In the fourth round of the group stage of Group C of the second stage of the World Preliminary Asian Region, the national football team played against Singapore at home, achieving "revenge" and achieving a big victory with a score of 4-1, and Ivan finally ushered in the first victory after coaching. At that time, Thailand lost 0-3 to South Korea at home.
At present, the national football team is temporarily in second place with 7 points, and Thailand is in third place with 4 points, and the goal difference between the two sides is 3. However, in terms of schedule, Thailand has the upper hand. As long as Thailand does not lose against the national football team, it is very likely to advance. The national football team will play Thailand first, and then South Korea, which seems to be a tough battle, but once it defeats Thailand, it will be bright and will qualify directly.
It can be said that at this stage of the competition, the promotion situation is already clear. On June 6, if the national football team can't win Thailand, it basically means that it is out, and as long as it loses one goal to South Korea in the final round, Thailand can qualify by three goals at home against Singapore.
Overall, the next battle of life and death for the national football team, defeating Thailand can properly advance;
Kick to draw Thailand, the follow-up game may have to compete for goal difference, but slightly unfavorable, after all, Thailand has to pinch the "soft persimmon" Singapore in the final round, and China meets South Korea;
Losing to Thailand basically means being out, and the only surprise is Thailand's upset loss to Singapore in the final round, but this is almost unlikely.
One piece of news is that Hwang Sun-hong will step down as South Korea's interim coach. At the post-match press conference after the 3-0 win over Thailand, South Korean coach Hwang Sun-hong said frankly, "I will step down as interim coach from today, and the next step is a difficult road to the Olympic Games, and I want to be ready to help the national Olympic team achieve good results." In the 2 world preliminary matches coached as interim coach, 1 win and 1 draw. This also means that when the national football team played against South Korea, it met the new coach of the South Korean team.
The Thai coach believes that the 1-1 draw with South Korea in the last game showed all his strength and put in a lot of effort. But now, we're tired enough to focus on defending well, and the offensive side is tempting up to try to control the ball, but it doesn't work out well. There is still hope of qualifying, and we have to analyze the video footage of the two matches between China and Singapore to be fully prepared for the promotion, and we still have a chance.