MEDIA Malaysia, New Straits Times call for withdrawal Indonesian National Team (Timnas) U-23 from the 2022 AFF U-23 Cup will be a big advantage for Malaysian National Team U-23. In fact, they stated that the Malayan Tigers had a chance to win 2022 AFF U-23 Cup.
“Malaysia’s Benefits After Indonesia Resigned,” wrote New Straits Time in the title of the article that aired on Saturday (12/2/2022).
Malaysian media regarding the resignation of the U-23 Indonesian National Team
No wonder the Malayan Tiger feels the upper hand. Indonesia’s withdrawal was allegedly able to pave the way for them to advance smoothly from the Group B phase to the semifinals of the 2022 AFF U-23 Cup.
Because, in Group B there are only three teams left, namely Malaysia, Myanmar and Laos. That way, there is practically no longer a toughest competitor to the Malayan Tigers in Group B of the 2022 AFF U-23 Cup.
From the start, the Malayan Tiger was indeed on Shin Tae-yong’s radar as Garuda Muda’s strongest competitor on the 2022 AFF U-23 Cup competition map. The reason is that the majority of Brad Maloney’s squad passed the Malayan Tiger squad to the 2022 U-23 Asian Cup.
At that time, the Malaysia U-23 national team managed to lead the standings in Group J of the 2022 U-23 Asian Cup qualification with seven points, two points away from Thailand in second position. This achievement is enough to pass the U-23 Malaysia National Team to the 2022 U-23 Asian Cup.
