The away draw against the national football team did not meet expectations, and the Thai coach: I take full responsibility

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2024-06-07 12:22Posted on the official account of Guangdong Football News

Reporter Han Bing reported that the battle between China and Thailand on June 6 was a "disappointing" draw for the Thai team, which was aiming to defeat the national football team away. Because before the game, Thailand was full of confidence in beating the national football team away, and even Thai Prime Minister Saita Ta Prestige predicted that the Thai team would win 1-0.

When playing against South Korea at home in March, the Thai Football Association offered 4 million baht (about 800,000 yuan, the same exchange rate below) to win the game, but it failed to do so. Before the battle of Shenyang this time, the Thai Football Association offered bonuses again: 1 million baht for a draw and 3 million baht for a win.

In 90 minutes, the Thai team almost got what they wanted. The final draw made the Thai Prime Minister's prediction come to naught, and also allowed the Thai Football Association to "save" 2 million baht in bonuses, but the away draw with the national football team is definitely a "draw can be won" for the Thai team - the Thai media expects Ishii's team to brush up the goal difference from Singapore, which has just been bloodied by the South Korean team's 7 goals, and as long as the national football team loses to South Korea away, even if it is only a small loss, the Thai team can counterattack with a goal difference.

Before the game, the Thai media mentioned that at the beginning of the Asian Cup, the Thai team led by Ishii Masada had forced a draw with the Oman team led by Ivankovic, and Oman was a diamond-shaped midfielder 442 at that time. Siam Sports believes after the game that the Thai team has the initiative to qualify and will save their hopes for the final 1 round. "Thailand Daily" regretted that the team wasted too many opportunities in the first half, and failed to beat the national football team away from home with two shots on the middle post, resulting in the suspense of qualifying until the last round, and it depends on the result of the battle between China and South Korea to decide the fate.

Thailand coach Masata Ishii, who was confident of winning away from home before the game, took the blame after the game, "We didn't achieve the set goal, we didn't get the three points, the players worked hard, and I take full responsibility for this result." The Thai reporter asked why Krichada, who had not played as a central defender in six consecutive games, would start this game (it was his handball that almost allowed the national football team to equalize at the beginning of the second half)? Ishii did not answer directly, but said that he would review the game and vowed that Thailand had only one goal for Singapore in the next round: to beat the opponent by a big score.

In fact, what is really surprising about Masadashi Ishii is that the absolute core of the attack, Songkrasin, did not get a single minute to play. However, in terms of the excellent performance of Thailand's attackers up front, the issue of Songkrasin's absence is less important.

Thailand's centre-forward Supachai often pulls wide, creating space for his teammates to attack and get back on the line, and in the 20th minute, it was he who pulled the side and crossed, and Supa was the first to score with a header from the middle. In the first leg of Thailand's home game against the national football team, it was Supa who knocked back to the middle on the left side, and the back man Sharachi, who was inserted after the assist, scored from a distance. To the regret of Thai fans, in the battle of Shenyang, Sharachi and Supana hit the post one after another. And Supana's chance to shoot in the penalty area was created by Supata. It should be said that Ishii Masatada's employment arrangement has been a great success.

After the game, Thailand's goal-scorer Supathai was slightly disappointed: "It's a pity that we couldn't beat the Chinese team, but everyone did their best. We still have a chance to qualify and we have to beat Singapore in the final round. The Thai No.7 was a standout performer, as well as a pair of three-pointers in the box and almost assists, as well as a near Fernando follow-up shot from the goalline.

Thailand's most recent home record against Singapore is five wins in a row, with the last time they failed to beat them at home was in 2011. The SEA Cup at the end of 2021 was Thailand's most recent home game against Singapore, when they won 2-0 thanks to goals from Dora and Supachai. On June 11, naturalized centre-back Dora and attacking core Songkrasin were both available, and to the Thai team, the kick-off time for the final match was an hour and a half later than the China-South Korea matchup (South Korea and China kick off at 19:00 GMT, while Thailand and Singapore kick off at 20:30).

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