The first national team will face the Thailand team, known as the "War Elephants", at 8:00 pm at the Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium in Al Ain in the final round of the first group of the Asian Cup (UAE 2019). With merit, knowing that the calculations in the first set are open to all possibilities.

The team is in this game, and in their memory Thailand have been eliminated from the 2018 World Cup qualifiers when they drew 1-1 with them in June 2017. The team was in dire need of the three points. White had beaten Thailand in the first leg of qualifying Which was held in October 2016 in Abu Dhabi in the second round of the second group with three goals against a goal scored by Ali Mbkhout (two goals) and Ahmad Khalil, and included the group, along with white and Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Japan and Iraq.

White, who will have the support of a large crowd, is expected to play in the same lineup as India, with some minor changes and tackling the loopholes that were played by goalkeeper Khaled Issa who saved more than a goal for the Indian national team.

He is expected to appear in the game with a better technical level and change the image that appeared in the previous two games against Bahrain and India, although despite his precious victory over India, but did not provide a convincing level.

Although White, who is ranked 79th in the world in FIFA's latest rankings, faces Thailand, which is ranked in a late ranking in the world rankings «118», but «the elephants of war» showed that the team is not insignificant.

Historically, the confrontations tend to be in the interest of the national team, whether in the World Cup qualifiers, the Asian Cup or friendly confrontations, but the Thai team has evolved a lot from the past, and this is the eighth participation in the Asian Cup, having participated for the first time in 72 and achieved the same participation third place, the best center to achieve so far in the tournament.

The Thai team enters the game with high morale, having surpassed the big loss suffered by India four goals in the first round, to make a valuable victory to the Bahrain team with a non-response scored by Chanaathip Songkrasin.

The Thai team underwent significant changes when coach Serisak Yudar took over as coach of Serbian coach Milovan Rajevac, who was sacked after the brutal loss from India, the first coach to be sacked in the current Asian Cup.

The match against Thailand is led by Japanese international referee Ryuji Sato.

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