In the first leg of the semi-finals of the Southeast Asian Football Championship, 28-year-old "Thai Messi" Son Krasin scored a 9-minute double to help Thailand beat Vietnam 2-0, winning five consecutive wins while taking the lead in promotion.
In the opening 14 minutes, the Thai team took advantage of a counter-attack opportunity to blow up Vietnam, Vietnam's No. 7 player Nguyen Fung Hung Wai strangely slipped and gave a gift, And Sonklasin scored the ball in front of the attacking goalkeeper, and the Thai team took a 1-0 lead.
In the 23rd minute, the Thai team played a Barca-style cooperation, by the center back to play the ball, Songklasin back to the ball with the two teammates each hit the wall to cooperate, just 5 passes in just 5 seconds, all of them are a foot out of the ball, and finally Songklasin single-handedly scored the ball to complete the double, but also helped the Thai team to lock up a 2-0 win. Seeing the Thai team's coordinated goal, fans could not help but sigh: the national football team lost to Thailand that year.
After completing the double, Thai captain Songklasin finally scored in double figures for the national team, scoring 10 goals in 57 appearances. Of the 10 goals scored by Songklasin in the national team, two were scored against China.
The two goals scored by Sonklasin against the national team ultimately helped Thailand take away the victory, once in a 5-1 victory over the national football team in 2013 and once in a 1-0 victory over the national football team in 2019.
Thailand did not reach the round of 12 of this World Preliminary Tournament, while Vietnam reached the round of 12 for the first time in the history of the team and became an opponent in the same group as the national football team. In the first leg of the Round of 12, the national football team narrowly defeated Vietnam 3-2, and Vietnam was the only team in the round of 12 with 0 points in the first six rounds.