Thai newspaper gives reasons why the home team cannot win the AFF Cup 2024

(Dan Tri) - Thailand's leading sports daily Siam Sports reviewed 12 months of Thai football activities in 2024, not forgetting to mention the defeat against the Vietnamese team at the AFF Cup.

Two of the most notable events of Thai football in 2024 are the King's Cup in October and the campaign in December. The King's Cup brings joy while the AFF Cup brings pain to the Thai team.

However, the small joy at King's Cup cannot help the Thai team and Thai football to ease the great sadness at the AFF Cup.

Thailand lost to Vietnam team at AFF Cup 2024 (Photo: Tien Tuan).

Regarding the King's Cup, Siam Sport wrote: "The Thai team won the King's Cup championship for the first time in 7 years. This tournament had the participation of teams from Thailand, the Philippines, Tajikistan and Syria."

"Chanathip Songkrasin's superb goal helped Thailand beat Syria in the final. This is the 16th championship in the history of the Golden Temple team, but the first championship in 7 years," Siam Sport added.

Regarding the AFF Cup 2024, Thailand's leading sports daily commented: "This is a tournament with too much controversy, the AFF Cup receives a lot of criticism."

"The Thai national team cannot use its strongest squad because the AFF Cup competition schedule overlaps with the club's competition schedule. That is the reason why some Thai-League clubs are determined not to release players to the national team," Siam Sport added.

The phrase "need to surpass Southeast Asian level" has returned to Thai football, after the defeat against the Vietnamese team in the AFF Cup (Photo: Huong Duong).

The above comments show that the Thai media has not yet gotten over the defeat against the Vietnamese team in the recently concluded Southeast Asian Football Championship. They are still looking for reasons to justify the defeat of the team under coach Masatada Ishii (Japanese), including both objective and subjective reasons.

Siam Sport analyzed: "The organizing committee of domestic tournaments knew the AFF Cup schedule in advance, but still deliberately arranged the schedule to coincide with the Southeast Asian tournament. The Thai team won all 4 matches in the AFF Cup group stage, but in return, they suffered many injuries and conceded the most goals since the 1996 AFF Cup."

"Not only that, Thailand almost lost to Singapore in the group stage. Then, the 1-2 loss to the Philippines in the first leg of the semi-finals was the first defeat of the Thai team against this team in 52 years. Many players participating in the AFF Cup were considered unworthy of wearing the national team jersey, but were still given the opportunity by coach Masatada Ishii," Siam Sport said.

Due to the overlapping schedule, as well as the mistakes of coach Masatada Ishii, according to Siam Sport , the defeat of the Thai team against the Vietnamese team was inevitable.

Thailand's leading sports daily sports newspaper summed up the final line for the most important tournament of Thai football in the past year: "From the above problems, in the end, the Thai team could not win the AFF Cup".

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/bao-thai-lan-neu-ly-do-doi-nha-khong-the-vo-dich-aff-cup-2024-20250113140559580.htm