Supanat is the hero! The War Elephants beat the Philippines 3-1 in extra time, 4-3 on aggregate, advancing to the ASEAN Cup finals.
The “War Elephants”, the senior Thai national football team, will compete in a fateful battle with the “Dia Azgals” of the Philippines in the “Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2024” semi-finals, second leg at Rajamangala Stadium this evening (December 30) at 8:00 p.m.
In the first match, the Thai national team lost 1-2. So the situation in the second match, because there is no away goal rule, means that Thailand must win by more than 2 goals to advance to the next round. However, if they win by only one goal. They will have to go to extra time for another 30 minutes, and if they still cannot find a winner. They will have to go to a penalty shootout. As for the Philippines, if they draw, they will get their ticket to the finals for the first time.
Masatada Ishii, head coach of the Thai national team, arranged the first 11 players without the name of “Bank” Suphanat Mueanta, the talented striker who has a fever. He sent the 11 starters in a 4-2-3-1 formation consisting of goalkeeper Patiwat Khammai, defenders from right to left Suphanan Burirat, Chalermsak Akhee, Pansa Hemviboon, Nicholas Mickelson, defensive midfielders Weerathep Pomphan, Peeradon Chamratsamee, attacking midfielders from right to left Seksan Ratree, Benjamin James Davis, Supachok Sarachat, center forward Patrick Gustafsson.
The game started out rather tensely. Thailand had more possession of the ball but still could not find a clear finishing moment. Until the 37th minute, the cheers were loud at Rajamangala Stadium when Seksan Ratree used his diligence to collect the ball that almost went out of the goal line and passed it back to Peeradon who shot into the goal to give Thailand a 1-0 lead. The aggregate score was tied at 2-2.
In the first half, Thailand almost scored a second goal when Supachai Sarachat’s shot hit the crossbar, causing a missed opportunity to score a goal. At the end of the first half, Thailand led the Philippines 1-0, with the aggregate score still tied at 2-2.
In the second half, in the 54th minute, Thailand scored the second goal when Weerathep Pomphan passed to Patrick Gustafsson who broke through to shoot. At first, the offside flag was raised, but after checking with VAR, Patrick was still in the defensive line, allowing Thailand to score a goal to lead 2-0 and successfully turn the score around to lead 3-2.
Then in the 63rd minute, Thailand changed players by taking off the two goal scorers, Peeradon Chamratsamee and Patrick Gustafsson, and sending in Akkarapong Phumwiset and Teerasak Poeipimai instead. Before Thailand almost conceded a goal in the 70th minute from a free kick by Zico Baily, but Patiwat Khammai showed a superb save to push it away.
The game turned into the Philippines having more possession and trying to find a chance to score until they scored the first goal in the 84th minute from a shot by Bjorn Christensen to make it 1-2 and tie the score 3-3 again.
The Philippines seemed to have the courage to dominate the ball and attack heavily and almost scored the equalizer from a chaotic situation in front of the เว็บพนันออนไลน์ UFABET สมัครง่าย โปรโมชั่นมากมาย goal. They had 3 chances to shoot but failed to score, allowing Thailand to narrowly avoid conceding a goal. After 90 minutes, Thailand won 2-1, but the aggregate score was 3-3, so they had to go into extra time for another 30 minutes.
Just before the start of extra time, Thailand had to make their sixth substitution when Weerathep Pomphan was injured and had to be carried off, with Suphanat Mueanta coming on to replace him. However, Thailand was unable to establish itself in the first half before accelerating in the second half and finally scoring a goal from a header by Suphanat Mueanta, putting Thailand up 3-1 in this game and leading 4-3 on aggregate.
Full-time: Thailand beats Philippines 3-1. Total score: Thailand beats Philippines 4-3 in 2 matches, advancing to the final against Vietnam. They will visit first on January 2, 2025, and return to play in Thailand on January 5, 2025