There has been a change to Phnom Penh Crown's training camp across the border and instead of heading for Vietnam as originally thought, they will now relocate to Bangkok in Thailand on Christmas Day for five days, to train and play a couple of friendly matches. This will be a great opportunity for coach Bojan Hodak to cement his new squad and engender team spirit ahead of the forthcoming Hun Sen Cup matches that begin on 7 January in Kompong Thom. Their likely opponents will be two Thai Premier league teams, thought to be Bangkok Glass and maybe BEC Tero Sasana, though that is still awaiting confirmation. Last June, Crown took part and won a four-team tournament in Mukdahan province in Thailand, that included the home team, Thai side Loei City and Champasak from Laos. Meanwhile, 21 members of the North Korean Olympic football squad (they call themselves DPR Korea) are in Cambodia and based at the National Football Center just outside Phnom Penh at Cheng Meng until the middle of January. They have a strict training regime whilst they are here but may squeeze in a couple of games against local club sides.Update:
The two friendly games during Phnom Penh Crown's Bangkok trip have now been confirmed. Crown will meet Thai Regional League Division 2 team Nonthaburi FC on 26 December at 4pm. They will then face Thai Premier League side
5 comments:
Hi Andy.
Does the North Korean Olympic plan to play with the Cambodian national team ?
Good question. You would've thought so but no-one has mentioned that as yet.
A game against the Cambodian national team would be a perfect friendly in the run up to the important AFC Challenge Cup matches in February.
The C-League teams have been told to contact the Koreans to see if they are willing to play some practice matches whilst they are here.
Andy
I hope the federation will plan that match,So I have the good opportunity to them play.because the North Korean is not a weak team in Asia.Especially their youth team.haha.
Andy, What is their (North korea olympic team) mission in Cambodia?
Hi Anon,
to dominate world football perhaps? Seriously, I believe its just a way to get some hard-earned team practice together ahead of the Olympics, which is next year. In Cambodia, they can do that out of the glare of the public eye, in the main.
Other than that, I have no idea why they would come to train in Cheng Meng.
Andy
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