AFC Asian Cup
The 21-year-old - making his competitive debut for Thailand - scored twice after coming on in the 66th minute to replace Teerasak Poeiphimai with the Grimsby Town forward pleased with how the match turned out.
“Very happy to be in the team,” said Soonsup-Bell. “There’s a lot of pressure on the team but we did well and I was able to help with two goals.
“I had confidence going into this game, even the Singapore game (friendly). I’m just happy to be here and represent my national team.
“I’ve had a lot of ups and downs in my career so far so it’s about character building and I think today it showed.”
“I had confidence going into this game, even the Singapore game (friendly). I’m just happy to be here and represent my national team.
“I’ve had a lot of ups and downs in my career so far so it’s about character building and I think today it showed.”
Equally enthused was head coach Anthony Hudson, who was also making his competitive debut after taking over from Masatada Ishii.
The Englishman saw Thanawat Suengchitthawon’s early strike ease the pressure off his players as they exerted control over Sri Lanka with Pansa Hemviboon’s header adding to the two Soonsup-Bell strikes that took Thailand to 12 points.
"The team was quite short, but proud of all the team members,” said Hudson. “They did very well. Thank you for the work today."
The Englishman saw Thanawat Suengchitthawon’s early strike ease the pressure off his players as they exerted control over Sri Lanka with Pansa Hemviboon’s header adding to the two Soonsup-Bell strikes that took Thailand to 12 points.
"The team was quite short, but proud of all the team members,” said Hudson. “They did very well. Thank you for the work today."
"When we faced Sri Lanka, we were a bit under pressure, but all the players did very well."
Tied on 12 points with Turkmenistan, Thailand have to defeat the Central Asian side when they meet in March to seal qualification after having lost the reverse fixture 3-1 in June.
Tied on 12 points with Turkmenistan, Thailand have to defeat the Central Asian side when they meet in March to seal qualification after having lost the reverse fixture 3-1 in June.
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