WORAWI WANTS SIMULTANEOUS KICK-OFF TIME

BANGKOK (16 Feb 2010) – Datuk Worawi Makudi, the president of the Football Association of Thailand (FAT), has asked the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to make sure that the last 2011 Asian Cup qualifying matches in Group E be played simultaneously.

The final matches in Group E of the 2011 Asian Cup qualifiers will be between Iran and Thailand and Jordan and Singapore.

In the original schedule for the final matches of Group E, Thailand play Iran in Teheran at 3pm local time (6.30pm Thai time) and Jordan host Singapore in Amman at 6pm local time (11pm Thai time).

Iran have already qualified for the 2011 finals and the other three teams are fighting for the remaining berth.

Thailand and Singapore each have six points while Jordan have five.