Thunder Castle on verge of retaining league crown

Thai League 1 champions Buriram United only need one point at Chiang Rai United today to retain the crown.

Treble-chasing Buriram are fresh from beating Port 2-0 in the FA Cup semi-final in midweek.

Suphanat Mueanta was on target and forced Port defender Airton Tirabassi to score an own goal.

“Although we played in midweek, we are ready for the game with Chiang Rai United,” Buriram coach Masatada Ishii said yesterday.

Chiang Rai is one of the northern cities hit by PM2.5 pollution.

“We have never faced such a situation before and we will try to get everyone ready for the match,” Ishii said.

“We want to make our fans happy by winning the title.”

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