Fans vote for Thailand's most beautiful unsporting goal of AFF Cup 2024

According to statistics on the AFF Cup homepage as of 1:30 p.m. on January 7, more than 2,700 fans participated in voting for the "Best Goal" of the tournament. Of which, 76.16% of the votes were for Supachok Sarachat (Thailand) with the goal that increased the score to 2-1 in the second leg of the final against the Vietnamese team on January 5. This is the scandalous goal of the player born in 1998.

Fans flocked to vote for Supachok Sarachat.

Supachok Sarachat's shot was indeed a beautiful goal. However, the fans' vote for the Thai star could be considered a mockery. Previously, in the vote for the best goal of the second leg of the final, Supachok's goal also accounted for 72.12% of the votes.

Supachok’s goal was an infamous moment for Thailand in the second leg of the final. The striker did not return the ball after Vietnam kicked it out of bounds so that medical personnel could come in to tend to an injured player. Instead, he took the shot when the Vietnamese players were off guard.

Supachok argued that he was busy arguing with the referee in the previous play and did not know that the Vietnamese team had kicked the ball out, so he did not return the ball. However, when the referee suggested that the Thai team return a goal to the Vietnamese team, Supachok and his teammates refused.

The goal was beautiful in terms of technique but bad in terms of sportsmanship of the Thai team.

Immediately after Thailand scored an unsportsmanlike goal, Vietnam team captain Do Duy Manh immediately rushed to have a harsh talk with the opposing player. The 1996-born center-back revealed the conversation with words of reproach towards Supachok Sarachat - the player who took the shot when he should have returned the ball in the spirit of fair play.

"I told Supachok, 'Why did you play like that? You're playing in Japan and that's not allowed.' The opposing team's player said he didn't know if the Vietnamese team was really in pain or pretending. Supachok should feel ashamed," Duy Manh recounted the controversial situation.