BCC Tero 0-3 Chiang Rai Utd

Chiang Rai United easily progressed to the last 32 of the Toyota League Cup after brushing aside BCC Tero.

The TPL club fielded a strong side but they had to wait until first half stoppage time to open the scoring. Ryan Marques' deflected shot trundled into the bottom corner after the Tero youth side had failed to clear the initial danger.

Peerapong then made it 2-0 nine minutes after the break when his shot appeared to take a deflection on route to goal.

In injury time, Leandro Assumpcao netted from close range to wrap up the 3-0 victory.

Although well beaten, BCC Tero acquitted themselves well, particularly in the first 45 minutes. The closest they came was an angled shot from Salia which fizzed across the goal line. Also, their captain Sammy Dorgbele looks like he has a promising future in the game.

For Chiang Rai, I thought Uilian Souza was their best player. He sits in front of the back 4 and patrols the midfield. Fernando Abreu had a decent game in central defence and appears to be a decent addition too.

PAT Stadium

Bangkok Glass 4-0 Thai Port

View from up top

Bangkok Glass blitzed Thai Port with four goals in the second half to maintain their place in TPL championship race.

The Glass Rabbits came out the traps fairly swiftly with Flavian Michelini forcing Wanlop into an early save and good link-up play between Ajayi and Chatree made the same keeper produce an excellent save with his left foot.

Wanlop saves

Thai Port improved as the half went on and had a couple of chances but their final ball from breakaways into the box lacked that bit of quality.

As the second half progressed, it appeared that Thai Port had set their stall out to to defend their 0-0 and nick a point. Their plan seemed to be going well but as soon as BG introduced Saruta and Anawin the home side's attacking game moved up a level.

Pinball

On 65 minutes a corner from the left pinballed around the Thai Port 6 yard box before Samual Ajayi eventually knocked it in for the opener.

Within two minutes, the Klong Toei side were reduced to 10 men when Termchai was ordered off after he needlessly kicked a BG player on the back of the legs.

With 15 minutes left on the clock, it was game over as second half substitute, Anawin, was allowed VIP access to stroll through the Thai Port defence to knock the ball into the empty net.

After that, it was just a case of how many Glass would score and Chatree and Peerapong compounded Port's misery in the dying minutes netting tap-ins.

The win moved BG up to second but I'm still not convinced they have enough about them to win the TPL. Thai Port were adequate in the first half but if they are going to sit back like they did in the second half, then they need to learn how to defend. The defending for a couple of the goals was shocking!!