Ishii praises Russia as strong but not as strong as Japan, says this match is not focused on results, wants to try out players
The “War Elephants”, the senior Thai national football team, are preparing to compete in the “LP BANK CUP 2024” football match against the “White Bears” of Russia at the Mee Ding Stadium in Hanoi, Vietnam on September 7 at 8:00 p.m., broadcast live on Channel 32, Facebook FA Thailand and Changsuek, Youtube Changsuek Official.
Most recently, on September 6, Masatada Ishii, head coach of the Thai national team, and “Ter” Weerathep Pomphan, team captain, held a press conference. Before the match at the press conference room inside the Vietnam Football Federation.
Ishii said that Russia is a good team, especially in terms of team balance. After watching the game against Vietnam. However, in this ทางเข้า ufabet game. There should be rotation of players who did not play in the first match to play because they only have one day to rest. Of course, Russia is strong. But when compared to every team he has ever faced. Japan is still considered the strongest team because not many Russian players have played abroad.
“After Thailand and Vietnam failed to advance to the next round of the World Cup qualifiers. They met in this tournament. In this tournament, we want to try out both new and old players. So, we don’t look at the results. But at our team and the mix of the team. So, we didn’t call up our main players to join this team because we wanted to test out the new players. Many of them are good enough to replace the old ones. I believe they will bring energy and good teamwork to the team,” Ishii said.
Veerathep said that he personally agrees with the coach that Russia is a good team. But we have also prepared the team well. Even though we have many new players. We will try our best to get a good result in this game.
In this regard, reporters reported that the match between the Thai national team and Russia may have to adjust the match time after Vietnam was affected by Typhoon Yagi. Which will cause rain in Hanoi during September 7-9. In addition, Maxim Mitrofanov, Secretary of the Russian Football Federation, confirmed that if the weather is not favorable. The match will not be played.