In the upcoming match, the Malaysian team will be away against the home team Thailand at Rajamangala Stadium at 8:00 p.m. on December 14 in the third match in Group A AFF Cup 2024 (ASEAN Championship). For the Thai team, this is the second match after the 10-0 victory over Timor Lester. This match was officiated by Uzbek referee Rustam Luftullin.
The Thai team had an advantage when facing Malaysia without many key players in Group A AFF Cup 2024
“This is a very difficult situation for us. Players join and leave the team due to club commitments, causing chaos. Not to mention, we also have 3 cases of injury, unknown. whether they can recover in time or not. One player will definitely not participate in the trip to Thailand because he needs to treat his injury,” coach Pau Marti Vicente of the Malaysian team complained.
Accordingly, right after the hard-fought and widely criticized victory over the Timor Lester team with a score of 3-2 on December 11 at Bukit Jalil’s home field, there were only more than 7,000 spectators, estimated to be 7 to 8 key players of the team. Malaysia leaves the team. Among them, there are 6 players from 2 clubs Sabah and Selangor, including pillars such as Dominic Tan, Daniel Ting, Stuart Wilkin and Darren Lok…
These players return to the club to play matches in the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Cup and Malaysia Super League taking place this week, coinciding with the match schedule of the Malaysian team against the Thai team. Next, the Malaysian team has a key match in Group A AFF Cup 2024 against rival Singapore on December 20. It is currently unclear whether the number of players who left this team will return to play for “Harimau Malaya” in this year’s tournament or not.
“We need to face reality. We have 4 points after 2 matches and still have a chance to go further (Malaysia team drew with Cambodia 2-2 and won against Timor Lester 3-2 This situation is obviously not perfect, but I believe that those who come to Thailand will give their best,” coach Pau Marti Vicente emphasized about the Malaysian team’s difficult situation.
The AFF Cup is recognized by FIFA as a Class A international tournament, but because it does not take place on the FIFA Days calendar, clubs are not obliged to release troops to the team. Key players participating in the team need to reach an agreement with the club. Besides, the score coefficient of matches is calculated as the lowest in the scoring system on the FIFA rankings.
Madam Pang gives 1,000 tickets to students and young players to watch the Thai team at the AFF Cup
According to the sheet SiamsportPresident of the Thai Football Federation (FAT), Madam Pang (female billionaire Nualphan Lamsam) decided to give away 1,000 free tickets to watch the Thai team’s matches at Rajamangala’s home stadium to students and players. young players at football academies.
With the addition of Ekanit Panya, the Thai team’s attack will be very strong. Next to him, Suphachok Sarachat played very talentedly
Schools and academies need to register their lists with FAT, with each place being provided with a maximum of 50 tickets, out of a total of 1,000 free tickets given away by Madam Pang, according to the newspaper. Siamsport.
The FAT President hopes that students and young players at academies will have the best conditions to come to the field to watch the Thai team compete, thereby creating motivation for the development of football in this country in the future.
At the AFF Cup 2024, in the group stage, the Thai team has 2 home matches, after the match against Malaysia on December 14, the match against the Cambodian team on December 20.
However, tickets to watch the first group stage match at the home stadium of “War Elephants” at Rajamangala Stadium, which has a capacity of more than 51,000 seats, are currently sold very little, likely only attracting from 10,000 to 15,000 people to watch. according to Thai press.
