Ekanit believes the Thai national team can only win, even the War Elephants. Warm-up loss to Japan, devastated. hotfuns

hotfuns Ekanit Panya, midfielder from Urawa Red Diamonds, believes that the Thai national team benefited greatly from the warm-up against Japan, even though the team lost decisively.

Ekanit Panya, midfielder from Urawa Red Diamonds, entered the field as a substitute in a warm-up game for the Toyota Tire Cup 2024 at the National Stadium of Japan, Tokyo, on January 1. In that game, Japan defeated the national team. Thailand went 5-0 and it was the first match in charge of the Thai national team for Japanese head coach Masatada Ishii.

“Of course everyone knows that Japan is a world-class team. Coming to meet Japan today, I think the Thai national team will definitely benefit from their team. Even though we lost to them by a score. But I think we learned a lot more. must go back and fix and develop our team for the better.” hotfuns

“During the 5 months I spent in Japan with Urawa, I learned more about Japanese football. Because his standards are higher than those used to play in Thailand. Personally, I try to adapt it to help the Thai national team as much as possible. I want to make my personal work even better.” ( hotfuns )

For the 2023 Asian Cup football competition, the Thailand national team is in Group F along with Saudi Arabia, Kyrgyzstan and Oman, with the competition schedule as follows

16 January 2024, the Thai national team meets Kyrgyzstan at 9:30 p.m. (Thailand time) at Abduldah Bin Khalifa Stadium.

21 January 2024 Oman meets the Thai national team at 9:30 p.m. (Thailand time) at Abduldah Bin Khalifa Stadium.

25 January 2024 Saudi Arabia meets the Thai national team at 10:00 PM (Thailand time) at Education City Stadium.