The Thai national football team has its final training session before facing the Philippines tomorrow evening (11 Oct.) in the King’s Cup football tournament.
Masatada Ishii, the Japanese coach of the Thai national football team, led the War Elephants players to prepare for the 50th King’s Cup football tournament at the Prince of Songkla University football stadium. The Thai team still had to practice amidst the rain as usual. The media were allowed to record the practice for 15 minutes and fans were not allowed to enter the stadium, except for a group of Sahasak Wittayakarn students who requested to watch for 15 minutes. Ishii will emphasize that the players review the team’s system before facing the Philippines tomorrow (11 October).
While Ishii, along with Thailand national team defender Elias Dolah, along with Spanish Philippine head coach Albert Capellas and player John Patrick Strauss, joined a press conference to announce their readiness before the King’s Cup football match, which both teams will pla
y tomorrow at 8:00 p.m. at Tinsulanon Stadium.
Ishii expressed his gratitude for the warm welcome the team received since the first day they arrived. This time, the King’s Cup needs both victories to win the championship. In terms of the weather, which is both hot and rainy, we cannot change the weather. We must perform at our best and pray that it does not rain so that the fans can enjoy watching football.
Elias said he felt particularly good to be back in Songkhla, where he started playing football. The King’s Cup is a great tournament, and he set his sights on winning the championship.
Capellas, the Philippine coach, said that he was excited for the fans to watch the exciting game. He hoped that the results would be good and that he would play his best. As for the weather, no matter what kind of weather we encounter, we have to deal with it and the players have to adapt. There are 5 Philippine players in this team who play in the Thai League.
For the first match schedule, on October 11 at 4:30 p.m., Sy
ria will meet Tajikistan, while at 8:00 p.m., the Thai national team will meet the Philippines.
Source: Thai News Agency