I’m sure we can earn three points against India - Thailand’s star midfielder Chanathip Songkrasin
Thailand’s star midfielder
Chanathip Songkrasin has said that he is sure of three points from their
opening AFC Asian Cup 2019 encounter against India.
The War Elephants start their
group stage campaign on 6th January against the Blue Tigers. Though Chanathip
accepted he doesn’t have much information about the Indian team, he still feels
sure of winning the match.
“I don’t have much information
about India but the scouting team will show us their videos soon. The first
game is always tough but our team has been improving and I’m sure we can earn
three points from the opening game,” the 25-year-old said.
The midfielder further added that
hosts United Arab Emirates might be a tough nut to crack, whom the War
Elephants face last in the group stage, on 14th January. The third team in the
group is Bahrain, who face Thailand on 10th January.
“UAE will be tough to play. All
their players have individual talents and are physically big. UAE has a tough
league and their players have been training together for a long time,”
Chanathip added.
Expanding on the facets the team
is working on, he added that they are focussing more on the attacking scheme of
things. Though he did add that they cannot make defensive mistakes as they
could be punished.
“We’ve started to train more [on
our] attacks. At the Asian level, we have to be more aggressive but also be
consistent. If we make mistakes, we could be punished,” he said.
