The War Elephants are in great shape before invading the Philippines. Kritsada and Thitathorn hope to win the away game to create an advantage

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The War Elephants are in great shape before invading the Philippines. Kritsada and Thitathorn hope to win the away game to create an advantage.

The “War Elephants” of the Thai national men’s football team continued their training at the BG Training Center in Pathum Thani Province on December 23 to prepare for the 2024 ASEAN Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2024 semi-finals, the first leg, against the “Azkals” of the Philippines.

The War Elephants

In this training session, Masatada Ishii, head coach of the Thai national team, brought the players back to practice on real grass fields, focusing on building muscle strength and shooting, as well as building relationships within the team, which lasted 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Kritsada Nontarat, defender of the Thai national team, said that he was glad that Coach Ishii gave him the opportunity to call him to join this แทงบอล UFABET ราคาดีที่สุด ไม่มีขั้นต่ำ camp in the ASEAN Championship. He did not regret not having had the opportunity to play yet. He considered it a way to gain experience and learn the coach’s tactics in order to further develop himself. The coach emphasized the team’s tactical system to understand more. This team is considered very good because it has many skilled players. He will try to gain experience and develop himself from his seniors and the coach as much as possible.

“I think the Philippines is a good team, with players from the Thai League. I watched the last game, they fought well against Indonesia. We must not be careless when playing against them. Personally, if I have the chance to play, I will do my best as the coach has assigned me.”

“I hope we can come back with a win, which is the goal in every game we play. Playing on artificial turf is quite different from real grass and there is a risk of injury as well. There is also a bounce of the ball which can have quite a big impact because the ball doesn’t go forward much. The coach is probably concerned about the risk of injury to the players so he let them come back to practice on real grass.”

Thitathorn Aksornsri, left-back of the Thai national team, said that right now we are quite ready. After the coach let us rest, today may be a more intensive practice. Personally, I think that artificial grass is quite different from real grass because nowadays not many people use artificial grass anymore. This makes the team have to adjust the passing, catching, dribbling, everything is new. Which may have a significant impact on the team. But I believe that everyone will be able to adjust because we have to compete in this kind of field, so we have to try to adjust as much as possible.

“Personally, I don’t really like artificial grass because it can easily cause injuries. But I will try my best. We advanced by winning all four games. The coach emphasized defense to everyone because when you advance to the next round, everything will have an effect. So I want to keep the score as good as possible.”

“I have a family that has supported me since I was a child. No matter what competition I compete in, if I win, I will always go and cheer for them. When my parents or family go to cheer me at the stadium, it gives me more encouragement and I want to do well for my family.”

“This year, my performance is quite good, but I want to do better because I have been away from the game for a long time. But when I came back and had the opportunity to play continuously with Uthai Thani FC, I tried to get back to my best form.”

“The goal for visiting the Philippines is to get three points, or at least get one back. But the best thing is to get three points back so that the second home game will be easier to play.”