Team Thailand Successfully Defends ASEAN Football Championship Title

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BANGKOK (NNT) - Thailand has successfully defended its ASEAN Championship title following a 1-0 victory over Vietnam in the second leg of the final on Monday (16 Jan).

 

The win at the Thammasat Stadium in Pathum Thani province gave team Thailand a 3-2 aggregate triumph against their Southeast Asian rivals.

 

Theerathon Bunmathan, captain of the Thai team, scored with a stunning 24th-minute strike from distance, earning Thailand the spoils in front of their own fans and delivering a record-extending seventh regional crown.

 

Theerathon has been one of Thailand’s stand-out performers throughout the tournament and capped another fine display with the winning goal. The 32-year-old started and finished the move that saw him receive possession from Adisak Kraisorn some 25 meters out before smashing a right-foot shot into the bottom corner of Dang Van Lam’s goal.

 

Thailand won the biennial title last year in Singapore, beating Indonesia over two legs in the final after the competition was delayed by 12 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With the away goals rule in operation, the Thai team went into the second leg with a narrow advantage after a 2-2 draw in Hanoi on Friday (13 Jan).

 

Vietnam was hoping to give coach Park Hang-Seo a winning send-off, with the South Korean announcing that he would end his five-and-a-half-year stint in charge at the end of the tournament.

 

Source: https://thainews.prd.go.th/en/news/detail/TCATG230117115842837

 

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[RichardColeman]

File this one next to my local UK non-league team wins the Berks & Bucks annual Cup

[Srikcir]

Thankfully no Thai ships sunk in defense.

[zzaa09]

But oddly, have never qualified for the WC.

[Skeptic7]

Watched the final game. Sides were mostly evenly matched, but Thailand was the better squad overall and deserved the win. Well done on defending the championship????❗

[Eric Loh]

41 minutes ago, Skeptic7 said:

Watched the final game. Sides were mostly evenly matched, but Thailand was the better squad overall and deserved the win. Well done on defending the championship????❗

Agree. The individual skill, fitness and not losing their shape of the Thai team is impressive. This is a very tiring tournament in a home and away format in interval of just 3 days. Thais were in better physical shape than the Vietnamese. Their defense was discipline and the Vietnamese could not find an answer to get into the box and has to resort to long kicks. Not typical Vietnamese penetrating style. Thailand has won the AFF Cup seven times and is the standard bearer for ASEAN football. 

[tso310]

Watched the 1st half. Half time we had a 2 hourpower cut. Pleased nothing happened in the 2nd half. Vietnam were awful.

[Freed1948]

Duh!!!!!!

[AustinRacing]

Aim low. That’s the Thai way. A bunch of wannabe superstars. 

[gomangosteen]

2 hours ago, AustinRacing said:

Aim low. That’s the Thai way. A bunch of wannabe superstars. 

 Funny I'd always considered that 'the English way' when it comes to global sport.????

 

They can only 'play what's in front of them' as they saying goes. If they're happy, sponsors happy, well that's good enough for me.