In one night, the national team and U23 Thailand both tasted bitter fruit

Coincidentally, the two teams from the land of the Golden Temple both had training trips to countries in West Asia. This country's national team with good players like Chanathip, Theerathon, Supachok had the first friendly match against Syria. They lost with a score of 1-3.

It was a match Chanathip and his teammates launched up to 25 shots, compared to 11 of the opponent. However, Thailand still received bitter results. In the second match against the host UAE, Elephants were worse in ball control in the first half. But they were the team with more finishing, 11 compared to 3.

Both hold the score 0-0. Entering the second half, the UAE tried to speed up the game. In the 55th minute, from the phase of losing the ball in the middle of the Thai player's field, Tahnoon Al Zaabi took it and organized a quick counterattack. The accurate pass helped Harib Abdulla Suhail to head the opponent's net to open the scoring.

Thailand had the opportunity to equalize with Suphanan Bureerat's close-range finish in the 59th minute, but did not beat goalkeeper Khalid Eisa. War elephants push high to attack. Successive opportunities are created.

When it was not possible to concede the opponent's net, Thailand paid the price. In the 79th minute, Abdalla Ramadan took a direct free kick outside the penalty area to bring the ball close to the post, Abdul Sallam Mohammed cushioned the ball to seal a 2-0 victory.

Thus, Thailand lost in both friendly matches against Syria and UAE. Just a few hours later, U23 Thailand entered the match for 3rd place in the U23 Doha Cup 2023. They were appreciated more than U23 Kuwait. However, the only goal in the first half made Thailand U23 lose 0-1 and ranked 4th overall. In this tournament, U23 Vietnam ranked last.