Pattaya United’s dismal start to the new Thai Division 1football season showed no signs of abating last weekend as they were sent crashing to a third straight defeat with a 4-0 loss at Angthong FC.
Coming off back-to-back defeats to Phuket and Ayutthaya, United were hoping to steady the ship at the Angthong Stadium last Saturday but they were immediately put on the back foot when they fell behind to a 9th minute headed goal from Japan midfielder Nobuhito Takahashi.
United managed to avoid conceding further goals until the hour mark, when former Dolphin striker OJ Obatola came back to haunt his old team as he converted from close range to put his side 2-0 up.
Pattaya United midfielder Pratran Senala (right) is challenged for the ball by an Angthong FC defender during their Thai Division 1 match at the Angthong Stadium, Saturday, March 15. (Photo courtesy Pattaya United FC)
Things got worse for United on 70 minutes when goalkeeper Hassachai Sankla hauled down Angthong’s Viliam Macko in the area and Gastón González easily converted the resultant spot kick to make it 3-0.
A thoroughly miserable afternoon for Pattaya players and supporters was completed just 7 minutes later when González scored his second goal of the game to cap a neat passing move that ripped the United defence apart.
Pattaya United are currently sitting bottom of the Division 1 table having conceded 8 goals and scored none in their opening three games. The team will be hoping to turn things around this coming Sunday when they take on Big Bang Chulalongkorn University FC in Bangkok. Kick-off is at 6 p.m.
