Coach U.22 Thailand explained after the fight in the final of the 32nd SEA Games

Coach Issara Sritaro of Thailand U.22 explained, “After it was all over, we met with the Indonesian U.22 team and apologized to them. All of us, including the players and members involved in the incident. Everyone has a meeting with them, he clears everything up and shakes hands. I think everything is clear and it ends here.”

Assessing the incident which will be investigated by the Football Federation of Thailand (FAT) and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), creating an ugly image in the football history of the SEA Games, coach Issara Sritaro said: I have reviewed the video of the incident. . There are things that triggered the incident. I am ready to take full responsibility. However, the incident must also be viewed with a big picture of why it happened. There are so many perspectives on the incident that I cannot give them all. judgments about whose fault young players are clearly incapable of staying calm in such a dramatic setting. No matter what, as head coach, I’m ready to take full responsibility.”

According to the Thai press, FAT will certainly punish the members of the Thai U.22 team. The FAT also issued a statement apologizing for the bad images that occurred at the 32nd SEA Games men’s soccer final. In addition, the opening of an investigation by the AFC could also result in Thai soccer being heavily fined. high in the near future.

In the men’s soccer final Games MAR 32after the player Yotsakorn Burapha drew 2-2 by Under-22 Thailand At 90+7 minutes, the players and training board members of “War Elephants” rushed to the Indonesian U.22 training area to celebrate provocatively. Since then, there has been a violent mutiny between the two sides. After the incident was resolved, in extra time, when the Indonesian Under-22s raised the score to 3-2, the fight continued. This ugly image affected the men’s soccer final of the 32nd SEA Games a bit when the referee had to issue up to 7 red cards and 14 yellow cards to penalize the players and coaching staff of 2 teams.