The clash between the Philippines and Thailand is the second semi-final of the AFF Cup 2024. The first leg will take place at 8:00 p.m. on December 27 at Rizal Memorial Stadium in the Philippines. Meanwhile, the second leg will take place at 8:30 p.m. on December 27 at Rajamangala Stadium (Thailand). As usual, the AFF Cup 2024 semi-final will be broadcast live on VTV2, VTV Can Tho as well as the VTVgo and VTV Times applications. In addition, viewers can also watch on FPT Play platforms.
The Thai team is still proving itself to be the number 1 candidate for the 2024 AFF Cup championship title.
In terms of history, the Thai team is showing superiority over the Philippines. Since 2014, the two teams have met a total of 6 times in the AFF Cup and Thailand has an unbeaten record (4 wins, 2 draws). Notably, in these 6 matches, the Philippine team has never been able to score more than 1 goal against Thailand. In the most recent meeting (December 26, 2022), Thailand also defeated the Philippines with a resounding score of 4-0.
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In addition, at the AFF Cup 2024, the Thai team is also performing convincingly. Coach Masatada Ishii's team does not have the strongest squad but still easily won all 4 group stage matches, confidently entering the semi-finals as the top team in Group A. Thailand also scored 18 goals (an average of 4.5 goals/match), only conceding 4 times to have a much better goal difference than all the other teams in the tournament. Expected stars such as Suphanat Mueanta, Patrik Gustavsson, Teerasak Poeiphimai all shone brightly, each scoring 3 goals in the group stage.
Suphanat Mueanta (10) has 3 goals after 4 group stage matches
Thailand team must get used to artificial pitch soon
Unlike Thailand, the Philippines had a more difficult group stage. Coach Albert Capellas' team has 6 points after 4 matches, ranking 2nd in Group B after Vietnam (10 points). Apart from creating a surprise, defeating Indonesia 1-0 away to "snatch" the ticket to the semi-finals from their opponents, the Philippines has not left much of an impression.
In their fifth appearance in the semi-finals (the previous four were in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2018), the only support that helped the Philippines confidently make things difficult for Thailand was the Rizal Memorial Stadium. This is an artificial turf field and makes many opponents struggle when playing away. In the group stage, the Vietnamese team also faced many difficulties to get a 1-1 draw. After the match, many players even had to leave the field with scratches.
Rizal Memorial Stadium once made it difficult for the Vietnamese team in the group stage.
Thai media assessed that coach Masatada Ishii seemed to have seen this difficulty and he quickly adjusted the training plan. After the group stage, Thailand began organizing training at the artificial turf field of the Bangkok Thonburi Football Development Center. This is considered a reasonable preparation, minimizing risks for Thai players when visiting the Philippines.
“Coach Masatada Ishii had to quickly change the training exercises to help the Thai players get used to the artificial turf. Don’t forget to bring red medicine when playing at Rizal Memorial. The Vietnamese team had to return home with serious injuries and certainly big challenges await Thailand in the first leg of the semi-final,” Thai Raith newspaper commented.
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