Madam Pang still hasn’t spoken out after the painful loss to the Philippines, Thai fans are upset

The Thai team’s shocking loss to the Philippines was the first to happen in 52 years, leaving the country’s press stunned. The last time the Philippine team defeated the Thai team in an official match was on June 10, 1972 at the Jakarta Cup held in Indonesia. Therefore, the loss in the semi-finals of the first leg of the AFF Cup 2024 was a very strong blow to the pride of the Thai people, when for the first time in decades they received a bitter result against an opponent in the same region.

“The Philippine team shocked the Thai team because they dared to dream. They did not play for just a draw. That was the difference, and they completely surprised the opponent with their intentions. .

After Sandro Reyes opened the scoring with a beautiful goal. Suphanan Bureerat was able to bring the match back to balance. Initially, it could be seen that the two teams intended to accept a draw before the second leg. But the Philippines had other ideas and the Thais were stunned”, p ESPN Asia said.

“Coach Albert Capellas’s changes in the second half, such as bringing Uriel Dalapo and Javier Mariona onto the field, all brought attacking material to the Philippine team. While on the Thai side, coach Masatada Ishii was too cautious, perhaps The intention to protect a moderate draw helped the Philippine team with great efforts find the decisive goal in the 90+5 minute scored by Kike Linares to create a significant advantage before the return match in the second leg. yard guest”, p ESPN Asia emphasize.

With this result, the Philippine team has the right to dream of the opportunity to participate in the 2024 AFF Cup final. But ahead of them is the semi-final second leg that promises to be full of hardships to be able to fulfill their dream. The Thai team certainly hasn’t given up hope yet, they are far from giving up hope, page ESPN Asia expressed.

“The Thai team will receive great support from the home crowd at the familiar Rajamangala stadium on December 30. They will have to fight hard to turn the tide. In 3 recent matches including at AFF Cup 2020 and 2022, with the recent King’s Cup tournament, the Thai team won decisively against the Philippines team with scores of 2-1, 4-0 and 3-1 respectively. This is the basis for “Elephant “hoping to reverse the situation, regain the trust of fans and continue to raise hopes of winning the AFF Cup for the third time in a row and increasing the number of championships to 8”, according to the page. ESPN Asia.

Thai fans called on Madam Pang to speak up

On social networking sites, Thai fans were not very happy after the home team received a shocking defeat against the Philippines and were ridiculed by regional football fans. They asked Madam Pang (female billionaire Nualphan Lamsam), President of the Thai Football Federation (FAT), to speak up to reassure the players and coach Masatada Ishii.

Previously, there was a disagreement between Madam Pang and coach Masatada Ishii after the 1-0 win over the Malaysian team on December 14. The FAT president wants the Thai players to go around the field to greet and thank the audience, but the Japanese coach wants the players to return to the locker room to recover and prepare for the away match against the Singapore team. right after that.

Although coach Masatada Ishii apologized to Madam Pang, he has not yet met this female president directly.

Next was the incident where three players immediately after the match against Singapore on December 17 silently returned to the club without the manager’s decision, causing disagreements to simmer. Coach Masatada Ishii also responded that FAT had a hidden agreement with the club, without his knowledge, causing difficulties in running the team.

According to the Thai press, failure in the semi-finals of the first leg of the AFF Cup will certainly cause many problems within the Thai team. Therefore, before the return match, Madam Pang needs to have the necessary voices to stabilize the situation.

Recently, since the incident after the match against the Malaysian team and being criticized by fans, Madam Pang has hardly made any moves with the Thai team, except for information about the match that was given to her by the female billionaire. This billionaire posted on his personal account on the social network Instagram.