Experts… lose every time they play against Vietnam

Xuan Son 'praises' his opponent

More than 2 years ago, Jonathan Khemdee and the Thailand U.23 team lost to the Vietnam U.23 team in the final match of the men's football event of the 2022 SEA Games, at My Dinh Stadium.

Kheemdee did not enjoy the joy in the AFF Cup final

Jonathan Khemdee was injured after a collision with Tuan Hai at the beginning of the match.

In the above match, the central defender of the U.23 Thai team was assigned to mark the striker Nham Manh Dung of the home team, but he failed. Jonathan Khemdee let Manh Dung head the ball, scoring the only goal for the U.23 Vietnamese team in the gold medal match.

Jonathan Khemdee has a huge advantage in terms of physique (1.90 m tall) and physical strength. However, this player is not strong in terms of technique, and is weak in the ability to turn and read situations. That is the reason why Jonathan Khemdee is not the first choice of coach Masatada Ishii for the Thai team at the AFF Cup.

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It was only when Thai defender Chalermsak Aukkee made a mistake in the first leg of the final against Vietnam at Viet Tri Stadium ( Phu Tho ) on January 2 that Jonathan Khemdee was officially allowed to play as a central defender for the Thai team in the second leg of the final last night (January 5).

Thailand used all tricks, but Vietnam team still won

It seems that coach Masatada Ishii is under too much pressure from the Thai football public to use Jonathan Khemdee. He needs a strong central defender to stick with striker Xuan Son of the Vietnamese team. Khemdee replaced Chalermsak Aukkee as central defender for this reason. However, Khemdee himself made a mistake, causing Thailand to concede an early goal.

In the 8th minute, this player chose the wrong landing point and missed his header while marking Xuan Son, causing the ball to fall to Tuan Hai's position, before Tuan Hai scored the opening goal for the Vietnamese team. In the following minutes, Jonathan Khemdee did not leave any mark on the field, he did not defend very well and did not participate in the attack very effectively.

Khemdee’s remaining mark in the second leg of the final, sadly, was his provocation of Vietnam striker Nguyen Tien Linh, forcing his teammates and members of the Thai coaching staff to step in. They did not want Khemdee to make the situation worse.

Twice Jonathan Khemdee participated in the finals with Vietnamese teams, at both the national team and U.23 national level, this player lost. If counting the defeat in the 2023 SEA Games final, between U.23 Thailand and U.23 Indonesia, Jonathan Khemdee played in 3 finals of international tournaments in his career, up to this point, lost all 3.

In the 2023 SEA Games final, Jonathan Khemdee also got into a fight with an Indonesian player, leading to his ban from participating in Thai teams for 1 year, under the former Football Association of Thailand (FAT) president Somyot Poompunmuang. It was only when Madam Pang became president of FAT early last year that Madam Pang reduced Khemdee's sentence. However, he almost made the same mistake again, provoking and wanting to fight with Tien Linh in the AFF Cup final on January 5.

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Source: https://thanhnien.vn/anh-chang-duoc-giao-kem-xuan-son-chuyen-gia-bai-tran-cu-moi-khi-dau-viet-nam-185250106133937467.htm