Malaysia called up a large force, gathered nearly a month early to prepare to fight the Vietnamese team.

Malaysia's strongest team, Johor Darul Ta'zim, leads the list of 14 players. Thus, this club accounts for more than 1/3 of the Tigers' list in the training session. Arif Aiman Hanapi, Afiq Fazail and Romel Morales are typical names of Johor and they promise to become pillars of the Malaysian national team.

Faisal Halim leads the list of 8 Selangor FC players. Besides Faisal, Harith Haiqal Adam Afkar and Quentin Cheng are Selangor FC members who are also on the list.

Cklamovski also named Terengganu FC's two goalkeepers, Rahadiazli Rahalim and Syed Nasrulhaq Syed Bidin. Meanwhile, Kuching City FC contributed Safawi Rasid, Ubaidullah Shamsul Fazili and Safwan Mazlan. On the Kuala Lumpur side, Paulo Josue and Dominic Tan were the two players included.

In this list, Malaysia only calls 4 players who are playing abroad: Dion Cools, Endrick dos Santos, Gabriel Palmero and Hector Hevel. Of which, Endrick is playing for Ho Chi Minh City Club in Vietnam.

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Malaysia determined to improve performance

Malaysia is expected to gather from May 18. Many players joined the team late due to busy club matches. By calling up the squad 2 weeks earlier than other teams, Malaysia is showing great determination.

According to the plan, they will meet Cape Verde on May 29 and June 3. Of which, 1 match is considered a FIFA-level friendly, 1 match is just a practice match. All are considered as preparation for the Tigers to welcome the Vietnamese team in the 2027 Asian Cup qualifiers on June 10. This is the final match of Group F because the winning team will have a big advantage in the race to the top spot in the group, along with a ticket to the 2027 Asian Cup finals.

Determined to change the balance of the confrontation with Vietnam, Malaysia, a team that has lost and drawn all matches since 2014, is doing everything to aim for 3 points. That is why they gathered earlier than usual, focused on training and played 2 friendly matches. Everything that is happening shows the great ambition of this team.

Dang Lai

Source: https://tienphong.vn/malaysia-goi-luc-luong-hung-hau-hoi-quan-som-gan-1-thang-de-chuan-bi-nghenh-chien-doi-tuyen-viet-nam-post1742496.tpo