PRESIDENT The Football Federation of Malaysia (FAM), Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin, is optimistic Malaysian National Team U-23 will bounce back when they meet Laos for the second time today, and qualify for the semifinals 2022 AFF U-23 CupThis at the same time rejected requests to withdraw from a number of Malaysian netizens.
As is known, at the first meeting of the two teams on Friday 18 February 2022, the Young Tiger – the nickname of the U-23 Malaysia National Team – fell to its knees in front of Laos. They lost 1-2 after Selvan (45+1) scored twice against Boungkong (55′) and Somsanid (78′).
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The results certainly surprised many parties. Because, Malaysia’s young troops were one of the leading teams in the 2022 AFF U-23 Cup before Indonesia and Myanmar withdrew.
Even a number of Malaysian netizens asked the Young Tiger squad to withdraw from the 2022 AFF U-23 Cup. They did not want the Malaysian U-23 national team to be humiliated again by Laos.
“Just back off. You don’t need to embarrass this country anymore,” said a Malaysian netizen with the Amir Larif account, commenting on the news of the Malaysian Football Federation (FAM) about three players who were positive for Covid-19.
“Just withdraw. At least not ashamed to lose in the second match later. Shame,” continued the white cat account.
Therefore, the neighboring country’s fleet must pick full points in the second match against Laos. If not, they will be embarrassed because they were eliminated from the 2022 AFF U-23 Cup at the hands of Thim Xad – the nickname of Laos – which is a non-seeded team and is often a goal granary.
