Malaysia U23 has a squad that ‘nearly made Vietnam hate’ to attend U23 Asia

Recently, U23 Malaysia has officially announced the list of 23 players who will attend AFC U23 Championship 2022 is held in Uzbekistan. Notably, all 20 players who have just attended the 31st SEA Games are on this list.

Although they could not win a medal at the Southeast Asian Games, the Malay Tigers had an impressive performance. Although not using players who are too old, teachers and coaches Brad Maloney still participated in the semi-finals.

In the confrontation with the home team Vietnam, U23 Malaysia played fair and forced the match to enter extra time. It was not until the last minutes of the match that coach Park Hang Seo and his team won tickets to the final thanks to the shining phase of striker Nguyen Tien Linh.

It is this that makes many fans worry about U23 Vietnam in the U23 Asian Championship. The Golden Star Warriors will not have the service of three overage players and Coach Gong Oh-kyun also did not have much time to work with the students.

List of 23 Malaysian players participating in the 2022 AFC U23 Championship. (Photo: FAM)

Meanwhile, Malaysia has the best preparation. Coach Brad Maloney’s players have been trained in the SEA Games playground and are ready for the 2022 AFC U23 Championship.

At the No. 1 tournament on the continent at U23 level, Malaysia is in the same group with familiar opponents as U23 Thailand and U23 Vietnam. The remaining team in this group is U23 Korea. Right in the opening match, U23 Malaysia will have to face the strongest team in the group, U23 Korea, while U23 Vietnam and U23 Thailand will face each other.

With careful preparation, the Malay Tigers are very determined to win one of the two tickets of this group to participate in the next round.