The 2024 World Cup qualifiers in Asia are about to begin, and with the Chinese men's national soccer team placed in the same group as Thailand and South Korea, the prospects of advancing are not very promising. In a previous interview, Thailand repeatedly threatened to win the national soccer team at home. In a recent interview with the media, Thailand's coach Polkin once again expressed his determination to beat China and even revealed that Thailand will be using more young players in the tournament, which is a bit surprising.
"South Korea is undoubtedly the strongest competitor and we have to compete with China and Singapore for another qualification. "But I believe that as long as we have a full squad and choose the best players, we can hope to qualify," Polking said in an interview with the Thai Evening News."
"The players are the most important factor in determining whether the team will make it or not, which is very important. So our priority is to make sure that the best players make it to the national team. Before that, the team participated in a warm-up tournament in Europe. We found 6~7 players in that team who performed well and they will be in the preliminaries list. In addition, when the match against China officially starts, we will see more young players on the roster." Polkin said.
It is well known that some of Thailand's key players, such as Dangda, Songkrasin and Boon Ma Thanh, are not getting any younger. But Polkin claimed that in the World Cup qualifier will send more young players, whether the Chinese men's soccer team is not enough to pay attention to this opponent? Polkin denied this, "The first match against China is one of the most important chances for Thailand, and a win will increase confidence in advancing to the next round, so it would not be an exaggeration to say that this is the match that will decide Thailand's fate." Our strategy is to win six points from our two opponents, China and Singapore, first so that we can reduce the pressure when we face Korea."
