Changes in the Thai and Chinese national teams: The hot seat gets hotter

Thailand national team coach at high risk of losing his job

The Thai team just lost shockingly to Turkmenistan (ranked 142nd in the world ) with a score of 1-3 away in the second round of Group D of the 3rd qualifying round of the 2027 Asian Cup. This result has caused great indignation among Thai fans. According to the Footy Rankings page, the above defeat has made the "War Elephants" have a very low chance of winning a ticket to the 2027 Asian Cup, only about 20-30%. Therefore, coach Masatada Ishii clearly failed to complete his mission, despite giving many excuses. "Thai fans believe that the Japanese strategist's subjective mentality, the application of tactics and unreasonable personnel arrangements caused the home team to suffer a terrible defeat against Turkmenistan," commented Siamsport .

For Thailand U23, the situation is even worse under coach Takayuki Nishigaya. In the preparation for the 33rd SEA Games held at home in December, the U23 team of this country has continuously suffered defeats in training matches. They have lost all 5 recent matches in the Doha Cup and international friendlies, the most shocking of which was the 2-3 defeat to Hong Kong U23 on June 4.

Biến động ở đội tuyển Thái Lan và Trung Quốc: Ghế nóng càng thêm nóng- Ảnh 1. — Coach Masatada Ishii faces the risk of being fired from the Thai national team

The decline of the two Thai teams has made the country's fans unhappy, and they are putting pressure on FAT President Nualphan Lamsam to take action to change the situation. In particular, they suggest replacing the Japanese coaching duo. FAT has just appointed Mr. Anthony Hudson (former coach of the US team) as Technical Director, also raising the possibility that he will influence the decisions to fire coaches Masatada Ishii and Takayuki Nishigaya.

The Chinese national team coach was once a defeated general of Mr. Park Hang-seo.

Meanwhile, the situation of the Chinese national team is a bit more positive. After a rather poor performance in the recent Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, Croatian coach Branko Ivankovic was fired. According to CNN Indonesia , if nothing changes at the last minute, coach Shin Tae-yong will become the new coach of the Chinese national team from July. Mr. Shin's upcoming return to work was also confirmed by the Korean newspaper Football Asia . If he comes to China, this will be a surprising return for Mr. Shin after more than 7 months of unemployment since being fired by the Indonesian Football Federation (PSSI) in January 2025. In 2019, Mr. Shin almost accepted to lead the Chinese national team, but at the last minute he refused and went to work in Indonesia from 2020 to early 2025.

If he officially accepts the job of leading the Chinese team, Coach Shin Tae-yong's first opponent will be his home team South Korea at the East Asian Championship (EAFF E-1 2025). The CFA's goal is for Mr. Shin to rebuild the Chinese team towards the 2027 Asian Cup and the 2030 World Cup qualifiers.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/bien-dong-o-doi-tuyen-thai-lan-va-trung-quoc-ghe-nong-cang-them-nong-185250615221547773.htm