<p class="title">Thailand have fired coach Milovan Rajevac following a humiliating 4-1 thrashing by India in their opening Asian Cup game at the weekend.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 65-year-old Serb, who took charge of Thailand in 2017, paid the price after the War Elephants conceded three second-half goals to slump to a shock defeat in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Thai football chiefs took a dim view of their Group A flop and acted swiftly to remove Rajevac the morning after.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The result is not what is expected of the Thai national team and that our supporters deserve," Thailand's FA president Somyot Poompanmoung said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Like all Thai football fans across the country, I am also disappointed with the result. But as president of the football association, I cannot stand still with this problem."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Former assistant coach Sirisak Yodyardthai will assume control of the team when they face Bahrain on Thursday, Thai officials added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rajevac, who has had spells in charge of Algeria and Qatar, famously steered Ghana to the quarterfinals of the 2010 World Cup where they were beaten on penalties by Uruguay.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But he was left shell-shocked by Thailand's horror show against underdogs India, whose veteran striker Sunil Chhetri scored twice, overtaking Lionel Messi's 65 international goals in the process.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Thailand, appearing for the first time since co-hosting the Asian Cup in 2007, have now won just one of 21 games at the continent's showcase competition.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India are surprise leaders of Group A after hosts United Arab Emirates were held 1-1 by Bahrain in Saturday's curtain-raiser.</p>
<p class="title">Thailand have fired coach Milovan Rajevac following a humiliating 4-1 thrashing by India in their opening Asian Cup game at the weekend.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 65-year-old Serb, who took charge of Thailand in 2017, paid the price after the War Elephants conceded three second-half goals to slump to a shock defeat in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Thai football chiefs took a dim view of their Group A flop and acted swiftly to remove Rajevac the morning after.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The result is not what is expected of the Thai national team and that our supporters deserve," Thailand's FA president Somyot Poompanmoung said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Like all Thai football fans across the country, I am also disappointed with the result. But as president of the football association, I cannot stand still with this problem."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Former assistant coach Sirisak Yodyardthai will assume control of the team when they face Bahrain on Thursday, Thai officials added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Rajevac, who has had spells in charge of Algeria and Qatar, famously steered Ghana to the quarterfinals of the 2010 World Cup where they were beaten on penalties by Uruguay.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But he was left shell-shocked by Thailand's horror show against underdogs India, whose veteran striker Sunil Chhetri scored twice, overtaking Lionel Messi's 65 international goals in the process.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Thailand, appearing for the first time since co-hosting the Asian Cup in 2007, have now won just one of 21 games at the continent's showcase competition.</p>.<p class="bodytext">India are surprise leaders of Group A after hosts United Arab Emirates were held 1-1 by Bahrain in Saturday's curtain-raiser.</p>