Losing to Uzbekistan, the Thai team lost a large amount of prize money

Fix schedule and results of round 1/8 of the Asian Cup 2023

18:30 January 28: Australia 4-0 Indonesia

23:00 January 28: Tajikistan 1-1 (penalty 5-3) UAE

18:30 January 29: Iraq 2-3 Jordan

23:00 January 29: Qatar 2-1 Palestine

18:30 January 30: Uzbekistan 2-1 Thailand

23:00 January 30: Saudi Arabia 1-1 (penalty 2-4) South Korea.

18:30 January 31: Bahrain vs Japan

23:00 January 31 : Iran vs Syria

Just a few hours before the match between Thailand and Uzbekistan at the Asian Cup team leader football Thailand female billionaire Nualphan Lamsam (often nicknamed Madam Pang) promised a big reward for the Thai team.

Specifically, if the Thai team overcomes Uzbekistan last night (January 30), Madam Pang will reward gave the Golden Temple team 4 million baht (nearly 28 billion VND).

Madam Pang said that Thailand can use any method to defeat Uzbekistan as long as they win. The female leader of the Thai team was even mentally prepared for the match to go to extra time followed by a penalty shootout.

Madam Pang revealed that she listened to coach Masatada Ishii talks a lot about this ability as well as the preparation of the Thai team, determined to take the match to a penalty shootout and win.

Especially after Supachok Sarachat equalized 1-1 for Thailand in the 58th minute, the scenario of the match extending to extra time is the scenario envisioned by the Thai people.

Losing to Uzbekistan, Thai team loses large prize money - 2
Thailand also had a time when it seemed like it could overcome Uzbekistan, especially after Supachok Sarachat’s 1-1 equalizer (Photo: AFC).

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However, this scenario did not happen in the end because Uzbekistan scored the winning goal 2-1 in the 65th minute. The goal was scored by winger Abbosbek Fayzullaev.

< p>In the group stage, Madam Pang once awarded the Thai team 5 million baht (nearly 35 billion VND) for 5 points (each point is equivalent to 1 million baht in prize money) that the Golden Temple team won. .

These are the scores that Thailand got against opponents Kyrgyzstan (2-0 win), Oman (0-0 draw) and Saudi Arabia (0-0 draw).

That’s just this female billionaire’s pocket money, not including support from the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for teams participating in the 2023 Asian Cup nor bonuses from the Football Federation. Thai stone (FAT).