Thailand lost miserably to Japan on the day of the new coach's debut.

Coach Masatada Ishii made his debut for the Thai national team in a friendly match against Japan this afternoon. The "War Elephants" entered this match without the services of many key players such as Chanathip Songkrasin, Teerasil Dangda and Pokklaw Anan.

Thailand cannot resist the power of Japan (Photo: Getty).

Meanwhile, the Japanese team also took the field with the second team without many players playing in Europe such as Takehiro Tomiyasu, Wataru Endo, Takefusa Kubo, Daichi Kamada, Kaoru Mitoma.

The level of the two teams is too different. After 90 minutes of play, the Japanese team easily won 5-0 against Thailand.

Entering the match, Japan showed their superiority by completely controlling the match. The home team created dangerous opportunities in the early stages but Hosoyo and Junya Ito could not take advantage of them.

Thailand's defense played well when blocking the opponent well. They excellently held Japan to a 0-0 draw after the first half ended.

The situation changed dramatically in the second half. In the 51st minute, Tanaka maneuvered well in the penalty area, before unleashing an unstoppable shot, opening the score for Japan.

Japan easily scored 5 goals against Thailand in the second half (Photo: Getty).

With the goal, Japan continued to create great pressure. In the 72nd minute, the team from the Land of the Rising Sun scored a second goal. Minamino's shot was blocked by Revolution goalkeeper Khammai but Nakamura was there to score the rebound.

Just two minutes later, Japan scored the third goal after an own goal by Thai midfielder Dolah.

In the 82nd minute, Kawamura fired two consecutive shots that left Revolution goalkeeper Khammai helpless. In the 91st minute, Minamino scored the winning goal, 5-0, for Japan.

Starting lineup

Japan : Zion Suzuki, Fujii, Maikuma, Machida, Morishita, Junya Ito, Ryotaro Ito, Kaishu Sano, Okunuki, Ao Tanaka, Mao Hosoya

Thailand : Patiwat Khammai, Nicolas Mickelson, Elias Dolah, Kritsada Kaman, Jaroensak Wonggorn, Bureerat, Pomphan, Picha Autra, Charoenrattanapirom, Bordin Phala, Teerasak

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/thai-lan-thua-tan-nat-truoc-nhat-ban-trong-ngay-ra-mat-hlv-moi-20240101142411258.htm