The Thai national team “War Elephants” unfortunately missed out on winning the King’s Cup for the 16th time. After losing in a penalty shootout to Iraq 4-5 after drawing after a 2-2 draw in normal time.
The 49th King’s Cup Football Battle at the Chiang Mai 700th Anniversary Stadium, Chiang Mai Province, Sunday, September 10th. It was a competition in the finals between Thailand and Iraq.
In the last game, Thailand narrowly defeated Lebanon 2-1 thanks to Teerasil Dangda’s winning goal late in the game, while Iraq got past India in a penalty shootout.
Mano Polking sends Teerasil Dangda, the hero from the previous game. He is a center forward with Supachok Sarachat and Bodin Phala playing on the flanks, while the center pair uses Elias Dolo, paired with Pansa Hemwiboon, pushing Kritsada Kaman to play midfield alongside Sarach Yooyen and Weerathep Pomphan
The results of the competition showed that in the first half until the 18th minute Iraq scored a goal and took a 1-0 lead from a long throw-in. The War Elephants’ defenders were unable to block each other and came into the path of Ayman Hussein, who shot in easily.
After conceding the goal, Thailand attacked hard to get the goal back. And the effort was successful in the 37th minute from the moment Teerathorn Bunmathan opened the ball from the left for Nicholas Michelson to swoop in and head in. The “War Elephants” equalized 1-1 and the half ended. first with this score
In the second half, in the 64th minute, Iraq, who seemed to have slightly better control of the ball than Thailand, scored a goal and took the lead again 2-1 from Amyed Khadhim’s shot.
Then 78 Thailand received a penalty, but Teerasil Dangda missed the shot.
However, just 4 minutes later, Thailand scored a goal to equalize 2-2 in the minute when Bodin Phala headed the ball back into the goal.
During the remaining time, neither team scored any more points. After 90 minutes of play, the match was tied 2-2 and the championship had to be decided by a penalty shootout.
It turned out that during the penalty shootout, Iraq did not miss a single shot. On the Thai side, Pathomphon Charoenrattanapirom missed the kill and became Iraq who won 5-4 and won the King’s Cup. Successfully won for the first time, while the “War Elephants” still have to wait for the 16th championship.
For the Thai national team, there will be a warm-up program according to the FIFA Day calendar again, with the schedule to meet Georgia and Estonia on 12 and 17 October 2023.
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