{"id":15966,"date":"2023-01-02T17:10:04","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T09:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=15966"},"modified":"2023-01-02T17:10:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T09:10:06","slug":"harimau-malaya-need-fans-incredible-support-against-singapore-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=15966","title":{"rendered":"Harimau Malaya need fans&#8217; incredible support against Singapore tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 2<\/strong> &#8212; The Harimau Malaya squad is rooting\u00a0for the incredible support of fans ahead of their crucial match against\u00a0Singapore in the 2022 ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup Group B decider\u00a0at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil, tomorrow night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">National head coach Kim Pan Gon said the fans have always provided support for his team when needed but tomorrow night the extraordinary support from the fans will surely&nbsp;help Malaysia in their quest to clinch a win over Singapore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cAs always I think Malaysian football fans continue to give us their full support, which is appreciated but tomorrow we need special support\u00a0from Malaysian football fans for our Harimau Malaya players.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cTomorrow we want to make a festival, so everybody (do) come and support us, we will give our full best to fight for you,\u201d<\/em> he said during the pre-match press conference in Bukit Jalil here, today.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-5.06.01-PM-1024x560.png\" alt=\"HARIMAU MALAYA\" class=\"wp-image-15968\" width=\"452\" height=\"247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-5.06.01-PM-1024x560.png 1024w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-5.06.01-PM-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-5.06.01-PM-768x420.png 768w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-5.06.01-PM-183x100.png 183w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-5.06.01-PM-350x191.png 350w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-5.06.01-PM-800x437.png 800w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Screenshot-2023-01-02-at-5.06.01-PM.png 1178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><figcaption>National head coach Kim Pan Gon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After Singapore&#8217;s goalless draw against Vietnam last Friday, Malaysia had no choice but to record a win to qualify for the semi-finals to avoid an early exit\u00a0for the second consecutive edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Singapore, the four-time champion and only needing a draw tomorrow, now has a one-point advantage in second place while Malaysia is third with six points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last time Malaysia beat Singapore was in the last action of Group B of the 2014 AFF Cup which witnessed two epic late goals &#8211; Safiq Rahim&#8217;s penalty and Indra Putra Mahayuddin&#8217;s long-range finish that helped the team win 3-1 at the Singapore National Stadium and advance to the semis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Based on the Football&nbsp;Association of Malaysia\u2019s (FAM) Facebook posting at 2.42 pm today, a&nbsp;total of 38,819 tickets have been sold ahead of tomorrow&#8217;s clash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/\">NMT<\/a> as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernama.com\/en\/sports\/news.php?id=2152806\">Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 2 &#8212; The Harimau Malaya squad is rooting\u00a0for the incredible support of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[524,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nation","category-sports"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FW1241508_KL89_01062022_HARIMAU_MALAYA-lpr.jpg",1280,853,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FW1241508_KL89_01062022_HARIMAU_MALAYA-lpr-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FW1241508_KL89_01062022_HARIMAU_MALAYA-lpr-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FW1241508_KL89_01062022_HARIMAU_MALAYA-lpr-768x512.jpg",640,427,true],"large":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FW1241508_KL89_01062022_HARIMAU_MALAYA-lpr-1024x682.jpg",640,426,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FW1241508_KL89_01062022_HARIMAU_MALAYA-lpr.jpg",1280,853,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FW1241508_KL89_01062022_HARIMAU_MALAYA-lpr.jpg",1280,853,false],"newsium-slider-full":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FW1241508_KL89_01062022_HARIMAU_MALAYA-lpr.jpg",1268,845,false],"newsium-featured":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FW1241508_KL89_01062022_HARIMAU_MALAYA-lpr.jpg",1024,682,false],"newsium-medium":["https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FW1241508_KL89_01062022_HARIMAU_MALAYA-lpr.jpg",713,475,false]},"author_info":{"info":["Editor"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?cat=524\" rel=\"category\">Nation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?cat=16\" rel=\"category\">Sports<\/a>","tag_info":"Sports","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15966"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15969,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15966\/revisions\/15969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}