AFC Champions League Two
The Cambodian outfit, who were four-up before the break, claimed their first Group G win and goals in superb fashion and moved to four points while Tampines Rovers continued to languish at the bottom after their third defeat.
Svay Rieng’s Silvester van der Water and Martins Junior combined to great effect in the ninth minute when the former’s shot struck the bar and landed at Martins Junior’s feet, who drilled his shot through defender Irfan Fandi’s legs and past a flailing Zharfan Rohaizad.
The visitors waited just six minutes to double their lead, Thiago Alves, after a lay up by Takaki Ose, finding his way between two defenders and slipping the ball past a flat-footed Zharfan onto the left post and into the net.
Martin Junior set up the third in the 24th minute with a lob to Alves, who outpaced defender Jacob Mahler and side-footed home into a goalmouth left empty by the Tampines Rovers custodian, who had come off his line.
The home side did their best to rally but the Cambodian outfit dealt them another blow in the 42nd minute when van de Waters, off a poor clearance by Zharfan, slipped the ball to Kwame Peprah, who trapped it and calmly chipped over the custodian from the edge of the area.
Group G: Tampines Rovers FC (SGP) v Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng FC (CAM)
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Tampines Rovers came out determined after the break to reduce the four-goal deficit but Hide Higashikawa failed to pull one back in the 57th minute by shooting straight at Vireak Dara in a one-on-one encounter after a fine lay-up from Shah Shahiran on the right.
Instead, Svay Rieng surged further ahead when Nnamdi Ibeh, who came on in the 64th minute, found space on the left four minutes later and finished with a curling shot past a hesitating Zharfan.
Tampines Rovers had to wait until the dot of regulation time for their consolation, Raoul Suhaimi latching onto a cross from Takeshi Yoshimoto to steer his header into the bottom left.
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