War Elephants virus-free

War Elephants virus-free

Thailand players during a recent training session.
Thailand players during a recent training session.

All members of the Thai national team training for their remaining three Group G matches of the second Asian qualifying stage for the 2022 Fifa World Cup have been declared free of the coronavirus infection.

The Football Association of Thailand (FAT) announced yesterday that none of the players and team staff had tested positive in a second round of Covid-19 virus check.

The squad's training was suspended on May 8 when reports emerged that two players and four members of the national team staff had been infected with the coronavirus.

The FAT had also advised the second set of players against joining the camp on Monday and all members of the team in the camp were asked to self-isolate.

While the players and team officials are still self-isolating, training has resumed under a new plan devised by head coach Akira Nishino.

The War Elephants will leave for the UAE on May 21 and play two warm-up matches with Oman on May 25 and Tajikistan on May 29.

They will then play the qualifying matches for Doha 2022 against Indonesia on June 3, the UAE on June 7 and Malaysia on June 15.

Meanwhile, the Thai futsal (five-a-side) team have also tested negative and are ready to leave for UAE for a qualifying play-off for the Fifa Futsal World Cup with Iraq.

The Thai futsal team will leave tonight and play against Iraq on May 20 and 25. The winners of the play-off will qualify for the World Cup in Lithuania in September.

Do you like the content of this article?
COMMENT