13. Restarting The Season

After all the shenanigans with the bug, the editor and the unregistered players I am now ready to re-start the season, starting with my trip (again) to Vishaka, complete with their foreign stars and first team players.

Season 2 Match 1 20/03/21  – Vishaka v EDC (Match Replayed)

While I don’t envisage a comfortable 4-1 win, I hope we can make life difficult for Vishaka and cause a few problems ourselves. We line up in a 4-2-3-1 formation with 2 DMCs and defensive full backs to negate the threat of North Korea. I think we have made some good signings in pre-season, but they still do not match up to the quality of teams like Vishaka. Good luck boys! 

Team: 4-2-3-1 Channou, Channeroun, Daravon, Khemarin, Ratana, Raksa, Sedsody, Sung Rot, Veasna, Fasal, Chanraksmey

Vishaka 2-4 EDC

Kim Kyong Hun 17. ///  Chanraksmey 9,36,45,68

Mihaljevic 92                  

Registered players or unregistered players, North Koreans or no North Koreans.. I think it was written in the footie manager stars that we were going to win this one. We were brilliant! Organised in defence we negated the threat of the our Korean friends and Mihaelovic our wandering Croatian while attacking with verve and creativity at the other end. Chanraksmey was simply on fire, and a constant threat in behind, a pure masterclass in leading the line as a lone striker.

Their left back dwelled on ball, Veasna tackled and crossed for Chanraksmy to head in. Soon after, Kim Kyong Hun finished off a sweeping Vishaka move by firing into the bottom corner. Then Channeroun played a lovely flighted ball for the onrushing Chanraksmey who volleyed beautifully into the top corner to restore the lead.

Our on-loan DMC, Raksa chipped the ball forward and Chanraksmey poked it past the keeper for No 3 and a perfect hat trick. Veasna’s free kick found Chanraksmey who controlled turned and fired a shot past the keeper 4-1!

Mihaljevic scored a screamer at the end but it hardly mattered. Rudd’s boys never looked like losing this and I think this is a reward for my honesty in registering all the players in the C-League to make it a proper competition!

Prime Minister’s Cup - 1^st Qualifying Round – EDC v Kampong Cham

Our friendly fixture resulted in a 5-1 victory and I still expect a comfortable win against last year’s C-League whipping boys. I will go with a 4-4-2 with a diamond in midfield. Keo Udom will make his full debut and I may consider bringing in some other players from the squad. Ok quite a few changes but I still have the big guns on the bench to bring on if things go Pete Tong.

Team: Kong Rafat, Long Sophahon, Nara, Sophana, Channeroun, Punlock, Ouch Udom, Saray, Veasna, Keo Udom, Rotha

 

EDC 10-0 Kampong Cham

Rotha 7,8,40,50

Sophina 13

K Udom 26, 45,47, 65

Raksa 80

Well that was a bit good. I really did not expect to win 10-0 but there we go. Perhaps the Kampong players wished they had remained unregistered! We were awesome and looked like scoring with every attack. Udom and Rotha ran their defence ragged and bagged four goals each. Kong Rafat in goal had nothing to do as they rarely made it into our half of the field, such was our dominance. Whatsmore this was a Second XI out, except for Veasna and Udom so god knows what damage our first team could have done. Just magnificent!  A run down of each of the goals are below. We have also broken the record for the biggest win in the Prime Minister’s Cup and it's only my first game in the competition.

1-0: Rotha penalty after being hacked down in the box after good work from Saray

2-0: K. Udom ran at the defence before providing a pinpoint ball for Rotha to round the keeper and slot home.

3-0 Veasna’s free kick into the box found the head of defender Sophina who flicked it into the bottom corner.

4-0 Veasna cut in from the right, played to Rotha who slid in K.Udom whose shot sneaked in off the inside of the post .

5-0 Their goal kick went straight to O. Udom who played it over the top for Rotha to run onto. He did the rest..

6-0 From their attack Punlock won the ball who played it to K.Udom who ran past the defence and slotted home- 6-0 before half time!

7-0 Substitute Fasal ran with the ball down the right, gets tackled, retrieves the ball sends in a peach of a cross for K.Udom to bag his 4^th goal!

8-0 This is getting embarrassing now.. Leng Sophson plays the ball into the box. Missed header Rotha runs onto it 8-0!

9-0 Ball forward from Nara. K.Udom ran onto the ball and slots past the keeper. I think we are in the next round now…

10-0 Substitute Raksa wins a free kick. He fires it into the top corner 10-0!

Here's what FM made of it all..

Board Confidence Update

Not a bad time to have one of these when your team has just won 10-0! In summary they are pleased with that, plus the harmony and stability at the club I have created, but they still think, while my Wing Play style is easy on the eye and we are scoring goals, they are concerned that we are conceding too many as well...

Match 3- EDC v Rithy Sen 

03/04/21

After two comfortable victories in league and cup we go into this game against newly promoted Rithy Sen with a lot of confidence. I revert back to the 4-2-3-1 formation, but Udom comes in for Sedsody as a more attack minded midfielder. Sok Chanraksmey continues as our gun lone striker.

Team: Channou, Channeroun, Daravon, Khemarin, Ratana, Raksa, O Udom, Sung Rot, Veasna, Fasal, Chanraksmey

EDC 4-2 Rithy Sen

Chanraksmey 22,49, 82 ///// Piphop 76, Rozaly 92

K Udom 86

A game which we deserved to win, but not without the odd scare along the way. Chanraksmy was in imperious form once again, while Veasna and Suray looked dangerous on the flanks. Khemarin was sent off for two bookable offences when the score was 2-1.

A slick passing move in midfield enabled O. Udom to release Chanraksmy with a super slide rule through ball to slot in the first goal. For the second goal, Rithy Sen lost the ball in midfield. Raksa then flighted a lovely ball into the box, which Chanraksmey volleyed nonchalantly in off the post first time, for a lovely goal. The wonderfully named Piphop broke away to score for Rithy Sen, powering it past the keeper when one on one.

From our goal kick its headed clear, only to Veasna who slipped in Chanraksmey who fired low into the bottom corner 3-1. Substitute Sann Suhana drove forward in midfield, but was tackled. The ball fell kindly for Keo Udom who strode forward to just inside the area, before unleashing a fearsome strike into the bottom corner 4-1. Their consolation came when Vatanuk broke down the right wing, before squaring for Rozaly to slot home. A good win which makes it 2 wins out of 2 and sends us top of the league!

A fantastic start to the season for EDC, scoring 18 goals in three games, with Sok Chanraksmey bagging two hat-tricks, but is this just a brief power surge in Electricitié Du Cambodge's quest for glory? Find out next time on The Ultimate World Football Manager Game! 

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