Coach Polking eyeing SEA Games glory

Having guided the national side to the AFF Suzuki Cup title, Thailand coach Mano Polking is looking forward to winning another crown at the SEA Games in Vietnam next month.

The men’s football tournament at the SEA Games is for U23 players.

Polking has been appointed coach of the U23 side in a one-off assignment to improve the country’s chance of winning back the SEA Games title.

Thailand have won the title 14 times, the last in 2017. They were eliminated in the first round in 2019.

“I do know about the expectation for the Thai team at the SEA Games in Vietnam where our goal is to win the gold medal,” Polking told a press conference yesterday.

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