Tough Tests In India For Malaysia

While their South East Asian neighbours were either being thrashed in the latest World Cup Qualifiers or were focused on the SEA Games in Indonesia, Malaysia were hard at work looking to sustain their recent run of success.

They played a couple of friendlies in India against the national team and drew their first game 1-1 (Safiq Rahim) before losing the second 3-2 when Pelita Jaya striker Safee Sali scored twice.

The Squad

Goalkeeper : Gunasekaran Jeevanathan (Selangor), Mohd Farizal Marlias (Negeri Sembilan), Mohd Sharbinee Allawee Ramli (Terengganu)

Defence : Mohd Nasriq Baharom (Selangor), Mohd Aidil Zafuan Abdul Radzak, Norhafiz Zamani Misbah, Mohd Faizal Muhammad (Negeri Sembilan), Mazlizam Mohamad (Terengganu), Abdul Aziz Ismail, Mohd Rizal Fahmi Abdul Rosid (Kelantan), Mohd Azmi Muslim (Kedah), Amirizwan Taj Tajudin (UiTM)

Midfield : Mohd Bunyamin Umar, Mohd Shafiq Rahim (Selangor), Kunalan Subramaniam, Shahurain Abu Samah (Negeri Sembilan), Mohd Ashaari Shamsuddin, Joseph Kalang Tie (Terengganu), Suppiah Chanturu (Kelantan), Amar Rohidan (Kedah)

Strikers : Abdul Hadi Yahya, Abdul Manaf Mamat (Terengganu), Khyril Muhymeen Zambri, Mohd Faizal Abu Bakar (Kedah), Shahrizal Mohd Saad (Johor FC), Mohd Safee Mohd Sali (Pelita Jaya, Indonesia)