Coach Ishii is angry because he was fired by Thailand

Masatada Ishii at the technical analysis meeting on October 21.

On his personal page, Mr. Masatada Ishii expressed his disappointment, accusing FAT of being insincere in the contract termination process. According to Ishii, he was summoned to FAT headquarters at 10:00 a.m. on October 21 to "evaluate the two matches with Taiwan." The meeting took place normally, but immediately after it ended, he suddenly received a notice: "The contract will be terminated today."

The reason given was that "FAT wanted to change the entire coaching staff of the Thai national teams at all age levels". Ishii said he had not yet had time to organize his thoughts and only agreed to "talk further" without signing any documents. However, it was not until the afternoon of the same day that the official announcement of the dismissal was announced.

"I didn't have time to sort out the jumbled thoughts in my head, so I agreed to 'talk again' and didn't sign. Then, the notice of termination was given in the afternoon. What insincere people," Ishii wrote, clearly expressing his anger.

Thailand just had two important victories in October.

He also sent his sincere thanks to all the fans who have supported the Thai team in the past time: "Thank you very much to everyone who has supported the Thai national team so far."

The decision to fire Ishii came suddenly and shocked the Thai football world, while the "War Elephants" team was playing well after two victories 6-1 and 2-0 against Chinese Taipei this month, thereby reviving hopes of participating in the 2027 Asian Cup.

However, according to FAT, under the Japanese coach, the "War Elephants" have suffered unfortunate failures, especially in the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers (losing 1-3 to Turkmenistan in June). In addition, Ishii was also involved in a major controversy when he excluded veteran pillars such as Teerasil Dangda and Theerathon Bunmathan from the important competition list, while still calling up a number of other players over 30 years old. His strategy to rejuvenate the squad was considered unbalanced, leading to instability in the defense and fighting spirit.

Source: https://znews.vn/hlv-ishii-phan-no-vi-bi-thai-lan-sa-thai-post1595683.html