The mentally handicapped football team hopes to overthrow the host Inao to claim the championship back.

The mentally handicapped football team hopes to overthrow the host Inao to claim the championship back.

Movement of the Thai national football team with cerebral palsy On the morning of July 30 no training program but has come out to warm up the muscles warm up Inside the Novotel hotel in Solo, Indonesia

Then there was a meeting of the team manager. by a football match for the mentally handicapped ASEAN Para Games There are teams participating in all 4 nations, consisting of Indonesia, Myanmar, Cambodia and Thailand. Competing in a round-robin competition, there is a semi-final round where the winner of the 1st team crosses over with the 4th ranked team and the 2nd ranked team crosses over with the ranked team. 3rd place, the winning team goes to the gold medal The losing team goes to the bronze medal.

“Coach Kai” Kalaya Sukkathong, the Thai national football team with cerebral palsy, revealed that for the availability of the mentally handicapped football team I must say that it is almost 100 percent ready. Because we have been preparing the team to keep practicing continuously for more than 2 full months, but we may have some athletes injured. But it’s not a big problem.

“The goal of the team in this ASEAN Para Games We aim to Finals first Because we hope to clear our eyes with “host” Indonesia, who had left a vengeance on Thailand in the last final. and reclaim the championship back to Thailand,” Kai said at the end.

For the Thai national football team with cerebral palsy or CP football, the first match meets Indonesia on July 31 at 07:30, the second match meets Cambodia on August 1 at 07:30 and the third match meets Myanmar on the 1st. August at 3:30 p.m.

In the finals The ASEAN Para Games in Malaysia 5 years ago, the Thai national team lost to Indonesia 0-3.

Cerebral Palsy Football or CP FootBall, short for Cerebral Palsy Football, is endorsed by the International Football Federation (FIFA), which hosts Indonesia in the 2022 ASEAN Para Games. A total of 19 athletes were divided into 14 footballers. 9 people and coaches. The size of the field is 55 meters wide, 70-75 meters long, divided into 30 minutes each half. The rules are like normal football. but no offside Throw used to roll because some players may not be able to use their hands. Can change 5 players in 3 times. Send 7 players on the field. It is divided into 3 classes. There must be at least 1 class 1 on the field, while class 3 is the most complete class. There can only be 1 person.