Thailand U23 team lost heavily to Saudi Arabia at the U23 Asian Cup
(Baonghean.vn) - The U23 Thailand team suffered a 5-0 defeat against U23 Saudi Arabia, which was also the heaviest defeat since the U23 Asian Cup finals began.
In the early morning of April 20, U23 Thailand faced U23 Saudi Arabia, in the second match of Group C of the 2024 AFC U23 Championship finals.
The Saudi Arabia U23 team, with their superior level, opened the scoring in the 4th minute of the match. Receiving a pass from his teammate, Haitham Asiri broke through on the right wing before crossing the ball inside. Aiman Yahya, with a delicate first touch, scored against Thailand U23.
Conceding an early goal, U23 Thailand immediately rose up strongly to find the first opportunities towards the goal of U23 Saudi Arabia, however that also meant that the West Asian team had more opportunities to counterattack, fortunately for U23 Thailand, goalkeeper Rakyart played excellently and did not concede any more goals.
The U23 Thai team was completely outclassed by the U23 Saudi Arabia team as they did not create many chances. The West Asian team also controlled the game and attacked more. Before the end of the first half, they scored 2 more goals thanks to Ahmed Al Ghamdi in the 45'+1 minute and Radif in the 45'+6 minute.
Right at the beginning of the second half, Radif continued to score to increase the score to 4-0 for the West Asian team. Before that, the referee raised the offside flag but after checking VAR, the goal was recognized for player number 9 of the white team.
After being 4 goals behind, the Thai U23 players lost their fighting spirit. They were helpless against all the attacks of the opposing players. In the 72nd minute, Radif completed his hat trick with a beautiful goal, raising the score to 5-0. This was also the biggest result since the start of the U23 Asian finals.
With 6 absolute points after two matches, the West Asian team won an early ticket to the quarter-finals of the 2024 U23 Asia./.
