Hong Kong take on the visitors Thailand in a friendly international match. The match will be played on Monday, June 19th.
Hong Kong have long been known for its pragmatic style of play. No matter how many qualifiers the team goes through, no matter how many times I've watched them, the guys always hold their own. In the World Cup qualifiers, they didn't crumble in matches against Iran. They played well against China and South Korea in the East Asian Cup. Even in friendly matches, the team has shown that they can hold their own against any opponent. The Dragons quickly naturalized talented foreign players, and it's showing results. They had draws against Myanmar and Singapore, without any major failures or embarrassments. Even a strong team like Vietnam managed to score only one goal against them.
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The Thai national team entertains the crowd with their maneuvers. The team's coaches bring a lot of fun, and now they have a player from the Danish league named Mikkelsen. You can imagine... The team itself is not yet at the level of regional giants, and they even failed to qualify for the Asian Cup. The Uzbeks simply demolished them. As for their recent matches, it's been quite sad. The War Elephants played against Taiwan the day before. Four goals, all in the second half, including two own goals, chaos on the field. No constructive play whatsoever, and even the Thai national team was disappointed with their performance. They also had noticeable attacking problems in the friendly matches leading up to that encounter.
In this century, the teams have met twice, and in those two matches, the Thai team could only score two goals against their opponents. This small team was already quite resilient back then, and we're talking about Hong Kong now. Currently, the team has had very good friendly matches, where they didn't have defensive failures, and Andersen's players conceded no more than two goals. As for Thailand, it's unclear what their goal is. They sometimes play defensively, and other times they go all-out attack. There will be rotations in the lineup today, and the best attacking player, Dangda, will start on the bench as announced by the coach. It will be tough to break through Hong Kong's solid defense. But there will definitely be no thrashing from Thailand away from home!
Prediction for the match: Thailand to score under 2.0 goals.