Thailand has summoned the best faces with the goal of winning the King’s Cup at home. But in the end, they only ranked 3. “War Elephants” disappointed when they lost to Malaysia in the semi-finals (draw 1-1 after official time, lost 3-5 on penalties). They then won 2-1 against Trinidad & Tobago in the third place match but only alleviated some of the disappointment among the fans. Photo: FAT.
Captain Chanathip Songkrasin only played 14 minutes in the match against Malaysia before hobbling off the field due to injury. Coach Alexandre Polking sparred with fans on social media when asked to resign. A group of Thai fans also demanded the resignation of the President of the Thai Football Federation Somyot Poompanmoung. Photo: FAT.
In contrast to Thailand, the Vietnamese team made good use of two FIFA Days matches to get more points on the rankings. Park Hang-seo’s teachers and students won 4-0 against Singapore and 3-0 against India to win the friendly championship in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Y Kien.
After two matches, Coach Park has tested the squad and obtained good results. Old General Nguyen Van Quyet left a strong impression on his return to the team with 2 goals, divided equally in 2 matches. Photo: Quang Thinh.
Indonesia and Vietnam are the two teams of the region that won both friendly matches. Shin Tae-yong’s teachers and students made a stronger impression when they overcame Curacao (ranked 84th in the world) in two matches with the scores 3-2 and 2-1. Dimas Drajad (No. 9) played prominently with 2 goals in two matches, including a goal to set a 3-2 victory in the first leg on September 24.
The Malaysian team under the guidance of Korean coach Kim Pan-gon left a mark with a victory over Thailand, thereby maintaining an unbeaten record against “War Elephants” since the end of 2014. In the final. King’s Cup, they only lost to Tajikistan (more than 39 FIFA ranks) in the penalty shootout.
Singapore team drew one and lost one at the friendly tournament in Ho Chi Minh City. They lost 0-4 to Vietnam in the absence of many pillars. Then, they drew India 1-1 when launching the strongest squad with Ikhsan Fandi’s goal. Photo: Quang Thinh.
The Brunei team also held a friendly tournament, with one win and one loss. They lost 0-3 to Maldives and got a 1-0 victory over Laos thanks to Haji Ismail’s goal. Meanwhile, Laos lost both matches (1-3 against Maldives, 0-1 against Brunei) and finished at the bottom of the tournament. Photo: LFF.
Host Cambodia also disappointed in a series of friendly matches when losing to the 192nd-ranked opponent in the world. Cambodia is 18 steps ahead of Bangladesh, playing dominating the whole match, but the attack is not sharp. They let the opponent hit the net in the 23rd minute, thereby losing 0-1. Photo: CFF.
Myanmar team played two friendly matches against Hong Kong (China) with the result of losing one, drawing one. They lost 0-2 on September 21 and then drew 0-0 in the rematch on September 24. Myanmar is also the only team in the region to play 2 matches without scoring. Photo: MFF.
Duy Minh – Zing.vn | 15:00 September 28, 2022
