U19 Timor Leste causes shock in opening match of U19 Southeast Asia tournament; Coach Kiatisak welcomes great joy in Europe

U19 Timor Leste caused an earthquake in the opening match of the U19 Southeast Asian tournament

At the 2024 Southeast Asian U19 tournament, U19 Timor Leste is in Group A with opponents U19 Cambodia, U19 Philippines and host team U19 Indonesia.

In any regional tournament, Timor Leste players are always considered "underdogs" and this year's U19 Southeast Asian tournament is no exception.

Although considered the weakest in Group A, the U19 Timor Leste players created a huge surprise on the opening day of the regional tournament.

From a corner kick from his teammate, Chheang Kimsong headed in the penalty area to shorten the score to 2-3 for U19 Cambodia.

That was also the last goal of the match. U19 Cambodia suffered a bitter 2-3 defeat and had difficulty competing for the top spot with U19 Indonesia and U19 Philippines.

U19 Indonesia shows off its strength on the opening day of the Southeast Asian tournament

Host U19 Indonesia showed their strength on the opening day of the 2024 Southeast Asian U19 tournament, with a 6-0 victory over U19 Philippines.

As the host of the U19 Southeast Asian tournament, U19 Indonesia fell into an easy group A when facing U19 Timor Leste, U19 Cambodia and U19 Philippines.

Facing U19 Philippines in the opening match, U19 Indonesia had no difficulty in dominating the game and completely dominating their opponents. The team from the archipelago country only took 13 minutes to open the score, thanks to Arlyansyah. After 5 beautiful goals, in the 87th minute, the Dutch player Jens Raven came on as a substitute and headed the ball to seal a resounding 6-0 victory for U19 Indonesia.

U19 Indonesia had a dream start at the 2024 Southeast Asian U19 tournament held right on home ground.

Coach Kiatisak welcomes great joy in Europe

Coach Kiatisak Senamuang and his family went to the UK to attend his daughter's important event.

After leaving Vietnam to return home, Coach Kiatisak is expected to take over the Thai U23 team or a club in the Thai League 1. However, up to now, "Zico Thai" has not led any team or football team.

Notably, most recently, the former coach of HAGL Club and CAHN Club, along with his wife and children, were present in the UK on the day his eldest daughter Athicha Senamuang received her diploma from the University of Surrey.

Specifically, Coach Kiatisak shared a series of commemorative photos with his family on his "beloved daughter's" special day on his personal social media account with the status: "Just the other day, dad sent Proud (Athicha's nickname - PV) to kindergarten."