JAKARTA The Thai national team won the 2022 AFF Cup final ticket after beating Malaysia 3-0 in the semifinal second leg at Thammasat Stadium, Tuesday, January 10 evening WIB.
The victory of three goals without reply made The War Elephant step into the final match with a 3-1 aggregate after they lost 0-1 in the first leg at the Bukit Jalil Stadium, Saturday last week.
Playing at home, Thailand immediately changed the scoreboard in the first half through Teerasil Dangda's header maximizing Theeraton Bunmatan's cross from the left in the 19th minute.
Ten minutes after halftime, the hosts doubled the score through Bordin Phala which continued the bait from Ekanit Panya. The hosts' goal party was then completed by Adisak Kraisorn in the 71st minute.
This is Thailand's tenth final in this biennial event. On the previous nine occasions, they came out as champions six times, each in 1996, 2000, 2002, 2014, 2016, and 2020.
Currently Thailand is the team with the most title collections in the AFF Cup. Following them in second place is Singapore with a collection of four titles.
Against Vietnam became the second meeting for the two teams in the final match of this Southeast Asian competition. They previously met in the final match in 2008, where Vietnam came out as champions.
Apart from 2008, Vietnam also collected one other title in 2018. At that time they came out as champions after defeating Malaysia.
Vietnam will later act as host first at My Dinh Stadium on Friday, January 13. Thailand took turns hosting The Golden Stars three days later.
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