According to The New Straits Times , the U.22 Thai team taught the U.22 Malaysian players a bitter lesson in the 0-2 defeat in the previous match. And now it is time for Harimau Muda (the nickname of U.22 Malaysia) to act together if they want to continue aiming for the goal of winning the gold medal in men's football at the SEA Games this year.
Coach Elavarasan (right) urged his players to be determined in the match against U.22 Vietnam.
After being defeated by Thailand, U.22 Malaysia needs to defeat defending champion U.22 Vietnam in the third match of Group B at Prince Stadium if they want to have a chance to enter the semi-finals. But according to Malaysian press, it will not be easy for the players led by coach E. Elavarasan, because U.22 Vietnam is not a strong opponent, having scored 5 goals and only conceded 1 goal after 2 wins.
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Malaysia U.22 captain Azam Azmi Murad admitted that his team had learned a useful lesson against Thailand U.22 and wanted to use the defeat as motivation to recover. "We need to improve our performance in all aspects to be able to defeat Vietnam U.22. We lost to Thailand U.22 so we have no other choice. We have to win against Vietnam U.22 and Singapore U.22. Vietnam U.22 is strong, so the whole team must be more focused because if we are careless, we will be punished like what happened to us against Thailand U.22. We did well in the match against Thailand U.22 but I think the players were a bit tired and lost focus. That is one of the things we need to improve," said Azam Azmi.
Captain of U.22 Malaysia, Azam Azmi Murad (left) called on his teammates to concentrate on the match against U.22 Vietnam.
After 2 matches, U.22 Malaysia dropped to 3rd place with 3 points while U.22 Vietnam and U.22 Thailand led the table with 2 wins each. However, coach Elavarasan is still optimistic that his players will rise with better performances, and also consider that U.22 Vietnam also needs to beat U.22 Malaysia: "This is also an important match for U.22 Vietnam because their last match will be against U.22 Thailand. Therefore, this will be a decisive match for them. That is also important for us, I think the whole team is still optimistic and will rise", coach Elavarasan emphasized.
The coach of U.22 Malaysia does not want his team to use the high temperature as an excuse for defeat: "The players have to adapt. We lost 0-2 because they (U.22 Thailand) had better chances and took advantage to score. So we have to accept this defeat."
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