At 17:30 Beijing time on December 14, 2021, the Southeast Asian Football Championship Group A match continued, the Philippines vs Thailand. In the first half, Thailand scored one goal. After the Philippines equalised in the second half, Thailand overtook with a penalty. In the end, Thailand defeated the Philippines 2-1 to usher in the third victory of the group stage.
Currently, the Philippines is ranked 126th in the world and Thailand is ranked 118th. In the history of the Thai team, it has never "lost a hand" in front of the Philippine team. Thailand finished first in group A with 6 points, while the Philippines finished third in group with 3 points. In second place is Singapore. So, if the Philippines want to qualify from the group, they must beat Thailand in this round.
In the World Cup qualifier Round of 40, the Philippines had drawn with China at home, while Thailand beat China 5-1 at home. It should be said that these two were once the "bitter lords" of the national football team.
After the start of the game, the Thai team occupied a great advantage on the field, almost half-time attack and defense drills, and the Philippine team basically did not have the strength to fight back. I really don't understand, it is such a team, the national football team had 3 naturalized players (Axon, Li Ke, Jiang Guangtai) on the field, but could not defeat the Philippines away.
In the 25th minute, Thailand scored a brilliant goal-forward shot from striker Dilasi Dangda to give the Philippines a 1-0 lead.
In the second half, although the Philippine team stepped up its attack, the Thai team still wanted to continue to expand the score. In the 52nd minute, a long-range shot from thailand hit the crossbar and nearly extended the score.
In the 56th minute, the Philippine team took advantage of a free throw to the front point, was pushed by the Thai player not far from the goal, and rushed to the reichte goal to score a goal, and the Philippine team equalized 1-1.
In the 61st minute, the Thai team, which continued to attack, fired a quality long-range shot, the goalkeeper stood too close to the left side of the goal, fortunately a Filipino defender stood on the other side of the goal, which avoided the Thai team's counter-score.
In the 77th minute, Thailand burst into the Philippines penalty area and was brought down, and the referee awarded a penalty, which was scored by No. 10 player Dilasi Dangda, which was also his second goal in the match.
In the end, Thailand defeated the Philippines 2-1, ushering in the third victory of the group stage (Thailand had a bye). In this way, the Thai team will accumulate 9 points to continue to lead Group A, lock in the first place in the group, and qualify in the early round. In the final round, Thailand will play against Singapore, while the Philippines will play against Myanmar. Considering that Singapore will play against East Timor in this round, the chances of winning are very high. In this way, it is basically announced that the Philippine team will be out of the group.
This game also broke 3 new records. First, Thailand continues to maintain an unbeaten record against the Philippines, which has expanded to seven games; second, Thailand has maintained a record of total victory in this Southeast Asian Championship.