Saturday 14 June 2008

Thailand 0 - 3 Japan (World Cup Qualifier)

BANGKOK - Rajamangala (National Stadium)

Thailand 0
Japan 3
Marcus Tulio TANAKA (23')
Yuji NAKAZAWA (39')
Kengo NAKAMURA
(89')

Referee ALBADWAWI Ali Hamad


Thailand

18 Kosin Hathairattanakool (GK)

2 Surat Sukha

5 Niweat Siriwong

6 Nataporn Phanrit

7 Datasakorn Thonglao

9 Sarayoot Chaikamdee (11 Tana Chanabut 48')

10 Tawan Sripan

13 Chaiwut Watthana (12 Nirut Surasiang 71')

14 Teerasil Dangda

15 Pichitpong Choechiu (17 Sutee Suksomit 86')

16 Kiatprawut Saiwaeo

Subs Not Used: Sivarak Tedsungnoen, Natthaphong Samana, Jetsada Jitsawad, Suchao Nutnum

Japan

18 Seigo Narazaki

2 Yuji Nakazawa

3 Yuichi Komano

4 Marcus Tulio Tanaka

6 Atsuto Uchida

7 Yasuhito Endo

8 Shinji Kagawa (15 Yasuyuki Konno 83')

9 Daisuke Matsui (14 Kengo Nakamura 70')

10 Shunsuke Nakamura (16 Kisho Yano 70')

11 Keiji Tamada

17 Makoto Hasebe

Subs Not Used: Yoshkatsu Kawaguchi, Shuhei Terada, Seiichiro Maki, Keita Suzuki

Druryfire Comment

Well, it's finally over, our World Cup dreams in tatters. But to be honest, it was just about over when we failed to pick up 3 points against Oman in the second group game. A win then, could have changed the whole compleion of the group and certainly made the home and away games against Bahrain very vital.

So, the dream is over, and Brazil 2014 is now the aim. In between, we have our ASEAN Championships, to prove we are kings of our region and we also have the Asian Cup to qualify for, but that will more than likely be a struggle aswell, as there are not too many places up for grabs, and with the best of the region already entered and a couple of slots going to developing nations, then this might just prove another step to far. But we must get there to stay with the elite of Asia. Failure to qualify will put us backa numbe rof yeras.

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