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Leicester City’s ‘Iniesta’ on standby for injury-hit Thailand

One name stands out from the rest when looking at the squad list for Thailand’s Group G World Cup qualifiers in the United Arab Emirates in June. In a squad that is missing the quality of Theerathon Bunmathan and Teerasil Dangda, the star man remains Chanathip Songkrasin, whose four-year affiliation with J.League club Consadole Sapporo […]

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Thailand’s World Cup hopes hit by Covid-19 cases at training camp

Thailand’s 2022 World Cup qualification hopes have been dealt a huge blow as two players and four staff members have tested positive for Covid-19. Earlier this week, the War Elephants began training for the three remaining World Cup qualifiers to take place in the United Arab Emirates next month. However, confirmation that cases of the […]

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Nishino’s striking problem

As Thailand begin preparations for next month’s World Cup 2022 qualifiers, an injury to talismanic striker Teerasil Dangda has given head coach Akira Nishino a headache. Since his emergence in the late 2000s, the War Elephants have depended heavily on one player as the focal point of the attack and as a reliable source of […]

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