In the past year, we have played against the Thai team many times at the national team and club level, although in the national team duel, the national football team won the Thai national team, but in terms of clubs, the clubs of both countries have their own winners and losers!
Perhaps, it is also because of the continuous fighting so many times, which also makes the two sides begin to accumulate some "hatred" and "resentment", and they both regard each other as "mortal enemies", so there was a large-scale conflict in the AFC Champions League Zhejiang vs. Buriram United.
It's true that in the past, the Thai team was completely out of our mind, because we had never looked at this Southeast Asian team at that time. However, as we continue to improve and regress, the Thai team, which we once "looked down upon", has now become a big rival for us in Asia. Although in last month's World Preliminary Tournament, the national football team defeated the opponent 2-1, but our showdown with the Thai team is not over, and the two sides will stage a head-to-head battle again in June next year, and that "life and death" matchup will also directly determine the ranking of the group and the final fate of the two teams!
I remember that in the first meeting between the national football team and the Thai team, the Thai team lineup was not particularly neat like ours, especially several of their naturalized players did not play, especially Mikkelsen, who played for the Danish Odense club, I believe that in the match against the national football team again next year, the Thai team will recruit these naturalized players into the team to play the game anyway, after all, if they don't work hard, they will have to prepare for the next World Cup. Our biggest advantage over Thailand is our height, and if they have some players over 1.90m, then our height advantage will no longer exist, and it will be more difficult to play.
Do you think the national football team will be able to defeat the opponent and advance to the round of 18 in the home game against Thailand on June 6 next year?