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“Madame Pang” injects 1 million baht into Thai national team to compete in King’s Cup

Madame Pang" injects 1 million baht after the Thai national team beats Lebanon to advance to the final to meet Iraq in the King's Cup. As for the injection of the final round, let's keep it quiet for now.

The 49th King's Cup football match at the Chiang Mai 700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai Province, yesterday evening, was attended by Ms. Sudawan Wangsuphakitkoson. Minister of Tourism and Sports presided over the opening of the competition The Thai national team, ranked 113 in the world, the blue team, met Lebanon, ranked 100 in the world. This game had 16,583 football fans come to watch from 25,000 tickets sold out. In the first half, the Thai team scored a goal and took the lead in the 45+3 minute from Bodin's rhythm. Midfielder Phala launched the ball into the penalty area and it deflected. Jihad Ayub changed the goal and helped the Thai national team take a 1-0 lead over Lebanon.

In the second half, in the 57th minute, Bassel Jardi scored a goal to equalize with Lebanon 1-1. Then rain fell, making the field slippery. And some football fans had to flee to escape the rain, and in the 86th minute, Nicholas Michelson opened the ball for Teerasil Dangda to score a header, giving the Thai team a 2-1 lead. The Thai national team ended the game, defeating Lebanon 2-1 through. Entered the finals to meet Iraq. who defeated India 5-4 in a penalty shootout after 2-2 after 90 minutes on September 10, while Lebanon competed for 3rd place with Teerasil Dang for this game, winning the MVP Match of the Match award. This made the Thai team enter the finals for the first time in 5 years and compete for the championship for the first time in 6 years, after the most recent final in 2018, losing 2-3 to Slovakia and hoping to win the championship for the 16th time.

By “Mui” Teerasil Dangda said that in the first half of this game we played well. Including the second half, even though the goal was lost, everyone helped to play. until able to conquer Lebanon

“Madame Pang” Nuanphan Lamsam, team manager, is happy that the team was able to beat Lebanon. Qualified for the first time in 5 years in the King's Cup. Hoping to lead the team to win this championship, ready to inject 1 million baht. For the final round, let's cover it up first.

After the game, Mano Polking said he was happy and delighted. that the team can pass through to the King's Cup finals this time And give credit to all the players. who fought until the last second until being able to score a goal at the end of the game The goal is to be a champion.

Lebanese coach Aleksandar Ilic Said that in the first half they lost a goal towards the end of the game. The second half did well and was able to equalize. But in the end, he made another mistake at the end of the second half of the game. I admit it's a pity. But in the third place game, they hope to beat India.

for the program Sunday, September 10, 2023, third place match at 5:30 p.m., India meets Lebanon, final match at 8:30 p.m., Thailand meets Iraq.-Thai News Agency

Source: Thai News Agency