FiFA world ranking 2010, Laos is ranking 171 of the world

Laos was ranking in 178 of the world in 2009 according the FIFA world ranking on December 2009. after the Laos had a great performance during the seagames2009, Laos earns more points and the ranking reduces to 171 of the world while Cambodia is ranking ahead of Laos (170). however , the suzuki cup 2010 will give Laos the credit and more pts for the world ranking if Laos will be winning of the group or qualified to the semifal or final.

Lao boys train hard to win the suzuki cup 2010

Mr soulivan senvilay told the vientianemai that, after Laos won the qualifying rounds, Lao squad are training very hard to play the final round of suzuki cup 2010 in Indonesia. Laos will play the warm up match in overseas before heading to Indonesia according the Seceraty of Lao football federation Mr soulivan added.

Laos get a deserved rest

VIENTIANE: With their place secured in the group stage of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2010, Laos coach David Booth has given his players some time off before they begin their preparations for December's group stage. 

The Laotians booked their spot in Group A alongside Thailand, Malaysia and hosts Indonesia after thrashing Timor Leste 6-1 on Tuesday to finish first in the qualifying competition at the National Sports Complex in Vientiane. 

It was the successful culmination of three months of hard work by the team, for which Booth felt that his players were fully deserving of some downtime. 

"We've give them a few days holiday," said the veteran English coach. "They've been working hard for the last three months so they deserve to take a break. 

"We will talk about the group stage more when we get back together for training." 

Laos have now topped the qualifiers in three consecutive editions of the Suzuki Cup. But Booth feels that it will matter little if they do not show a marked improvement in the group stage of the tournament. 

The Laotians have never beaten any of their Group A opponents in the Asean championship. And they have lost all of their games in the last two tournaments in 2007 and 2008, conceding an alarming 36 goals in only six games. 

While Booth is not expecting a miracle turnaround of fortunes for his side in Jakarta, he is hoping for them to show some improvement against the region's bigger teams. 

"We need to play against better teams and see what standard we're coming up to," said the 62-year-old, who took charge of the Laotians earlier this year. 

"We have the talent and we're trying to get them to work harder. Hopefully we can put some good games together there. 

"We want to be competitive in time to come so it's important now not to go backwards." 

Such is the positive attitude in the Laos camp that Booth is confident that he will continue to see improvement by his charges in the group stage. 

"I've been in charge for nearly for nearly three months and what has impressed me the most in that time is not individual players but the team spirit and hard-working attitude. They work the way that we want them to work and they work very hard at trying to do things correctly. 

"Timor Leste may not be the best of teams but to score six goals against any team is very good. We were also very unlucky not to beat Philippines and Cambodia during the qualifiers. 



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Berkacalah Jakartan!

Lagu Hujan jangan marah dari Efek Rumah Kaca sepertinya sangat tepat menggambarkan anomali cuaca yang terjadi saat ini, khususnya di Jakarta. Hujan dan petir sepertinya sedang hinggap di langit Ibukota beberapa pekan ini. Tentunya hujan yang mengguyur Jakarta akan menyebabkan ‘genangan’ (red; menurut Foke) dan efek domino, yakni kemacetan di jalan-jalan Jakarta. Banjir dan macet adalah dua permasalahan besar Jakarta yang belum bisa terselesaikan hingga kini. Terlepas dari letak geologis tanah Jakarta yang memang lebih rendah dari permukaan laut, kondisi tata ruang dan kesadaran warganya menjadi fokus tersendiri.

Kejadian beberapa hari lalu ketika Jakarta dikepung kemacetan dan banjir yang terparah dalam 3 tahun terakhir, banyak dari kita yang memaki dan mencaci para stake holder kota ini. Tentu saja semua bermuara kepada Fauzi Bowo a.k.a Foke selaku Gubernur DKI Jakarta. Dari beberapa statement dapat diambil sebuah benang merah jika warga Jakarta sudah muak dengan kondisi ini dan menginginkan suatu tindakan cepat dan tepat dari Pemerintah DKI Jakarta.

Tindakan dari Pemerintah DKI Jakarta memang perlu dilakukan sebelum kemacetan dan banjir ini ‘membunuh’ warganya di jalan-jalan ibukota. Tapi pernah kah terpikir jika tindakan progresif revolusioner yang diambil oleh Pemda DKI Jakarta juga harus diikuti tindakan kooperatif kita semua. Siapkah anda harus menumpang angkot? Siap kah anda menggunakan BBM non subsidi? Atau siap kah kita tidak perlu menggunakan jasa joki 3 in 1? Dan masih banyak pertanyaan lainnya mengenai kesediaan kita untuk sedikit berkorban demi mengurai masalah ini. Kebijakan sebagus apapun tanpa adanya partisipasi dari kita semua tentunya hanya akan menjadi sia-sia. Teringat akan diskusi saya dengan sebuah LSM beberapa waktu lalu, dalam diskusi tersebut terungkap bahwa mayoritas warga Jakarta hanya menjadikan Jakarta sebagai ‘ladang uang’. Mereka tak akan peduli dengan kondisi lingkungan sekitar, terpenting bagi mereka adalah mendapatkan uang dari Jakarta. Sebuah fakta yang sangat ironis!


Jakarta adalah rumah kita semua, tempat kita bernaung tak peduli asal-usul kita. Jika kita semua merasa belum mampu dan saya yakin mayoritas dari kita hanya mampu menuntut tanpa ada mau sedikit berkorban, lebih baik tak usah mencaci maki., atau mungkin lebih baik kita kembali ke kampung halaman kita saja! Banjir dan macet adalah masalah oldschool yang terpola, bahkan dari zaman kolonial. Tinggal bagaimana kita mau menyikapinya dan tindakan dari Pemda DKI Jakarta sebagai pengambil kebijakan kita tunggu, kebijakan yang cepat dan tepat! Semua perlu pengorbanan Pemda Dki dan kita semua selaku warga yang ‘baik’.

