Thai players train at the Le Meridien Suvarnabhumi hotel on Monday. The Thai players began training on Monday ahead of the match against China, who are under the guidance of 2006 World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi. I want every player to show to Thai football fans that we can beat a higher-ranked team like China." Lippi, who steered Italy to victory in the 2006 World Cup, and his players arrived in Bangkok yesterday. Meanwhile, in-form striker Jamie Maclaren has joined Australia's World Cup training camp in Turkey as injury cover after being a surprise omission from the squad, Football Federation Australia said yesterday.

Source: Bangkok Post May 29, 2018 03:33 UTC