Thailand’s national soccer team, which had a 1-1 draw in an away match in Korea, is preparing for a rematch with Korea with strong confidence. Thailand’s key winger, Supachok Sarachat (Buriram United), acknowledged the inferiority of his objective power but vowed another extraordinary incident against Korea.
“Everyone is recovering as best they can since the last away match in Korea,” Sarachat said in an interview with local media, including Kaosot, after completing the training for the second Asian qualifying round for the 2026 FIFA North-Central America World Cup against South Korea at the BG training center in Pattoumtani, Thailand on the 25th (Korea time). “We are preparing hard for a better performance because we played our first game well. This game aims to surprise South Korea again.”
Thailand, ranked 101st in FIFA rankings, caused an upset in a 1-1 draw against South Korea (ranked 22nd in FIFA) held at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on the 21st. Considering the objective power difference from the players’ faces and the fact that more than 60,000 home spectators entered the stadium, it was also a humiliating result for South Korea. Thailand won a valuable point by enduring Korea’s wave offensive after balancing the 16th minute of the second half even after losing the first goal to Son Heung-min (Tottenham).
“Everyone knows how important it is to have one point (score) at home in Korea,” Sarachat said. “On the contrary, Korea will want to have three points at home. However, we have no intention of giving up to anyone at home. Rather, if we beat Korea, it would be truly amazing in front of our Thai fans.” Sarachat also played full time as a left winger in the last away match in Korea.
“We still have a long way to go before reaching the final qualifying round. We have to do our best in every game. We are focusing on not making minor mistakes,” he said. “Of course, we know that we are not as good at leading the game as Korea or handling the ball as Korea. However, we have our own way.”
In the third match of the qualifying round, South Korea led by a whopping 25-6 in the number of shots, and the ball possession reached 79%, but the team missed the victory due to its defensive concentration that collapsed in an instant due to its disappointing goal-scoring ability with only one goal. At that time, Thailand showed formidable potential by shaking Korea with strong forward pressure from the beginning of the game.
It was the second time in history that Korea failed to match Thailand at home (seven wins) and the first time in 27 years since the 0-0 draw (jamsil) in the first round qualifying round for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France in 1997. The match between Korea and Thailand will take place at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand at 9:30 p.m. on Saturday (Korea time).
BY: 토토사이트 추천