Miguel hopes to erase the scorn as his team beats Croatia in the first Futsal World Cup.
Miguel Rodrigo, head coach of the “Changsuk Futsal” team, the Thai national futsal team, led his team in their final training session before the first round of the 2024 Futsal World Cup, Group B, against Croatia on September 14.
Miguel said: We are very ready for the first game and are very ready. Croatia is a good ยูฟ่าเบท team, strong, big, with a much better physical structure than Thailand. But being big, they may be slow. Thailand is fast. We will have to use this to fight them. We are ready physically and mentally, including tactics. Every athlete knows how to fight and what to do.
“Many of my friends said that Croatia will win against Thailand, but I think this is a good thing and a challenge to erase these insults. But it’s not just my belief alone, there must be good signals from the athletes as well. From what I evaluated during training, everyone is very determined and it’s a really good signal.”
Itticha Prapaphan, a defender from Port Authority ASM, said that this is the first time in the Futsal World Cup. He will do his best. Croatia has never met before. This will be the first game they will meet. He is confident because he has trained hard. He thinks he will do well and win.
“I think we have to win the game against Croatia so that we can have hope of qualifying as the second place in the group. If we can win against Croatia, that should be a guarantee,” Itticha concluded.