HANOI: The defeat against Vietnam has put Malaysia in a precarious situation of having to win their next match against Singapore or forget about advancing to the semifinals of the ASEAN Football Federation Cup (2022 AFF Cup).
The 0-3 defeat may be a bitter pill to swallow for the Malaysian side but come next Tuesday, there will be no time to look back at the spills in Hanoi but rather South Korean coach Kim Pan Gon and his charges must pull up their socks and enter the battleground with only the victory cry when in motion.
Malaysia who are currently second in Group B with six points from three matches, face Singapore who also have six points from two matches, at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil on Tuesday.
Skipper Mohamad Faisal Abdul Halim who had landed in Hanoi with a proud record of having scored in both Malaysia's previous matches, had a rather quiet game against Vietnam and failed to find the target in the defeat.
However, the prolific striker with three goals under his belt in the competition will have a good six days ahead of him to rest and shine his scoring boots in preparation to face Singapore.
"Naturally our opponent Singapore will go all out to achieve a win against us. We have a week to prepare physically and mentally for the all-important match.
"We want to bring back the smiles on coach (Kim Pan Gon's) face...he certainly came here to win and we too had the same objective because Malaysia has not won against Vietnam in the past eight years. We were eager to erase that record but things did not work out," he told reporters after the match against Vietnam, here last night.
In yesterday's match against Vietnam at the My Dinh National Stadium, Vietnam scored a convincing 3-0 victory with goals from Nguyen Tien Linh, Que Ngoc Hai and Nguyen Hoang Duc, to go to the top of Group B with six points after two matches.
Vietnam will face Singapore in their third match at the Jalan Besar Stadium in Singapore, on Friday.
-- BERNAMA
Bernama
Wed Dec 28 2022
Skipper Mohamad Faisal who had landed in Hanoi with a proud record of having scored in both Malaysia's previous matches, had a rather quiet game against Vietnam and failed to find the target in the defeat. - BERNAMA/Filepic
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