{"id":19781,"date":"2019-09-05T16:58:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T07:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/?p=19781"},"modified":"2019-09-05T16:58:36","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T07:58:36","slug":"thailand-and-vietnam-ready-for-massive-opening-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2019\/09\/05\/thailand-and-vietnam-ready-for-massive-opening-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Thailand and Vietnam Ready for Massive Opening Clash"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Credit – Tran Tien<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Vietnam\u2019s starlets missing chunks of preparation time.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Nguyen Cong Phuong, Nguyen Quang Hai, and Doan Van Hau. Three of Vietnam\u2019s biggest football stars all missed chunks of Park Hang-seo\u2019s training camp leading up to their away clash with bitter rivals Thailand.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hanoi FC talisman, Quang Hai, joined training three days later than the majority of his teammates while his (former) club-mates Van Hau was also in the Netherlands to finalize his moved to Eredivisie side SC Heerenveen. The left-back flew straight to Bangkok and only took part in one training session at the Thammasat Stadium.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, “Vietnamese Messi” Cong Phuong did not take part in any training sessions back in Vietnam. The attacker has only featured in one official game for Belgian side Sint-Truidense V.V. but did get on the scoresheet for the reserve team before meeting up with his national side. There is also minor criticism from the Golden Dragon\u2019s fans on coach Park for not selecting Hanoi FC\u2019s striker and captain Nguyen Van Quyet.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Changsuek\u2019s new captain<\/b><\/p>\n

Buriram United\u2019s Siwarak Tedsungnoen has been awarded the Thai captain\u2019s armband for the first time in his career. Head coach Akira Nishino stated the goalkeeper\u2019s leadership and influence on the squad as the main reason for the decision. Yokohama F. Marinos\u2019s left-back Theerathon Bunmathan is the only player in this squad who had ever taken this responsibility prior.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Credit – @ThailandNTOFFICIAL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bangkok Spygate incident!<\/b><\/p>\n

On the evening of the 3rd of September, a photo of the Thai team training was posted on a Vietnam\u2019s website, sending social media into chaos. It was later revealed that the photo was taken from a hotel room, 500 meters away from the stadium, by one of the visitors’ press. After investigation, those responsible for this spy gate incident was stripped of their media passes and an official complaint was filed to the FIFA as suggested by the match commissioner. FAT president Pol.Gen. Somyot Poompanmoung also asked all Vietnamese press staying in that same hotel to relocate to a lower floor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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CS10?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chanathip Songkrasin was given the number 10 shirt ahead of the game against Vietnam, a number formerly belonging to striker Teerasil Dangda. Chanathip stated that he accepted the change of number, abandoning the #18 he donned for club and country previously, accepting the number of out of respect for his senior teammate and in reference to his idol, Diego Maradona. Other notable number updates saw Supachok Sarachart get the Number 7 shirt, possibly indicating a bigger role in the squad for the budding star, while 19-year-old Ekanit Panya will take over Chanathip’s old number.<\/p>\n

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Nishino urges War Elephants to be brave in the final third<\/b><\/p>\n

Nishino insisted in his pre-match conference that every player must help out in the final third – and to avoid putting too much pressure on the forward alone. The former Japanese national team head coach also touched on the youngsters’ nervousness when teaming up with senior players. Adding that he understands the culture aspect of the issue but encourage everyone to express themselves regardless of their age. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vietnam\u2019s starlets missing chunks of preparation time.\u00a0 Nguyen Cong Phuong, Nguyen Quang Hai, and Doan Van Hau. Three of Vietnam\u2019s biggest football stars all missed chunks of Park Hang-seo\u2019s training camp leading up to their away clash with bitter rivals Thailand. Hanoi FC talisman, Quang Hai, joined training three days later than the majority of his teammates while his (former) club-mates Van Hau was also in the Netherlands to finalize his moved to Eredivisie side SC Heerenveen. The left-back flew straight to Bangkok and only took part in one training session at the Thammasat Stadium. Meanwhile, “Vietnamese Messi” Cong Phuong did not take part in any training sessions back in … Continue reading “Thailand and Vietnam Ready for Massive Opening Clash”<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":19786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1636],"tags":[95,68,105,554],"class_list":["post-19781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-cup-qualifying","tag-slider","tag-thailand","tag-vietnam","tag-world-cup-qualifying"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19781"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19787,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19781\/revisions\/19787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}