Live broadcast bar, August 17th according to the report of “Sports Weekly” reporter Ma Dexing, the two opponents of the Chinese men’s national team, the Thai team and the Lebanon team, will play directly in the semi-finals of the 49th King’s Cup next month, this will undoubtedly be a good opportunity for Chinese men’s football team to fully understand their opponents.
According to the results of the group draw of the Asian Football Association, the Chinese men’s national team will play away against the Thai team in the first round of the group match of the second stage 36 strong match in Asia in the 2026 World Cup qualifier on November this year, in the 2023 Asian Cup group match in Qatar in next January, it will compete with Lebanon.
For the Chinese men’s football team, the current strength and standards do not allow any contempt. It is necessary to understand and be familiar with the opponents in all directions and formulate corresponding countermeasures. Under such circumstances, the 49th King’s Cup competition, which will be held in Chiang Mai, Thailand next month, is undoubtedly a good opportunity for the national football team to investigate and understand their opponents.
The King Thai Cup, hosted by the Thai Football Association, will be the 49th this year. The competition will be held in the window of the FIFA designated national team in September. In addition to the host Thai team, Iraq team, lebanon and India will be invited to participate in this competition. Yesterday (16th), the Thai Football Association and the organizing committee of this competition held a draw ceremony for the semi-final match. As a result, the host Thai team will play against Lebanon first in the semi-finals, while Iraq team will play against India. The semi-finals are scheduled to be held on September 7, and the winners of the two semi-finals will compete for the championship on September 10, while the losers will play the third and fourth finals.
In addition, the Indian national team participating in this King’s Cup will be composed of the Indian Asian Games team playing in the Hangzhou Asian Games team, and the team will be formed with 99-year-old players as the main team, in order to prepare for the Hangzhou Asian Games men’s football match, and the Indian team playing in the Hangzhou Asian Games team is almost the bottom of the Indian national team. In the future men’s football match of Hangzhou Asian Games, the first opponent of China’s 99-year-old U24 Asian Games team will be the Indian Asian Games team, which is more necessary for Chinese football to pay more attention to this king Thai Cup.
(Derison)