present on the bench.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike 2015, Cambodia now have their own poster boy, too. In June, Sieng Chanthea (#17) became his country\u2019s youngest ever scorer at 16, later assisting on another goal in the return game vs Pakistan or hitting a post vs Hong Kong, and was just recently nominated by his FA for the AFC Young Player of the Year. He won\u2019t win it, of course, but the \u201cCambodian Messi\u201d tag is coming for the nifty left winger if it hasn\u2019t landed yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"297\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theasiangame.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/gif2.gif?resize=600%2C297&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-404\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mostly hailing from the current top two of the local C-League (Svay Rieng and Visakha supply six to seven starters), Cambodia can\u2019t possibly aspire to become the next Vietnam anytime soon \u2014 at least not until their internationals start flooding better Southeast Asian leagues. But they already make for one of the most fun sides of these qualifiers, and not because they allowed Iran to demolish them. For just about every other reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quite naturally for such an inexperienced side, Cambodia still have a lot of things to figure out. They complement each other well, produce many give-and-go\u2019s or one-two\u2019s, and manage to create partial man advantages quite regularly, but they almost exclusively do so on the left side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Against Hong Kong, for instance, they led&nbsp;<em>twenty<\/em>&nbsp;of their 30 attacks (including counters) down the left. Moreover, while they are able to break out of their half quite effectively, they often just get stuck in wide areas, unable to progress into the final third. Cambodia rarely have\/use that central \u201cescape\u201d route and rather resort to awfully rushed deep crosses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That being said, their interplay is unbearably cute, and I could genuinely spend a whole day just recording all relevant sequences to show you just&nbsp;<em>how<\/em>&nbsp;cute it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keo Soksela, the 22-year-old goalkeeper, seems skillful with his feet and can support the build-up well, while Keo Sokpheng (#14) is the key to unlocking defences worth copying. He excels in tight spaces when on the ball, and every so often offers up for that rare outlet pass up top, potentially giving Cambodia at least some cutting edge off the ball. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"297\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theasiangame.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/gif3.gif?resize=600%2C297&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-405\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlecsStam\/status\/1172231435471728640?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">Honda\u2019s casual wear<\/a>&nbsp;or what, but Cambodia just seem to play without nerves. It can backfire, sure, but you only win with courage and these guys have it aplenty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cambodia play football for themselves and their fans who loudly cheer on&nbsp;<em>every single<\/em>&nbsp;intricate passing move they put together. As many as 45,500 spectators watched their home opener vs Hong Kong and only 500 less people turned up for the Bahrain game a couple of days later. Just listening to the crowd, one would think goals are secondary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Iraq visit Phnom Penh on Tuesday, the reality surely won\u2019t be any different. And why would it? The fans will come, because the players have seemingly&nbsp;<em>sworn<\/em>&nbsp;to entertain them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At all cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Photo:<\/em><\/strong><em> Football Federation Cambodia<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have noticed, Iran played Cambodia on Thursday and it got really ugly, really fast. A thrashing in Tehran was arguably inevitable but it was made \u201eworse\u201c by the increased coverage due to the gates of Azadi Stadium being, for once, opened to female spectators (well,&nbsp;semi-opened, it should be noted). 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