Madam Pang has not given a bonus to the Thai team: Call for confidence!

In the group stageAFF Cup 2024,Madam Pang announced a bonus of 3 million baht (about 2.2 billion VND) forThailand team If they win the right to enter the semi-finals at the top of the table, according to the newspaperSiamsport. This mission was completed successfully, after “War Elephants” won all 4 matches, scored 18 goals, only conceding 4 goals.

However, before the semi-finals with the Philippines team, Madam Pang did not mention anything about promising another reward to the Thai team, although the country’s press predicted that she would offer a larger reward. Thereby, we want to encourage the home team in their quest to win the AFF Cup championship for the 8th time in history, and the 3rd consecutive time to set a record at the largest tournament in Southeast Asia.

After the first leg of the semi-finals, the Thai team unexpectedly lost to the Philippine team with a score of 1-2 on December 27, this powerful and wealthy female FAT President remained silent.

In the second leg at Rajamangala’s home field on December 30, Madam Pang came to the field to watch the match. She was very happy when the home team took a 2-0 lead thanks to Peeradol and Gustavsson scoring in the 37th and 54th minutes. Regardless, Peeradol’s opening goal caused intense controversy before scoring. whether the ball is out of court or not.

But at the end of the match, when Kristensen shortened the score to 1-2 in the 84th minute for the Philippines team to equalize the score after two matches at 3-3, sending the match to extra time, many pictures in the stands showed Madam. Pang was extremely stressed and worried about the possibility that the home team would be eliminated.

Fortunately for the Thai team, during this time, the Philippine team, after shortening the score, missed many more opportunities to score ten goals to finish off the “War Elephants” right in the official match time.

In extra time, player Suphanat Mueanta became the savior for the Thai team and Madam Pang, scoring the decisive goal in the 116th minute to help the home team win 3-1 and the final score 4-3 to enter the final. meeting with the Vietnamese team.

Madam Pang’s “savior” almost couldn’t compete

Suphanat Mueanta was sick with a cold before the match and could not have played, but because of the urgent situation, he was risked by coach Masatada Ishii to put him on the field in the 98th minute of the first extra time, and then became the hero of the Thai team. . The Thai press revealed that Suphanat Mueanta must be cleared by doctors to play right before extra innings in order to enter the field according to regulations.

“Be confident! We can do it! Turn the situation around to enter the AFF Cup 2024 final. Fight 2 more matches to win the 8th championship. Thank you to the 31,876 fans who came to Rajamangala Stadium Full support for Thai players,” Madam Pang wrote on the social network Instagram on December 31.

Madam Pang also posted a clip about the match and her support in the stands with the audience. After the match, she went down to the field to congratulate the players and thank the audience for coming to watch the match.

Coach Masatada Ishii this time no longer had any frustration with Madam Pang, after the incident where the female president dragged the players around the field to thank and greet the audience after the 1-0 win over the Malaysian team in the first round. table dated December 14.

Regardless, the Thai team now has to race against time to get to Hanoi and move to Viet Tri Stadium in Phu Tho, preparing to play the final first leg against the Vietnamese team at 8:00 p.m. on January 2, 2025. come here. The second leg of the final will take place at Rajamangala Stadium at 8 p.m. on January 5, 2025.

According to former Singaporean player Rhysh Roshan Rai: “The Thai team has lost a lot of strength and had many injuries from the very strenuous semi-final second leg against the Philippines team. We don’t know how many people and players they will have left.” energy to be able to face the Vietnamese team at Viet Tri Stadium”.

The Thai team has won the AFF Cup 7 times, including 3 consecutive championships in 2000 and 2002, 2014 and 2016, 2020 and 2022, and the first time in 1996. While the Vietnamese team Nam has won two championships 10 times apart, in 2008 and 2018.