Heartbreak for Harimau Malaya as they lose to Bahrain, no thanks to a late goal

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia's hopes of making it out of the group stage are as good as over in the Asian Cup.

A stoppage-time goal broke Harimau Malaya's strong resolve as they lost 0-1 to Bahrain in the second Group E match of the Asian Cup at the Jassim Hamad Stadium on Saturday (Jan 20).

The side led by South Korean Kim Pan-gon produced a defensive masterclass led by Buriram United centreback Dion Cools but it all ended in vain as they continued their winless run in the group.

Dion was in his element as he won 10 duels, made six recoveries and 13 clearances to keep the Middle East side at bay for most of the match.


But Bahraini winger Ali Madan was unstoppable as he broke the solid defense to score the winner in the 96th minute injury time to give the Dilmun Warriors their first win in the group.

While Bahrain celebrated, the Malaysians slumped on the field in sheer disappointment as they had given a better account of themselves but it wasn't enough.

Before the game against Bahrain, Malaysia had played poorly to lose 0-4 to Jordan on Jan 16.

Malaysia will next face tournament favourites South Korea at the Jassim Hamad Stadium on Jan 25.

With two defeats, it's hard for Malaysia to win a spot in the last 16 unless they beat the mighty South Korea by a big margin.

https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/football/2...-to-a-late-goal

wat heartbreak

kek

tbh, this is the only squad i see in the past 20 yrs who know how to hold the ball and have guts to fire shots into opponent goal. last time our players lose ball easily and even shy to shoot into opponent goal

This post has been edited by kcal: Jan 21 2024, 09:10 AM

Bunch of overrated overpaid players who are only good in the local league.

angmoh players become sayur when playing against arab players. should have naturalized more arab players instead of useless angmoh whose feet become jelly when shooting in front of opponent goal

never had any expectation on them. expected result anyway

We had no luck in Football. Dismantle je.

dunno how many billion spent on football oredi just to bring back the false sense of pride and glory of our supermokh era when in reality during supermokh time malaysia oso did not perform well in asian cup and did not play in world cup.

This post has been edited by kcal: Jan 21 2024, 09:32 AM

They really haven’t seen their own performance in mirror. Kek

Overrated attacker players...too much dribble

Team sampah better just focus on sepak takeaway and stop wasting country money further seriously!

Level Asia cup much higher than m leagues

Totally different level

Few players can up level but most still in Malaysia league level

so our quality stop at arab level which got improvement right? last time only ASEAN level

This post has been edited by commonsense: Jan 21 2024, 10:20 AM

It was heart breaking, we are able to compete

If we lose badly, totally outclassed, it won’t hurt so much

No expectation, no disappointment

Improved a lot. Few years back, when I watch games against Arab nations, totally outclassed by them

I still proud of harimau Malaya. Btw vietnam also knockout.

too many naturalisasi bs

Bahrain should be malu can only score one desperado goal in stoppage time

sure kena scolding like fark only by coach