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 "It's disappointing that we gave away goals so easily in the
first half," Worawi Makudi was quoted as saying by the Nation
newspaper on Tuesday after Sunday's lopsided Group A defeat.
"We fared better in the second half. The association had planned to
give the team 200,000 Thai Baht ($6,200) if they won the match, but,
for the players' efforts, we decided to hand them 100,000 as
consolation."
The Koreans were 2-0 up at halftime before adding further goals in
the second period to leave Thai coach Nuengruethai Sathongwien, who
had offered a 1 million baht reward to anyone who could score
against the Koreans, disappointed.
"We weren't totally satisfied with the outcome as we shouldn't have
let in so many goals," the paper quoted her as saying.
FIFA executive committee member Worawi had already rewarded the team
with bonuses of 15 million baht after they finished fifth at the
Asian Cup in May to qualify for a first women's World Cup next year.
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The 62-year-old, who has long held control of soccer in the
Southeast Asian country despite allegations of corruption, will be
confident his side will get back to winning ways on Wednesday when
they take on Maldives, who were thrashed 15-0 by India in the other
Group A match on Sunday.
(Writing by Patrick Johnston in Singapore; editing by Sudipto
Ganguly)
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