Former 2011 SEA Games Champion Attacks Malaysia U-23 National Team, Called Loss of Quality to Laos in 2022 AFF U-23 Cup! : Okezone Ball

TRAINER which brings Malaysian National Team U-23 2011 SEA Games champion, Ong Kim Swee, attacked the Young Tiger – the nickname of the U-23 Malaysia National Team – which had just been knocked out of the competition. 2022 AFF U-23 Cup. He was not surprised that the Malaysian U-23 national team was eliminated because in terms of quality they lost to Laos.

Losing quality because the Malaysian U-23 players who went to Cambodia lacked experience. Just to note, the Malaysian U-23 national team personnel in the 2022 AFF U-23 Cup have reserve status at their respective clubs.

Meanwhile, the mainstay of the Malaysia U-23 National Team did not appear in the 2022 AFF U-23 Cup. This is because their respective clubs are preparing to appear in the 2022 Malaysian Super League.

As is known, the Malaysia U-23 National Team was subject to two matches in Group B of the 2022 AFF U-23 Cup against Laos (1-2 and 0-2). As a result, the hopes of the U-23 Malaysia National Team to qualify for the semifinals of the AFF U-23 2022 Cup have vanished.

Various demands also came to the Malaysian U-23 National Team for Brad Maloney’s troops to immediately clean up, including Ong Kim Swee. According to him, the defeat of the Malaysian U-23 National Team was not due to the coach or tactics, but to lose in terms of the quality of the players.

“For me, all the best players have to be gathered. We can’t get ready in a week and say ‘we’ll get the best players’. We need to understand here our teenage players mostly don’t play in the Super League or in important leagues (in Malaysia),” said Ong Kim Swee as quoted by Harimau Malaya, Tuesday (22/2/2022).