Thai coach Nishino extends contract for two years Willing to participate in 2022 World Cup Jan 24 17:01
Former coach of the Japanese national football team, Thai coach Akira Nishino has officially agreed to extend the contract with Thailand for two years, and said, "I want to change the Thai football world at a fast pace and contribute to development." He expressed his willingness to participate in the 2022 World Cup Qatar.
Nishino, coach of the Thai national team since July last year, agreed to extend the contract with the Thai Football Association for two years until 2022, and exchanged documents with the football association's chairman Somyotte in the capital city of Bangkok on the 24th. Was.
The Thai national team ranked third in five of the group's five teams in the second qualifying round for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, while those under the age of 23 went to the finals of the Asian Championship this month for the first time. Since joining Nishino, he has performed well.
At a conference, Nishino expressed his aspirations, "It's been two years, but we need to change the Thai football world at a faster pace and contribute to development."
In the future, he said, "The game against Indonesia in March is a very important game and I want to focus on it here." Aiming for the first time to participate in the World Cup, I will do my best to accumulate points in the second round of Asia first. I showed the idea to raise.
In the second qualifying, which is divided into eight groups, the first place in each group and the four teams with the highest results among the second place will win, and will Thailand and Japan, led by Manager Nishino in the final qualifying, be realized? Attention will be paid.