{"id":16717,"date":"2023-03-29T08:38:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T00:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=16717"},"modified":"2023-03-29T08:38:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T00:38:19","slug":"malaysia-close-friendly-series-in-style-beat-hong-kong-2-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=16717","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia close friendly series in style, beat Hong Kong 2-0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ISKANDAR PUTERI, March 29<\/strong> —\u00a0Malaysia closed this month’s FIFA international window in style after defeating Hong Kong 2-0 in a Tier 1 international friendly at Sultan Ibrahim Stadium here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the second victory for Harimau Malaya under coach Kim Pan Gon in the FIFA international match window from March 20-28 after beating Turkmenistan 1-0 at the same venue last Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pan Gon made four changes to the starting line-up tonight when he dropped Shahrul Mohd Saad and Quentin Cheng in defence while risking Nooa Laine and Muhamad Nor Azam Abdul Azih in midfield.<\/p>\n\n\n

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In the match attended by 4,593 spectators, the national team started slowly but in the 18th minute Hong Kong got a shock when Mohamad Faisal Abdul Halim managed to grab loose ball and pass it to a calm Muhammad Akhyar Abdul Rashid to score the team’s opening goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The national team’s second goal came in the 41st minute through a move by Ahmad Syihan’s long pass that was intercepted by Darren Lok before passing the ball to Mohamad Faisal who dribbled the opponent’s defender before unleashing a strong shot with his left foot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hong Kong’s best chance to score its first goal came six minutes later after substitute Philip Chan who received a lovely pass from Law Tsz Chun failed to fire a shot straight at goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the record, tonight’s success saw Pan Gon’s men record their second consecutive win against Hong Kong after also recording a 2-0 victory in the Tier 1 international friendly action at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil, June last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NMT<\/a> as reported by Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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