The second leg between Thailand and South Korea will take place at Rajamangala Stadium with a capacity of more than 50.000 seats. The Thai Football Federation (FAT) announced that it will start issuing tickets online from March 9.3 and will continue to sell traditional tickets in front of FAT headquarters if there are still tickets left. However, just 1 day after going on sale, all tickets to watch the second leg match live were sold out.
According to the sheet Siamsport, this result comes from the fact that the Thai team is having positive results under coach Masatada Ishii. "War Elephant" passed the group stage of the 2023 Asian Cup and showed beautiful football, exactly as expected by home fans. Not only that, since Madam Pang (also known as Nualphan Lamsam) was elected FAT president, Thai fans' confidence in the team is huge. After FAT announced the opening of online ticket sales, Madam Pang personally called on fans to come to the stadium and "give fire" to the Thai team.
Confidence in the Thai team is now very great
Thai Ticket Major - the official ticket distribution unit of FAT announced that more than 50.000 tickets were sold out on March 10.3. However, after the Thai team's 1-1 draw against South Korea (March 21.3), "ticket fever" continued in Thailand. Fans of "War Elephants" waited for hours in front of FAT headquarters in the hope of owning a ticket to watch it live even though it was not open for ticket sales.
Seizing this opportunity, the "black market ticket" in Thailand has begun operating. According to the sheet Siamsport, To own a ticket to the stadium, fans of this country will have to spend 10 times the previous ticket price. However, most fans are satisfied and willing to pay to watch the upcoming match.
Sheet Siamsport wrote: "Thai Ticket Major has sold out tickets with prices of 165, 295, 395, 560, 700 and 750 baht respectively (equivalent to 120.000 VND to 510.000 VND). But recently, there is a public Facebook football ticket selling group, with about 7.000 members, that is pushing the price 10 times higher.
Each ticket now costs about 2.000 baht to 2.500 baht (more than 1,3 million VND to 1,7 million VND), but getting a ticket again is almost impossible.
It is expected that on the day of the competition, there will definitely continue to be sky-high tickets released. Maybe 20 or 30 times the ticket price that Thai Ticket Major released. However, perhaps the passion and belief from our team is now too great. We have conducted many surveys and they said they are willing to pay large amounts of money to enter the stadium to watch the match live."
Thai fans are willing to spend 10 times more money to watch their home team play
In the first leg match (March 21.3), the Thai team drew 1-1 on Korea's field and rose to 2nd place in Group C with points. The Thai team has 4 points, equal to China but better in difference (the Thai team has a difference of +1, China has a difference of -2). Just a few hours after the first leg ended, the Thai team quickly returned home to prepare for the return match.
The Thai team quickly returned home
Then there's the physical training session
The Thai team players are very ready for the rematch with Korea
On March 22.3, "War Elephants" completed 2 training sessions and all players were determined to surprise the Korean team. Coach Masatada Ishii is confident: "The next match will take place at home, we will bring a completely different performance. The Thai team has the support of home fans, which is a great motivation. What I'm thinking now is that Thailand must win against Korea. We put all our effort into this match and don't think about anything else."
