Thailand vs Kyrgyzstan Highlights, AFC Asian Cup 2023: THA 2-0 KGZ at Full Time - Supachai brace seals comfortable win for Thailand

Full Time!

The referee blows the final whistle and Supachai brace earns Thailand a 2-0 win over Kyrgyz Republic in their opening group game. This is first time in the history of AFC Asian Cup that Thailand have won their opening group game!

Yellow card

90+7' Late yellow card for Jaronsek for pulling the jersey ofMamyraliev from behind!

Corner

90+4' Corner for Thailand after a cross by Worachit following a counter-attack goes wide!

The resulting corner is taken short before Kyrgyz players won the ball back!

Yellow card

90+3' Yellow card for Ernist Batyrkanov for fouling Thai midfielder Jaroensak Wonggorn during a counterattack. The Kyrgyz forward shows his frustration there!

7 minutes added

90+1' A long throw into the box by Bruazman but Thai goalkeeper Khammai with an important save to punch the ball out of the box. Meanwhile, Seven minutes of stoppage time added at the end of 90 minutes

Substitution - Thailand

87' Supachok is taken off by the Thailand coach and is replaced by Worachit. Meanwhile, Thai defender Dolah is down on the ground, complaining of cramps. We know how this works in the closing minutes! THA 2-0 KGZ

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86' Kyrgyzstan are seeing most of the possession and are trying to move the ball quicker but are unable to worry the Thailand defense much at the moment

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83' Poor delivery from the freekick but Kyrgyzstan are keeping the pressure on Thailand defense with movement in the final third while crosses are thrown into box every now and then. However, Thailand defense is standing tall! THA 2-0 KGZ

Yellow card

81' Yellow card for Mickelson for taking down Beknaz Almazbekov at the edge of the box on the left! Almazbekov will deliver the freekick as well!

78' Farkhat Musabekov shoots from a tight angle after recieving the ball inside the box but the shot goes straight to the Thai keeper for an easy save! Meanwhile, Thailand have won a corner at the other end!

Substitution

77' Forced substitution by Kyrgyzstan asSuyuntbek Mamyraliev replaces injured Akmatov. Meanwhile Thailand are forced to make a change too as Supachai is getting stretchered off and gets replaced by Teerasak

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74' Pathompol looks to counter from the left wing but skipper Zhyrgalbek takes the ball off him with a sliding tackle!

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73' Play hated momentarily after injury concern for Kyrgyz player Ayzar Akmatov

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Confirmation of changes by Thailand. 72' Meanwhile Kyrgyzstan with extended spell of possession but are not allowed any space in final third by Thailand at the moment THA 2-0 KGZ

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Confirmation on twin changes made by Kyrgyzstan

Double Substition

68' Both sides make two changes each after a spell of pressure in the Thai defensive third by Kyrgyzstan, which yielded no clear cut chances for the trailing side! THA 2-0 KGZ

Corner!

65' Brilliant build-up by Thailand in attacking third as Weerathep was provided with an opportunity to score from outside the box following some one-touch passing by Thai forwards. However, Weerathep's shot goes wide!

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64' Alykulov misses a great chance to pull one back for Kyrgyz as he is played free from the middle on the counter and just had a goalkeeper to beat. He holds the ball for a moment to get into a better shooting angle, allowing Thai defender to come in and kill the shooting angle!

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63' Supachai misses hat-trick chance! Brilliant counter-attack from the left by Thailand asTheerathon runs overlaps on the left wing to provide a telling cross with both Supachai and Supachak had the chance to score but none could reach the ball!

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60' Confirmation on the last Kyrgyzstan change

Ball Possession at the hour mark: THA 44-56% KGZ

Alykulov shoots wide!

57' Alykulov miserable shoots wide from a tight angle following a through ball into the box by Joel Kojo. Thai defender Hemviboon deserves credit for narrowing the angle of the shot! THA 2-0 KGZ

55' Sarach Yooyen shoots off target for Thailand from outside the box following a build-up from the middle THA 2-0 KGZ

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54' Confirmation on changes made at half time. Another change made by Kyrgyzstan right now, confirmation to follow

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53'Joel Kojo shoots off target with a diving attempt following a neat cross from the left wing by his Kyrgyz teammate! Kyrgyz could have got back into the game if they had scored that one!

51' Must say it has been a shoddy show by Kyrgyz defense in the second half, as they kept making mistakes before Supachai made them pay!

GOOOOOOALLLLL!

48' GOOOOALLLLL! Supachai doubles lead from close range as a loose ball falls to him following a miscued header by Supachok! Thailand lead 2-0!

Suphanat miss a big chance!

47' Brilliant chance goes begging for Thailand as Suphanat with a weak shot at goal while he had just the goalkeeper to beat! The forward was fed with a brilliant long ball from the back that caught Kyrgyz defense off guard

Kick off!

46' The second half begins and Kyrgyzstan make a change at the break. Confirmation to follow soon...

2nd half to begin

Players are back on the field for the second half

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