Ishii aims to lead the War Elephants to defend their ASEAN championship, not afraid of many obstacles because they have prepared well.
Movement of “Changsuek”, the Thai national football team, who are preparing to compete in the ASEAN Football Championship “ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2024”, Group Stage, Group A, the first match, meeting Timor Leste at Hang Day Stadium, Vietnam on December 8 at 8:00 p.m., broadcast live on Channel 32, AIS PLAY and YouTube: BG SPORTS
Most recently, on the morning of December 7, at the press conference room inside Hang Day Stadium, Vietnam, the ASEAN Football Federation competition organizers held a press conference before the match. The Thai national team, led by Masatada Ishii, head coach, along with Pansa Hemviboon, the veteran defender of the Thai national team.
Ishii said that we have prepared the team well. Although the players are not all here yet, we are confident that everyone is ready to play in this โปรโมชั่นพิเศษจาก UFABET สมัครตอนนี้ รับโบนัสทันที game. We may have quite a few obstacles in preparation, but it is something we knew in advance, so we have been preparing to deal with these obstacles since September to make the team as ready as possible to play. Therefore, the obstacles have not affected us too much.
The War Elephants coach added that he personally does not think that half-breed players will have much of an impact on the team. We have both half-breed players and new players, so we are only interested in how to make everyone understand the Thai national team’s playing style as much as possible. After being eliminated from the World Cup, we have had the opportunity to find new players, and we hope that this tournament will allow us to find players who can learn tactics to continue on to the next tournament.
Ishii also said that each country has different team preparations. Thailand still has club competitions, so it is not possible to choose the players it wants. Indonesia itself does not stop its domestic league, so it mainly uses U-23 instead. But every team will definitely play their best.
“The Thai national team was the champion before, so we expect to keep the championship. In this competition, we have to win as many as possible to be the champion, and we also hope that the team will develop better to continue into the future,” Ishii concluded.
Pansa Hemviboon said that at first, the team might not have all the players, but now they have a lot of them. Everyone in the team knows the coach’s tactics, so they don’t have to adjust much. They just need to adjust their understanding to be more consistent. He believes that everyone will be ready for the game against Timor Leste.
For the ASEAN Cup football competition, there have been 14 times in total. The team that has won the championship the most times is Thailand with 7 times, followed by Singapore with 4 times, Vietnam with 2 times, and Malaysia with 1 time.