Buriram lost at home to Ventforet Kofu in the AFC Champions League by a narrow 3-2 margin, halting their path to the AFC Champions League only at the group stage.
AFC Champions League 2023/24 Group H, sixth and final match. “Thunder Castle” Buriram United, which is in third place with 6 points, opens the Buriram Stadium to welcome its guest, Ventforet Kofu of Japan, who is the leader with 8 points. The first match is against Vant. Foret Kofu won 1-0. In this match Buriram wanted to win in hopes of qualifying to the round of 16 but did not have 3 players like Ramil Chidaev (8 matches), Leon James (6 matches) and Chitipat Tan Klang (6 matches) suspended from the match. He went to battle in the away match against Zhejiang FC.
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The game arrived in the 24th minute, with Ventforet Kofu attacking and Buriram United leading 1-0, at which point Soporn Penakatafu passed the ball to Motoki Hasegawa before the ball bounced into the goal, Motoki Hasegawa’s shot disappearing into the goal.
In the 38th minute, the Japanese team took a 2-0 lead, and the visiting team scored the second goal after Peter Otaka cleared the ball inside the penalty area. Before he could shoot with his left hand, the ball hit the left post inside the goal, and Ventforet Kofu led Buriram United 2-0.
Two minutes before the end of the first half, Akontoka from the Land of the Rising Sun took a 3-0 lead when Ryotaro Nakamura shot the ball and it bounced off a Thunder Castle player. The ball came at the second post, and it came in the path of Peter Otaka, and he shot a clear shot, which did not miss, and ended the first 45 minutes with this result.
Returning in the second half, Buriram settled the match well, as only 3 minutes had passed, scoring the equalizer 1-3 from the ball sent by Tirathorn Boonmathan from the middle of the field to substitute Arthit Buchenda, who entered in place of Supachai. Jay Date came to collect the ball before slotting the ball past visiting goalkeeper Kohei Kawata.
After scoring an egg-breaking goal, the third-placed Thai team came out to continue the fight and in the 53rd minute they scored to make it 2-3 from the penalty spot when Peradun Chamarasamy slid inside the box. By trying to bob the ball and continue playing. But the ball hit Chen Inoue’s arm and the referee did not hesitate to award a penalty kick, and Goran Kasic took responsibility for the fatal blow and hit the crossbar.
In the 61st minute, Buriram missed the equaliser, and at that time Thanakrit Chutmuangpak opened the ball from the left side and entered the penalty area, so Peradun Chamarasamy ran and shot it towards the left post. The ball flew into the goal and Kohei Kawata made a great effort to clear it.
The match lasted more than 75 minutes, and Thunder Castle even tried to speed up the offensive play. But it still couldn’t be called an equalizer.
At the end of the match, in the 88th minute, Buriram wasted a golden opportunity to equalize when Shin Inoue passed the ball with his head in the path of Sasalak Hyperakon, so he ran over it and hit the ball, and with one kick he shot the ball directly into the base of the goal. Left post Kohei Kawata drops to catch the ball. In the remaining time there were no additional goals, and the match ended with Buriram narrowly losing to Ventforet Govu 2-3, and unfortunately they were eliminated from the group stage of the AFC Champions League. By finishing third in the group, Ventforet Govu advanced as group champion with 11 points.
List of players from both teams
Buriram United: Siwarak Thesongnuen (GK), Sasalak Haiprakoon, Rattanakorn Maikami, Dion Coles, Soporn Penakatavo (Piawat Petra 69), Naroypudin Wirawat Nodom (M), Terathorn Punmathan, Goran Kosic (Jerapong Boingwirawong 80), Thanakrit Chotmuangpak (Thawachai Enprakhon 74), Peradon. Chamrasamy (Siksan Ratri, 74), Supachai Gidit (Athit Pochinda, 46)
Ventforet Kofu: Kohei Kawata (GK), Masahiro Sekiguchi (M), Shin Inoue, Kaito Kamiya (Yoshiki Torikai 72), Sota Miu Ra, Nagi Matsumoto, Ryotaro Nakamura (Koya Hayashida 82), Cristiano (Getulio Vanllelli 82), Riko Lee Jimma ( Sodai Hasokawa (59), Motoki Hasegawa, Peter Otaka (Kazushi Matsuhiro 59)
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