Thailand futsal (five-a-side) team hammered Iraq 7-2 to move closer to their sixth appearance in the Fifa Futsal World Cup finals.
The Thais were at full strength yesterday in the first 2021 World Cup qualifying play-off in the United Arab Emirates with skipper Kritsada Wongkaew and Muhammad Ousmanmusa leading their attack.
The two sides will square off again on Tuesday with the winners qualifying for the finals in Lithuania.
The Thais has a good start when Muhammad put them one in front in the second minute before Jetsada Chudech doubled the margin in the 10th.
Iraq got their first goal from the long range shot by Tareq Zeyad in the 15th minute to go into the half-time trailing 2-1.
The Thais put on a strong show in the second half and collected their third goal of the…
