Thai futsal team makes an unbelievable comeback, wins ticket to World Cup 2024

The Thai futsal team had an emotional comeback against the Iraqi futsal team in the 2024 Asian quarter-finals, thereby winning a ticket to the 2024 World Cup.

Thailand is the host of the 2024 AFC Futsal Championship and they showed their strength when they won all 3 group stage matches to advance to the quarterfinals. Here, Thai futsal met their fateful opponent Iraq and they went through a difficult match as predicted by the fans.

With superior strength and home field advantage, the Thai futsal team attacked from the start but were stuck in front of Iraq's tight defense and aggressive play. In the 2nd minute of the match, Iraq took the lead thanks to a long-range shot by Al-Husaynat.

After conceding the goal, the Thai futsal team put suffocating pressure on Iraq's goal but could not find an equalizer. Things got worse for the home team when, at 15:54, their goalkeeper made a mistake, allowing Sulaiman to easily shoot into an empty net.

With no way back, the Thai futsal team played faster, but also more carefully. At 18:15, Worasak scored to equalize 1-2 for the blue team. However, the difficulties did not stop there.

Not only were they behind, the Thai futsal team also fell into a 4v5 situation twice when they were sent off. According to futsal rules, teams must play 4v5 for 2 minutes or until they concede a goal before a player receives a red card. Thailand excelled in both situations without conceding any more goals.

Therdsak celebrates scoring the winning goal.

However, Thailand had to wait until the 30:30 minute to equalize 2-2 thanks to Alongkorn. The drama happened in the final minutes of the match. Even though they were tied with a higher-rated opponent, the Iraqi futsal team suddenly used power play. This reckless tactic made them pay a heavy price.

At 38:57, the Iraqi players lost the ball when their goalkeeper was far from the goal. Therdsak immediately shot from the home field, scoring the goal to seal an emotional 3-2 victory for Thailand.

With this victory, Thailand not only won a ticket to the semi-finals of the Asian tournament but also officially won a ticket to the Futsal World Cup 2024. This is the 7th time in history they have done this.

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