AL WAKRAH – National team (National Team) Thailand U-23 canceled following the Indonesian U-23 and Vietnam U-23 national teams qualifying for the quarter-finals 2024 U-23 Asian Cup. The reason is that in the final match of Group C, Thailand U-23 lost to Tajikistan U-23.
Playing at Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, Qatar, on Monday 22 April 2024, Thailand lost with a score of 0-1. The only goal in the match was created in the 90+1 minute through Manuchekhr Safarov’s action.
The defeat left Thailand U-23 perched at the bottom of Group C with 3 points. Meanwhile, Tajikistan U-23 moved from being bottom, now in third place with 3 points too.
So, from Group C it is certain that the losers are Thailand U-23 and Tajikistan U-23. Of course the results are quite surprising.
Because Thailand U-23 is actually quite the favorite. Even though they were beaten by Saudi Arabia 0-5, Thailand U-23’s game when they beat 2-0 was very good. Because of this, Thailand U-23 is predicted to win against Tajikistan, which is called the weakest team.
The title of the weakest team is attached to Tajikistan U-23 because they failed to pick up points in the first two matches of Group C. However, Tajikistan U-23 was able to recover and succeeded in winning their first and last victory in the 2024 U-23 Asian Cup.
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Meanwhile, the other match between Saudi Arabia U-23 vs Iraq U-23 was no less exciting. Both teams traded attacks.
In the end Iraq U-23 won with a score of 2-1. Thanks to these results, Iraq U-23 led Group C and emerged as group winners. Meanwhile, the second position is occupied by Saudi Arabia U-23.
Both teams are equally strong at 6 points. It’s just that Iraq U-23 is superior head-to-head to Saudi Arabia U-23.
The Thailand U-23 national team also failed to follow two Southeast Asian countries, the Indonesian U-23 national team and Vietnam U-23, which qualified for the quarter-finals.