Alam tak pernah marah, semua yang terjadi adalah refleksi apa yang kita lakukan selama ini. Mulailah mengubah pola pikir dan tindakan, buang semua ego dan rasa malu kita semua. Status sosial kita tak akan ditelanjangi bulat-bulat hanya karena kita beralih dari mobil menjadi motor/angkot. Jakarta kota gue, elo, dan kite semua, jangan cengeng hidup dimari. Sampai detik ini dan selamanya gue akan selalu bilang AKU CINTA J.A.K.A.R.T.A!

LAOS EMERGE CHAMPS AND CLAIM FINAL ROUND BERTH WITH PHILIPPINES

LAOS EMERGE CHAMPS AND CLAIM FINAL ROUND BERTH WITH PHILIPPINES

VIENTIANE (26 Oct 2010) – Hosts Laos emerged the champions of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 qualifying rounds for the second time in succession after sensationally beating Timor Leste 6-1 at the National Sports Complex tonight. Philippines, who finished second on an inferior goal difference, have claimed the other slot after earlier sharing points with Cambodia in an earlier tie. Laos will join a difficult Group A where they will have Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand for company while the Philippines will battle it out with defending champions Vietnam, Singapore and Myanmar in Group B. Cambodia, second in the previous qualifying tournament two years ago, finished third with five points, similar to Laos and the Philippines, but lost out on an inferior goal difference. For Laos the victory was sweet as they came from behind to secure a sensational victory. Down by an early goal, Laos battled back to score six goals to dispose of Timor Leste who completed the tournament without any points. “We expected to win this game but it is not easy knowing that we have to win by a certain number of goals to take the Cup,” said David Booth, the chief coach of Laos. “For me, it does not matter which group we are in for the final round – they are all hard teams to play against.” Bottom-placed Timor Leste stunned the hosts just nine minutes into the game. The goal was a severe blow for Laos who knew they needed at least three goals in order to qualify for the final rounds. Laos, to their credit, got their act together very quickly and were back on level terms just two minutes later thanks to a fine strike from Kovanh Namthaxivay. Laos continued to pile the pressure and surged ahead in the 17th minute, this time after Soukaphone Vongchiengkham’s header whizzed past the on-rushing Timor keeper. Laos were unfortunate not to pick up at least two more goals by the end of the first half. Kovanh rocked the crossbar in the 28th minute while Soukaphone’s shot was just inches from the target. Timor stole away in the dying minutes when Chiquitto Do Carmo split the defence but his shot landed in the arms of the keeper. Just before the hour mark, Laos had added two more goals through Lamnao Singto and Konekham Inthammavong in the 47th and 59th minutes. The importance of the fourth goal was the fact that Laos had done enough to qualify as the second placed team. This pushed Cambodia down into third spot and effectively out of the finals. Anyone who thought Laos would be satisfied as the second placed team were wrong as they went on to score two more goals through Kanyala Sysomvang and Ketsada Souksavanh for a magnificent 6-1 win. This meant Laos had swept past the Philippines on better goal difference. Laos had scored eight goals while Philippines had scored seven. The top three, Laos, Philippines and Cambodia all have five points each. “We had minimum preparation but we still managed to match the other teams in certain aspects although we lost out physically. We would have been better if we had more time to prepare,” added Eduardo Parreira, the assistant coach of Timor Leste. more at:http://aseanfootball.org/headlines_01.asp?id=1505

Laos vs Timor Leste Preview

VIENTIANE: Laos coach David Booth has warned his players not to be complacent for their final match in the AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 qualifying competition against Timor Leste on Tuesday. 

Although Laos blew a two-goal lead in their 2-2 draw with Philippines on Sunday, they still have their destiny in their hands and should advance to the group stage with victory against the last-placed Timorese at the National Sports Complex in Vientiane. 

But although Timor Leste have conceded nine goals in losing their first two matches in the qualifiers, Booth remains wary of the tournament's minnows. 

Said the Englishman: "Timor Leste played very well in the first 30 minutes of their game against Cambodia and they showed how hard it is to play against them if they have the lead. 

"The longer they held the lead, the more difficult it became to break them down. We have to make sure they don't score first and to try to score ourselves. 

"They will not be easy opponents so we have to prepare well and approach the game in a positive manner." 

Booth wants his players to show greater composure after throwing away their advantage against the Philippines by allowing two goals in the final 14 minutes. 

"We were leading 2-0 and then had a rough decision when we conceded the penalty. That upset the players more than I expected and we drew a game that we should have won," he lamented. 

"Now, we have to win our final game to stay in the competition. But we are not in a bad position because we can still qualify and we will know exactly what we need to do tomorrow because we meet Timor Leste after the game between Cambodia and Philippines. 

"If there is a result in that game, we will only need to beat Timor Leste to go through. A draw will mean that we have to win our match by three goals. 

"Of course, playing second will put some pressure on us to get a result but I am confident of our chances. We've played very well so far and we have just been a bit unlucky." 

Laos have recorded narrow victories in both previous meetings against Timor Leste in the Suzuki Cup qualifiers, winning 3-2 in 2007 and 2-1 two years ago. 

The Timorese are already out of contention for the group stage after losing their first two games but assistant coach Eduardo Pereira insists that his players will still be putting in their best effort in their final match. 

"We are playing for our pride," he said. 

"We were happy that we showed some improvement in our performance in our last match. And although our final match against Laos will be difficult, we will still try our best."

source:http://www.affsuzukicup.com/news.html