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On 28 February 1999, I went to Rajamankala Football Stadium by car with my friends. It is the biggest stadium in Thailand, it has about 60,000 seats. It is in Bangkok (the capital of Thailand). We went there to watch two football matches, Thailand vs. Hungary and Brazil vs. North Korea. It was very very fun. These matches were for the "Thailand's King's Cup Soccer Tournament". In this tournament there were only 4 teams.

I went there to watch a final match between Thailand vs. Hungary (started at 3.30 p.m.) In the first half the score was 0-1 and in the second half Thailand scored 3 goals so Thailand beat Hungary 3-1. The second match was Brazil vs. North Korea (started at 5.30 p.m.), Brazil was the winner 7-1. In the first half, Brazil went up to be the leader 3-1 and in the second half Brazil scored 4 more goals.


This is me and my friends when we first came inside the stadium. These seats are the expensive ones. It was very good because it is comfortable and in the shade.


Inside the stadium was vey good. It has about 60,000 seats in there. And in the picture we are standing up for the King's Anthem (The King wrote it by himself). Before every sport match we have to do like this, before movies too.


In the picture we are watching football match and chatting about the match with my friends. 

1. BANGKOK - Brazilian Thiago Silva Santos and Alessandro Amantino (R) celebrate after Santos scored the third goal against North Korea. 2. BANGKOK - Brazilian Rodrigo Gral (C) dribbles past North Korean Kim Kwang Chol (L) and Kang Sun Il. Photo by Sukree Sukplang (Reuters)

3. BANGKOK - Brazilian Victor Pinheiro (R) fights for the ball with Ri Man Chol of North Korea. 4. BANGKOK - Brazil's Luis Eduardo Schimidt (R) battles North Korea's Kang Sun il during the first round play at the 30th King's Cup Football Tournament at the Rajamangala National Stadium in Bangkok February 25. The game ended 1-1. Photo by Sukree Sukplang (Reuters)