War Elephants Crowned 16th King’s Cup Champions: Chanathip’s Heroics Propel Thailand to FIFA Ranking Boost

War Elephants, 16th King’s Cup champions

‘Chanathip’ Suhok ‘Ishii’ raises the level of the team

Global ranking goes up – ‘Madame Pang’ injects 5 million

The “War Elephants”, the Thai national team, became a reality. Football successfully competed for the 50th King’s Cup, marking the 16th time and as the first champion in 7 years.

The War Elephants entered the final round against the Syrian national team, the 92nd ranked team in the world. Until now during injury time, Chanathip Songkrasin, the captain of the team, would score a winning goal from outside the penalty area, helping the team to win the tournament. and become a champion At Tinsulanon Stadium, Songkhla Province, it was the first time the tournament was won outside of Bangkok.

After the match, Masatada Ishii, the head coach of the Thai national team They came out to reveal that football fans The 25,000 people who came to support the stadium at full capacity played an important role in to help the War Elephants win the tournament.

“As I said earlier, it’s the fans who come to cheer us on on the pitch or on TV. Everyone plays an important role in helping us perform well. This time we have Chanathip as team captain. Makes the atmosphere in the team good And everyone is committed to working. Of course, the field conditions Including today’s weather Thanks to everyone who came for a laugh. So that the football players have the energy to play throughout the game.”

At the same time, Chanathip, who won Man of the Match in this match, revealed, “Actually, the Man of the Match award is not as important to me as the victory of the team to their full potential and raise the level of the team. I have to thank the coach for having the confidence to choose new generation players to join the national team. But everyone has the potential. They will be a new era. One day my generation may have to say goodbye.”

“I’m a senior. And having given respect to all the youth for the first time, I was like a bridge for the youth. This is important for the Thai national team. Thank you to everyone who took part in helping us win the competition. Thanks to the football fans at home for their support. Very warm,” said the 31-year-old star.

On the side of “Madame Pang” Nuanphan Lasam, President of the Football Association of Thailand. Announcing the cash injection to The Thai men’s national football team has a total value of 5 million from this success.

At the same time, from the results of winning the King’s Cup competition By winning both matches, including a 3-1 win over the Philippines and a 2-1 win over Syria, the leading to this FIFA International Grade A football match, the Thai national team was able to collect 5.3 more points, increasing their collection. points in the FIFA world ranking from 1226.46 points to 1231.76 points, “War Elephants” will unofficially move up from 100th place to 96th place.

For the next FIFA Day program, the Thai national team will have two more warm-up matches on FIFA Day in November. Between 13-21 November, the enemy team will be announced, incl
The date, time and place of the competition will be announced later. Before next year, there will be a big battle, that is to play in the Asian Cup qualifying round starting in March. forward