Movement of the Asian Cup 2023 Asian Cup Qualifiers Group C, the first match on Wednesday, June 8, 65 at the Margasy Stadium, Uzbekistan, “War Elephant”, the Thai national team. Ranked 111 in the world will meet with the Maldives national team, ranked 156 in the world, starting at 19.00, broadcast live on Thairath TV 32 and AIS PLAY.
In this game, Mano Polking, the Thai national team coach, has no problem in arranging players. Ready to send the best players to the field, led by Theerathon Bunmathan, Buriram United’s left-back, who won the J-League 2019 with Yokohama F Marinos, as well as the tempo control midfielder. Games like Sarat Yuyen and Teerasil Dangda attacked the team’s goal. That has smashed 52 goals from 113 games played for the War Elephants.
While the Maldives’ Italian coach Francesco Moreiro admitted before the game that his team is inferior to the Thai national team, the team expects to do their best. By preparing to send Ali Facia, a 33-year-old striker from Club Valencia in the Maldives, who has already beaten 13 goals from 67 games in the Thai national team netting. There is also Mohamed Umer, a 33-year-old veteran midfielder of Masiya FC in the Maldives, who has scored nine goals for his national team in 70 appearances.
For interesting statistics, the Thai national team has faced the Maldives three times, the war elephants have won all 3 games, including 8-0 win in the Asian Cup qualifying round (27/06/1996), win 8-0. Asian Cup qualifiers (04/07/1996) and most recently won 3-0 in a friendly 10 years ago.
Analysis: In this game, the Thai national team has no other choice, must grab 3 points to gain confidence. And from the statistics that we have met before, it is clearly superior to competitors. Therefore, if playing with carelessness, it is believed that it should not be difficult to win, while the Maldives will come to play in a defensive manner. and wait to return when the opportunity arises but believes that when the war elephant is crushed heavily, it will not be able to resist
Prediction: Thai national team beat Maldives national team 3-0