Soccer
"Mano" is confident that the power of football fans will lead "War Elephants" through "Yellow Tigers".
Focus on yourself! Mano Polking, head coach of the Thai national team Revealing readiness before the game that will open at home to meet Malaysia in the second semifinal, receive even if we are behind But our goal is still clear, reaching the final, Theerathon pointing out that tomorrow will be our day.
On January 9, 2023 at 6:30 p.m. at the press conference room, Thammasat Stadium Organizing the ASEAN Football Championship Organize a press conference before the competition. The second semi-final match between the Thai national team and the Malaysian national team This press conference was led by Mano Polking, head coach, along with team captain Theerathon Bunmathan.
Mano Polking, head coach of the Thai national team, said: “We were one goal behind from the first game. But tomorrow we play at home in front of our fans who fill the field. which hopefully will be the power to help us get through this game Our goal is clear. is through to the finals."
“Think that Malaysia will come to play more concisely than before. and try not to make mistakes. But for us we are ready for tomorrow's game. and confident that they will win and advance to the finals.”
"Thanks to the supporters of the Thai national team. who bought tickets in full stadium for tomorrow's game Will help empower our 11 players as if they were the 12th player, hoping to help push us. pressure the opponent and helped us qualify for the finals.”
“In this game, what we want to focus on is our own game, not looking at whether Malaysia will come to defend or not take the goal. The important thing now is that we have to play as well as the last game. and score a goal in this game
“We have discussed this (extra time) in the managers' meeting. and hope that the competition should be more standardized It's the referee's job. Not just our side But the football game, the important game, should not have such a thing so early that we waste our time. If it's our side, if we shoot 3-4 goals and have a delay We also want more injury time.”
"Meanwhile In the first game the ball died a lot. should suffer a lot We watched the video Sometimes it took the goalkeeper 24 seconds to get the ball out. But according to the rules, can hold only 6 seconds, the second door stroke us where we should lose the door That child took him 5 minutes. In the end, there was pain. There are both diagnoses, but only 5 minutes of injury if you look at the World Cup. It's not wrong If this happened, there should have been a reasonable overtime. Not like the first game."
Theerathon Bunmathan , captain of the Thai national team, said, “First of all, I would like to thank all Thai football fans. come to support the team in tomorrow's game I want them to come and cheer, and in the end I want the Thai national team to go through to the finals. We try to concentrate on the game. tomorrow Hope it's a good day for us."
For the Thai national team, they will face Malaysia in the 2022 ASEAN Football Championship, the second semi-final on January 10, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. Live broadcast on MCOT HD 30 and T-Sports 7.