Thailand is about to fire both the national team and U.23 coach: What serious thing is happening?

According to Siamsport, the Football Association of Thailand (FAT) is considering the possibility of firing two Japanese coaches, Masatada Ishii (national team) and Takayuki Nishigaya (U.23), due to recent poor results.

Not accepting the absence of the Thai team from the 2027 Asian Cup, the U.23 team lost all

The news that coach Masatada Ishii of the Thai national team and Takayuki Nishigaya of the U.23 team are about to be fired has recently been spread. In particular, the "War Elephants" shockingly lost to Turkmenistan with a score of 1-3 away in the second round of Group D of the 3rd qualifying round of the 2027 Asian Cup on June 10.

Coach Masatada Ishii in a friendly match between Thailand and Vietnam in September 2024

Photo: Minh Hoang

In this match, coach Masatada Ishii defended the reason why the Thai team had difficulties mainly because they played on artificial turf. But Thai fans were not satisfied, thinking that it was the Japanese strategist's unreasonable tactics and personnel arrangements that caused the home team to suffer a terrible defeat.

According to Footy Rankings , this defeat makes the Thai team's chances of qualifying for the 2027 Asian Cup extremely low, only about 20% to 30%. Meanwhile, the remaining opponents in the same group are not too strong. Compared to group F, where the Vietnamese team met a very strong Malaysian team and had many changes in the naturalized players.

Meanwhile, the Thai U.23 team, also led by Japanese coach Takayuki Nishigaya, is preparing for the 33rd SEA Games held at the country's home stadium in December this year, but has also suffered consecutive defeats in training matches.

U.23 Thailand lost all 5 matches under the leadership of coach Takayuki Nishigaya, leaving the country's fans stunned.

Therefore, rumors of these coaches being fired have been circulating recently. In particular, the FAT has just appointed Technical Director Anthony Hudson (former coach of the US national team), raising the possibility that he will make decisions to fire Coach Masatada Ishii (national team) and Takayuki Nishigaya (U.23), due to recent poor performance.

However, FAT Vice President Charnwit Polcheewin dismissed this possibility. He said: "Hudson has no role in replacing anyone, he is simply working on technical tasks.

For now, coaches Masatada Ishii and Takayuki Nishigaya are not affected by the recent results. They will be re-evaluated on their ability to qualify for the 2027 Asian Cup or not in the near future, similarly at the 33rd SEA Games."

However, Siamsport revealed that the next matches of the Thai national team (in October) and the U.23 team (in July), if they continue to have unsatisfactory results and cause frustration to fans, it will be difficult for coaches Masatada Ishii and Takayuki Nishigaya to stay until the end of their contracts. FAT has a plan to replace them.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/thai-lan-sap-sa-thai-ca-hlv-doi-tuyen-va-u23-dieu-gi-nghiem-trong-dang-xay-ra-185250615081805865.htm