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Songkhla football fans are excited to watch Thai players practice.

Songkhla Nakarin University Stadium, 8 October - The Thai national football team has received a good response. Songkhla fans are excited and flocking to watch the first day of training before competing in the 50th King's Cup. Supanat Mueanta has joined the team. Masatada Ishii, head coach of the Thai national football team, led the senior players to practice immediately last night (October 7) at the Prince of Songkla University Stadium after arriving in Songkhla Province to prepare for the 50th King's Cup football tournament between October 11-14 at the Tinsulanont Stadium in Songkhla Province. Led by "Jay" Chanathip Songkrasin, team captain, Nicholas Mickelson from OB Odense in the Danish league, Ekanit Panya, a player from Urawa Red Diamonds in the Japanese J-League, Weerathep Pomphan, a midfielder from True Bangkok United, and Supachai Jaided from Buriram United. This training session was open to fans, and many young and old fans followed the Thai team's training session from the sidelines, making the training atmosphere lively. Ishii spent about an hour letting the players relax their muscles after their recent football league match last weekend. The fans who attended the training session expressed their excitement and joy at seeing the Thai national team players and hoped that the Thai team would win the King's Cup this time. While this morning, Ishii led the players to continue training at the Prince of Songkla University Stadium, "Bank" Suphanat Mueanta, a striker from OH Leuven in the Belgian league, trained with his teammates after traveling to join the team last night, making the Thai team train with all 23 players. This evening at 5:00 p.m., Ishii will lead the players to continue training, with a greater emphasis on tactics. For the first match schedule on October 11 at 4:30 p.m., Syria, ranked 92nd in the world, will meet Tajikistan, ranked 103rd in the world and the 48th champion in 2022. At 8:00 p.m., the Thai national team, ranked 100th in the world, which has not won the championship in t he last 4 times, will meet the Philippines, ranked 148th in the world. The winning team will advance to the final on October 14 at 8:00 p.m., while the losing team will compete for third place at 4:30 p.m. - Thai News Agency Source: Thai News Agency