Playing with one less man, Thailand lost to Uzbekistan in the opening match of the U17 Asian Cup 2025

U17 Uzbekistan completely dominated - Photo: FAT

Late on April 3, U17 Thailand lost to U17 Uzbekistan with a score of 1-4 in the opening match of the U17 Asian Cup 2025.

At this year's U17 Asia, the Southeast Asian representative fell into an extremely difficult group with the continent's top "giants". The names Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia and China are all rated higher than Thailand.

In the opening match, the "war elephants" will face the opponent considered the strongest in the group.

Uzbekistan has long been famous for the strength of its youth teams. The Central Asian representative is always a candidate for the championship of every youth tournament.

At the U17 Asia 2 years ago, U17 Uzbekistan also reached the semi-finals and only lost to U17 Korea with a narrow score of 0-1.

The difference in class helped the Central Asian representative take the initiative early and continuously pressure the opponent. In the 2nd minute, Khasanov scored the opening goal for U17 Uzbekistan.

Starting from Sodikov's skillful dribble, Khasanov scored to bring the score to 1-0.

U17 Thailand (blue shirt) is completely outclassed by its opponent - Photo: FAT

In the following minutes, the Central Asian representative continued to put pressure and scored a goal to double the gap. Sarsenbaev was the one to score, raising the score to 2-0 for coach Islom Ismoilov's team.

Conceding two quick goals, the "war elephants" were forced to change their playing style and scored a goal to reduce the score to 1-2 in the 40th minute. "Wonderboy" Mexes had a classy move and defeated the U17 Uzbekistan goalkeeper.

Entering the second half, Thailand U17 encountered more difficulties when in the 54th minute, central defender Phurinat was sent off after receiving a second yellow card. Playing with one less player, the Southeast Asian representative encountered even more difficulties.

The "War Elephants" conceded two more goals and ended the match with a 1-4 defeat.

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