Rookie Channarong Promsrikaew scored for Thailand against Trinidad & Tobago. Photo: Changsuek.
Trinidad & Tobago is the team that lost to Tajikistan in the semi-final on September 22. The representative from South America is about 10 places higher than Thailand on the FIFA rankings (101 compared to 111), but playing not really better than the home team in the match on the evening of September 25.
In this match, head coach Alexandre Polking made many changes to the starting lineup compared to the match against Malaysia. He gave the opportunity to some new players to test such as defender Chatmongkol Rueangthanarot, Chalermsak Aukkee, Suphanan Bureerat or Channarong Promsrikaew, keeping only a few pillars divided equally among 3 lines like captain Theerathon Bunmathan in defence, Thitiphan Puangchan in defence. in the midfield and Supachok Sarachat in attack.
Despite the absence of the biggest star on the attack Chanathip Songkrasin (injury), the Thai team still confidently controlled the ball to play attacking with the kicking style that has become a trademark of the Thai people. Heavy rain and slippery ground caused many difficulties for War Elephants in the first half. The team needed luck to score the opening goal.
20 minutes, goalkeeper Marvin Phillip made a mistake when preparing to launch the ball from home. He fumbled under the pressure of Thailand’s attack, bringing the ball to Channarong Promsrikaew’s feet before the home team’s number 23 shot a touch to take the lead.
After the goal, Trinidad & Tobago tried to regain the position to find a response. With a monotonous style of kicking when mainly sending the ball to the wing to find opportunities to cross for tall or long-range players, the South American representative created many dangerous opportunities on the Thai goal.
In the second half, Trinidad & Tobago finally enjoyed the joy of a high ball situation. In the corner kick in the 61st minute, Kareem Moses bounced high and headed the equalizer 1-1 for the away team. But the joy of the South American representative did not last long before the Thai team regained the lead.
After a series of situations where you pop up to lull the opponent to sleep, Thailand has a goal to increase the score to 2-1 thanks to the flash of Supachok Sarachat in the 72nd minute. No. 7 Thai team received the ball on the left wing, controlling it with one touch before turning the steering wheel to cut into the far corner of the Trinidad & Tobago goal. This is also the final score of the match.
Winning 2-1, coach Alexandre Polking and his team won third place in the final King’s Cup 2022. Thailand has improved its performance compared to the last tournament (third place compared to fourth place in 2019). In its historic tournament, Thailand is still the most won team (14 times). The last time War Elephants won the King’s Cup was in 2017.
Ngoc Le – Zing.vn | 20:08 September 25, 2022
