Thailand Coach Mano Polking Very Ready To Win Over Indonesia At SUGBK

Alexandre 'Mano' Polking (Instagram @manopoking)

JAKARTA Thailand's national team coach Alexandrre 'Mano' Polking said he was very ready to win over Indonesia in the third match of the 2022 AFF Cup group phase.

Indonesia will host The War Elephants at the Gelora Bung Karno (SUGBK) Main Stadium on Thursday, December 29 tomorrow. Garuda's troops benefited because they received support from supporters in this match.

"We have prepared everything, we do not have a long period of preparation and rest, and Indonesia is the same. However, Indonesia has many good players, but we are ready to perform tomorrow," said Polking.

Thailand has so far been the most successful team in the biennial competition. A total of six of their titles have been collected, the latest was 2020 after winning over Indonesia.

Polking said this year he and his squad have ambitions to add to the title. Therefore, they want to get through the group stage smoothly and can go as far as possible.

"Our ambition is always clear, which is to win this tournament, especially since we won six times in this event, and we are ready to win the seventh title now. We have enough reliable players to do that and become champions again," he said.

Indonesia and Thailand are currently both collecting maximum points from two group stage matches. The War Elephants filled the top position in the standings, followed by Garuda in second place.

The Garuda squad got six points after beating Cambodia and Brunei, while Polking's men secured the same points after growing Brunei and the Philippines.

Indonesia is participating in this year's competition with the ambition to win the inaugural title. Of the 13 editions of the tournament, which began in 1996, Garuda's best journey was six times as runner-up.