Mano Polking, head coach of Thailand national team admit that the team lost too many balls Ready to encourage that if you want to defend the championship, you must play better. After the match to win Cambodia national team 3-1 in the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2022 Group stage, group A final match last night
“For us, it is halfway from our goal. Now let’s wait and see who will meet in the semi-finals. before analyzing the opponent’s game Our goal is clear: to defend this title.” Mano said in Post-match Press conference.
“What is clear is that if we want to defend the championship We have to play better together. Especially in the first half, we lost more balls than we should have. Cambodia came to play the way many teams played in the World Cup. and with a lower rank He then focused on defensive play and tried to find a counterattack. And he has a fast player. And we already know they have this plan.”
“As I said, we have to analyze. what we need to fix in the next game is to lose the ball easily in the first half But what gets us through this game is solving the game. and changed in the second half the change in plans puts us back in control of the game we want. and create many opportunities and performed better in the second half than in the first half until winning This is what we do in this game. We have to continue to analyze what we need to do better.”
“I said before that we want to be champions of the group. because it will create an advantage of playing at home in the second match in front of our fans That’s our goal. It doesn’t matter who we meet. Because we only need to play the second game at our home.”
On the side of Teerasil Dangda, the striker of the Thailand national team said.
“I’m glad I scored a goal. and finally, we won and passed the first goal we set We want to be champions of the group. We have to go do homework. And get ready for the next two games.”
“If it’s a football tournament Recovery is important. We have to be ready for every game. Now our main homework is to recover as fully as possible. Maybe someone got hurt too. it’s important In addition to training, there is also a matter of rest. and rehabilitate each athlete’s body Everyone has to take care of themselves. If you have tools, you have to focus on your body as much as possible.”
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