Ishii is optimistic about losing the championship but getting a new player, hitting back at Vietnamese media, praising Supachai’s beautiful goal
After the “War Elephants”, the Thai national football team, lost to the “Golden Star” Vietnam 2-3, with a total score of 3-5 in 2 matches, missing out on the ASEAN championship “Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2024” at Rajamangala Stadium on December 5th.

Masatada Ishii, head coach of the Thai national team, said after the สมัคร ufabet กับเรา รับโบนัสทันที game that we were unable to defend our championship. Vietnam had a good performance and we must congratulate them. In this game, we made many mistakes and conceded goals first, which changed the situation. The goals for this tournament are looking at 2 things: to be the champion and to create new players for the national team. We missed the first goal but achieved the second goal.
When asked about the future and whether he was worried that it would affect his position as head coach of the Thai national team, Ishii said that he would continue to focus on his work.
Then the Vietnamese reporter asked about the second goal that Thailand scored, which was when Vietnam protested that Thailand should kick the ball back, but Supachai Sarachat did not return it and dribbled it to score a goal, using the words “dirty goal” or not. Ishii answered briefly that for me it was a beautiful goal.
The War Elephants’ coach added that it is difficult to say who will pass the test in this team. We will have to wait and see the next announcement. However, he still sees that there are many good players in Thai League 2, Thai League 3, or U-23. Therefore, combining everything together will be a good thing for selecting players for the Asian Cup qualifiers.
“Overall, this team is considered to be well-mannered, mature, and mostly calm. Although we didn’t practice much in attack, we played well together. As for the defense, we changed frequently and conceded many goals, but we came back to win. So I see that as a strong point.”
Ishii concluded by saying that he would like to thank everyone who has been following him and asked everyone to continue to support him. The tournament’s motto is “Everyone works together to create something better,” which he sees as a good thing and wants everyone to continue to help create something good.
For the next program of the Thai national team, they will play in the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers, where Thailand is in Group D with Turkmenistan, Taiwan and Sri Lanka