Soccer
Football Association of Thailand have planned with Mano Polking, head coach in organizing a warm-up program during March and May 2022 to prepare for the war elephant army Before participating in the Asian Cup qualifying round in June
For the Thai men's national football team, the big set has a plan to call the athletes to camp. Between 21-29 March according to the FIFA Day calendar There will be a warm-up program for 2 matches as follows:
- First match on 24 March, Thai national team meets Nepal national team (167th place in FIFA Ranking)
Time 19.00 at Chonburi Stadium
Live broadcast on AIS PLAY and Thairath TV channels
- Match two, on March 27, the Thai national team meets the Suriname national team (140th in the FIFA Ranking).
Time 19.00
BG Stadium
Live broadcast on AIS PLAY and Thairath TV channels
From a joint meeting, the FA and Coach Mano agreed that in order to be consistent with the final phase of the Football League, it was important to the club. Therefore, consider organizing a warm-up football match in Thailand first. Despite inviting Thai teams to compete outside the country This is inconsistent with the concept of the coach who wants to maintain the athlete's condition not to be tired from competition or from traveling.
In addition, the trainer There is a policy not to send players into the field for more than 90 minutes, including two matches. in order not to affect the condition and injury of the athlete and can return to the field for the club to compete in the next Thai Football League
For choosing to warm up with the Nepal national team, the Thai national team coach Want to test the style of playing with nations in the South Asian zone because the Thai national team Must be in the same line as Maldives and Sri Lanka in the Asian Cup qualifiers, together with teams in Asia and other zones, there is also a World Cup qualifying program. including many other nations Although initially accepted, but due to the epidemic situation of COVID-19 intensified therefore inconvenient to travel to compete Because within the country there are measures to quarantine. when returning from Thailand
In addition, the association has also prepared a plan to withdraw during the month of May. to prepare before traveling to Uzbekistan Compete in the Asian Cup qualifiers which will consider the selection of teams in Asia that the association has been contacted that it will come to collect in Thailand during that period There are plans to organize this round of warm-up football matches in other provinces. which will be coordinated and publicized for further information
For the Thai men's national football team, there are two major tournaments in 2022 as follows:
- Asian Football Championship 2023 qualifying round in Uzbekistan Between 8-14 June 2022, the Thai national team is in Group C along with Uzbekistan (host), Maldives and Sri Lanka.
- ASEAN Football Championship 2022 in December 2022"