YOU SAID:
They never got Thailand.
INTO JAPANESE
彼らはタイをやったことがなかった。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Had they played Thailand.
INTO JAPANESE
彼らはタイをプレーしていた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
They had played Thailand.
INTO JAPANESE
彼らはタイをプレーしていた。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
They had played Thailand.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.