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Right from the first minutes of the first half, the "War Elephants" pushed up their formation, taking advantage of their home field to find an early goal. In the 9th minute, Benjamin Davis quickly broke the deadlock with a tricky shot in the penalty area, putting Thailand ahead.

Thailand's opening goal in a friendly match against India sparked a debate about fair play. After an Indian player lay on the field in pain from a collision, instead of kicking the ball out as is customary in a friendly, Thailand continued to attack.

Taking advantage of the opponent's lack of players, Ben Davis fired a long-range shot to score. This goal was considered by many to be lacking fair-play, reminiscent of a similar situation by Supachok against Vietnam at the 2024 ASEAN Cup. The Indian players clearly expressed their frustration with the referee and dissatisfaction with the home team after this goal.

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Benjamin Davis (No. 10) opened the scoring against India - Photo: FA Thailand

The home team continued to dominate the game, creating many dangerous opportunities from Channarong Promsri Kaew and Kravit Thasa, but could not double the gap. On the Indian side, although Sunil Chhetri and Liston Colaco had a few situations to respond, they could not take advantage of them successfully.

In the second half, the match's tempo was maintained. Thailand continued to show sharpness in attack. In the 59th minute, from a quick counter-attack, Benjamin Davis assisted Poramet Arjvirai to take a beautiful long-range shot, sending the ball into the top corner of the goal, raising the score to 2-0 for Thailand.

After the second goal, India tried to rise strongly with attacks from Manvir Singh and Liston Colaco, but the Thai defense played focused, neutralizing all dangers.

In the end, Thailand won convincingly, creating favorable psychological momentum for the upcoming journey in the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/thai-lan-danh-bai-an-do-nho-pha-ghi-ban-thieu-fair-play-2408258.html