Thailand struggled to beat Suriname at 140th, suddenly “Thai Messi” Chanathip

Thailand has a remarkable friendly match with Suriname at home. However, this was not a match where the “War Elephants” team played really well, although they were still the winners.

After returning to the title of champion of football In Southeast Asia, Thailand Tel is very hard to “plow the index” to improve its position on the FIFA rankings. At the moment, “War Elephant” is ranked 112th in the world, while Suriname is 140.

Thailand (blue shirt) struggled to defeat Suriname

Recently, Thailand gently beat Nepal 2-0. This time, although the opponent Suriname was weaker, the home team still faced many difficulties. The biggest surprise was that the attacking midfielder with the nickname “Thai Messi” Chanathip Songkrasin did not attend.

In the first minutes of the match, it was the away team who had the upper hand. The active period then helped coach Alexandre Polking’s team have an early goal. In the 27th minute, after a simple situation on the left wing, midfielder Bodin Phala led the ball straight into the center before hitting a beautiful long shot to beat the away goalkeeper.

Thailand tried to find a second goal at the end of the first half but failed. After the break, “War Elephants” actively played slowly to reduce the tempo of the game.

For his part, Suriname was determined to equalize, so he raised the team to attack. However, the away team could not create many really dangerous opportunities on the Thai goal. Suriname’s path to the ball is still very simple, difficult to create mutations.

All Suriname could do in the second half, that was the situation in the 79th minute. The away team’s Tjaronn Chery hit a dangerous shot but it was saved by the home team’s keeper Siwarak Tedsungnoen.

The rest of the time, the two teams played tit-for-tat but the match didn’t have any more goals. The score 1-0 in favor of Thailand was maintained until the end of the match. However, this result will not be able to help the defending Southeast Asian champion earn more points, because Suriname is much lower than them on the FIFA rankings.

Final score: Thailand 1-0 Suriname (H1: 1-0)

Scored

Thailand: Bodin Phala 27′

Squad

Thailand: Tedsungnoen, Theerathon Bunmathan, Bihr, Weerawatnodom, Puangchan, Phala, Sarachat, Panya, Kaman, Pomphan, Mueanta

Suriname: Hahn, Donk, Leerdam, Haps, Dankerlui, Biseswar, Chery, Malone, Kappel, Wildschut, Vlijter