The draw has brought 4 representatives of Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, to Group G in the second qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup. And of course, the match that the public is most interested in is still the clash between the two rivals Vietnam and Thailand, especially when meeting in the opening match.
In addition to the UAE, which is a highly rated team, Vietnam and Thailand are considered 2 candidates competing for the ticket to the next round of this group. However, according to FIFA, the new Malaysia team is a formidable opponent in Group G.
M enough football has not made an impression at the world level, but the passion for football in this country can be at world level.
They have Bukit Jalil Stadium with a capacity of nearly 90,000 seats, with the most impressive noise, atmosphere and colors in the world, FIFA opened the article about the Malaysian team.
Their strength is also recognized through the FIFA rankings, when ranked 150th. This is Malaysia's best achievement in the past 10 years.
Malaysia has a history of heroism, reaching its peak when defeating Japan and South Korea and winning tickets to the 1972 Olympics. Malaysia just defeated Thailand at the 2018 AFF Cup, which shows that they are on the right track".
The reason FIFA highly appreciates Malaysia is because recently, football in this country has achieved many successes, from the national team level to the youth teams. FIFA cited that U15 Malaysia won the Southeast Asian U15 Championship, U18 Malaysia won the regional runner-up position. Malaysia U23 also passed the group stage of the 2018 U23 Asian Cup or Malaysia Olympic defeated Korea Olympic.
Coach Tan Cheng Hoe has just announced a list of 27 names focusing on preparing for the World Cup qualifiers, with up to 4 naturalized players including: The Gambia-born striker who competed at the 2018 AFF Cup is Mohamadou Sumareh, Australian midfielder - Brendan gan, Australian defender - Matthew Davies and English-born centre-back - La'Vere Corbin-Ong.
This is also the basis for FIFA to highly appreciate the strength of the "roosters", considering them a formidable opponent for Vietnam and Thailand in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.
