Ishii is confident that the War Elephants will turn their form around and enter the next round. Chalermsak boasts that he has made the Philippines cry again

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Ishii is confident that the War Elephants will turn their form around and enter the next round. Chalermsak boasts that he has made the Philippines cry again.

Masatada Ishii, head coach of the “War Elephants” Thai national football team, along with Chalermsak Akhi, defender of the War Elephants, held a press conference before the second leg of the “Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2024” semi-finals against the Philippines at the press conference room of Rajamangala Stadium on December 29.

Ishii is confident that the War Elephants

Masatada Ishii said that in the first game, we were disappointed with the result of the match, which was that we lost. We have to come back and fix the problem of conceding goals. As for the things we did well, we will try to continuously improve them. Even though we may not have had time to practice, we use the method of fixing things from team meetings in the areas that need to be improved.

“We have already practiced preventing the goals we conceded. But after we had a meeting and watched the video, we had another discussion so that everyone would try to improve and not concede goals like this again, including watching the opponent’s play to come up with a plan for the future.”

“The main goal in selecting players for this แทงบอล UFABET ราคาดีที่สุด ไม่มีขั้นต่ำ game is to make sure that those players can beat the Philippines, and we have to look at the improvements that can be made to see who can do it well.”

“In this tournament, we have to work on a game-by-game basis. Of course, the current situation is that the Philippines has an advantage over us. We conceded a goal at the end of the first game, which put us at a disadvantage. In our home game, we have to win to advance to the next round. We may have lost the last game, but when we look at the details, we still have good points in each moment. Everyone still performs well, and I believe that we will perform well in this game as well.”

Chalermsak Akhi said that we have had a team meeting to review the mistakes we made when we conceded goals in the first game. We still need to improve our set pieces.

“The first game against Timor might be an easy game, but as we continue to play, we will encounter stronger teams. I think our response might still have some mistakes, as we have many new players. The coach has given the players homework to learn and improve. As for the goals we conceded, we have to go back and fix them.”

“I was there when we lost in the semi-finals for the second time. Because last time we lost to Malaysia and got a red card. That team had Phi Aum (Theerathon Bunmathan), Phi Mui (Teerasil Dangda), Phi Tang (Sarach Yooyen) and many others. But all the seniors tried to encourage the younger ones that it’s okay. We will go back to win at home.

This team may not have the seniors, but everyone is still motivated. We tried to tell them like we did two years ago that we will come back to win at home to enter the final and be the champion. The seniors, Phi New (Peeradon Chamratsamee), Phi Yong (Pansa Hemviboon), Phi Ice (Kampol Pathom-arkhakul), Phi Safe (Supanan Burirat). Including Check (Supachai Sarachat) and Bank (Supanat Mueanta), tried to encourage everyone to fight to get to the next round, just like everyone else.”

“I understand that we lost to the Philippines. It may have made the fans disappointed and upset. But I want everyone to know that the players are just as upset as the fans. We will try to win this match to advance to the next round. I would like to invite the fans to come to the stadium and cheer us on. I remember that the match we lost, the Philippines were so happy that they cried. And in this match, they will cry again because we will prevent them from entering the final.”