Indonesia enter semifinals_奥运英语

　indonesia on monday advanced into the semifinals of the tiger cup 2004 soccer tournament after whitewashing underdogs cambodia 8-0, while singapore thrashed laos6-2.

　winning over cambodia, indonesia topped group a of southeast asia's premier soccer tournament with 10 points. striker ilham jaya kesuma made a hat-trick and his teammates elie aiboy and kurniawan dwi yulianto scored two goals each.

　during the first 20 minutes of the match, cambodia almost had no dangerous shots. the first half ended with two goals by ilham in the 5th minute and half-backer elie in the 30th.

　three minutes after the break, ilham notched his second after standing face-to-face with goalie thai sineth and defeating him with a strong shot from just inside the penalty area. elie scored his second goal in the match six minutes later.

　ilham made his hat-trick in the 56th minute, becoming the tournament's top scorer so far with a total of six goals. after that, striker kurniawan netted twice and half-backer ortisan salossa found the back of the net once, eventually fetching indonesia a lopsided triumph of 8-0.

　on the stroke of full-time, ilham received a red card after beating a cambodian player who stepped on his end earlier. “i don't want to criticize referees. but, they should shoulder responsibility and have satisfactory explanations for their decisions,” indonesia's english coach peter withe angrily said after the game.

　earlier, singapore also had a lopsided victory 6-2 over laos with strikers agu casmir and indra sahdan daud netted twice each. seven minutes into the game, half-backer hasrin bin jailani scoredthe opener from a long range after taking advantage of laos' poorly-organized defending.

　indra extended the lead by delivering a penalty kick through laos's fence in the 19th minute. only two minutes later, lao striker visay phaphouvanin narrowed the gap by defeating singaporean goalkeeper lionel lewis with a powerful shot from six meters.

　after laos' first goal, singapore intentionally slowed down to reduce their rivals' excitement. five minutes before the break, defender sengphet thongphachan drove the ball into his own empty net with a header. on the edged of half-time, nigerian singaporeanagu extended the lead by a precise shot from the center of goal box after tactfully controlling the ball by his chest.

　laos pulled one back through efforts of 16-year-old striker lamnoum singto, the youngest player of tiger cup 2004, who was pulled to fall down, and the successful conversion of the penalty by captain chalana luang-amath in the 71st minute. that was his third penalty goal at the tournament.

　only three minutes later, indra found the back of the net againfrom a close range. in the last minute of the game, agu defeated lao goalie siththalay kanyavong by a penalty, fixing the score of 6-2.

　“strongly supported by vietnamese fans, laos played very actively, but victory's belonged to us eventually. i don't care who'll be our rival in the next round,” singapore's coach radojkoavramovic said after the match.

　singapore will play its last match with cambodia on wednesday, while laos face hosts vietnam. if winning over cambodia, singaporewill finish second in group a with 8 points and secure a berth at semifinals.

　if cambodia tie singapore with a draw, and vietnam, which now has four points, beat laos, the hosts will advance into the finals.semifinals and finals, to be played on a home and away format, areto take place between dec. 28, 2004 and jan. 15, 2005.

　group a features vietnam, indonesia, singapore, laos and cambodia. group b, with matches taking place in malaysia, includesthailand, malaysia, myanmar, the philippines and new entrant timorleste.