Thai futsal gets another friendly match against Iran before the 2024 Futsal World Cup.
Mr. Adisak Benjasiriwan, Vice President of the Football Association of Thailand, revealed the overall picture of the Thai national futsal team in the Continental Futsal Championship 2024 and the final preparations before the “FIFA Futsal World Cup 2024” that the final match against Afghanistan was a fight with dignity.
We achieved our goal of becoming the champion of this tournament. However, the elements in the past 4 matches were both positive and negative that need to be improved. This tournament is a very good test. The Continental was born for the first time during COVID and we have never won the championship before.
“This time, we were able to do it. I think it was a good way to build confidence for all the players on the team. If we remember before the last Futsal World Cup in Lithuania, we used the Continental competition as a test. This time will be another time that will make us ready in various aspects according to the team preparation plan before going to the Futsal World Cup. I think that the benefits from this competition and what we saw and analyzed will be used to improve.
After this, we will have about a week to manage training in Thailand and Uzbekistan, manage travel to maintain the physical fitness of the athletes, and I want us to be as ready as possible in terms of adapting to the weather and environment, especially in Uzbekistan, which is a country surrounded by high mountains. If we just travel there and train, it might not be enough.”
“It just so happened that the Iranian national team contacted me since we are also from Bukhara. After the Continental Futsal, the Thai futsal team should have another warm-up match against a strong opponent. This was a good opportunity, so I accepted Iran’s invitation to have this match. We will play another match in a co-training format, which FIFA has already approved.
As for the goalkeeper, Arus Senbat, who is injured, the medical team assessed that he might be able to play in the second match of the Futsal World Cup. The team also informed us that they wanted to increase the list of Charoenpong Prasansat to 15 people for this trip to monitor the situation again. If he does not recover in time, there will be a chance to change the list 24 hours before the match if there is a medical certificate.”
For the Thai national futsal team, ranked 9th in the https://ufabet999.app world, they will have a warm-up match to test the team (Co-training) against the Iranian national team, ranked 1st in Asia and 4th in the world, on September 11, 2024, in preparation for the 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Uzbekistan.
FIFA Futsal World Cup 2024 group stage program in Uzbekistan, Thailand national team at Bukhara Universal Sports Complex (Thailand time)
First match: September 14, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.
Thailand national team VS Croatia
Second match, 17 September 2024 at 7:30 p.m.,
Thailand national team VS Cuba
The last match of the group stage is on September 20, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.
Thailand vs Brazil.