EX Bayern Munich youth team coach Lim Teong Kim quipped Malaysian National Team U-23 which melted in 2022 AFF U-23 Cup. He insinuated that it would be better if the Malaysian Football Federation (FAM) used naturalized players from the U-23 level.
He said that because he was annoyed that FAM was aggressively naturalizing the senior team and was reluctant to coach young players. Because there are many naturalized players in the senior squad, the U-23 players have minimal opportunities to perform at the senior level.
(Dion Cools is one of Malaysia’s naturalized players)
“President of FAM and MFL (Malaysia League), next time just use naturalized players for the 23-year-old team,” said Lim Teong Kim quoting from Makan Bola, Tuesday (22/2/2022).
“If possible in the Super League and Premier League, use only 11 foreign players. In that way, I believe Malaysian football will advance,” said the man who once served as the Director of the Malaysian Football Development Project.
For information, currently the Malaysian national team does have several naturalized players such as Dion Cools and Guilherme. However, the names above have not had an impact on the performance of the Malaysian national team.
At the time when the senior Malaysian national team had not yet stretched, the Young Tiger squad – the nickname of the U-23 Malaysia National Team – also broke down. The Malaysia U-23 national team is subject to two matches in Group B of the 2022 AFF U-23 Cup against Laos (1-2 and 0-2).
