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“Jirawat” hopes to make history by taking Thai futsal team to the last 8 of the Futsal World Cup

Jirawat Sonwichian, captain of the Thai futsal team, hopes to lead the Thai national team to defeat France, making history by entering the last 8 teams in the 2024 Futsal World Cup this evening (27 Sept.). Miguel Rodrigo, head coach of the Thai futsal national team, led the Thai futsal players in their first training session at the Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Bukhara, Uzbekistan, to prepare for the 2024 Futsal World Cup Round of 16 against the French national team this evening (27 September). In this training session, Miguel focused on tactics, finishing, and ended with a penalty kick. The training session lasted 1 hour and 15 minutes. Miguel said the team had about a week to rest after the Brazil game. This was the last training session. All the players were determined to win the game against France. He wanted to see all 14 players play with aggression, awareness, focus, and help each other in order to make the game the strongest and advance to the last 8 teams. As for 'Captain Nurse' Jiraw at Sonwichian, the captain of the Thai team, he said that this game is important and cannot be taken lightly because if we lose, we will be eliminated. Everyone hopes to make history by advancing to the last 8 teams. Everyone is determined and focused on this game and is ready to erase the French's disdain. For the Thai national futsal team, they will compete in the last 16 against the French national team at Bukhara Universal Sports Complex today at 7:30 p.m. Thailand time. Source: Thai News Agency