Vietnamese team happy with the victory (Photo: VNA) The hard-fought win helps the team consolidate their top spot in Group G with 17 points after seven matches, while maintaining their impressive unbeaten streak with five wins and two draws in the Asian qualifiers. Vietnam are still two points ahead of the second-placed United Arab Emirates (UAE), who won 5-0 over Indonesia in the other match the same day. In their match report, world football governing body FIFA emphasised: “Vietnam remain unbeaten in the group thanks to Que Ngoc Hai's late penalty that saw them edge Malaysia 2-1 in Dubai”. In the last match, Vietnam will have a decisive game to decide the top spot in the group against the UAE, and FIFA said that this will be one of the most exciting and eagerly awaited encounters on the final match day of the 2nd qualifying round. Meanwhile, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), in its post-match commentary, affirmed the Vietnamese team continued to consolidate their po
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Published on: Saturday, June 05, 2021
By: Bernama
Malaysia’s Muhamadou Sumareh controls the ball during the match.
Kuala Lumpur: The national football team’s trip to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ended with a dismal defeat again as The Whites trounced the Harimau Malaya 4-0 in their Group G second-round 2022 World Cup/2023 Asian Cup qualifying match in Dubai early Friday morning.
At least it wasn’t as humiliating as the 10-0 defeat they suffered at the hands of the same opponents in Abu Dhabi back in 2015.
Malaysia had no answer to the lethal attacking partnership of Ali Mabkhout and Fabio De Lima, who notched two goals each for the UAE at the Zabeel Stadium in Dubai for their second win over the Harimau Malaya in this qualifying campaign.
Harimau Malaya's best, is not good enough to match the prowess of United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the 2022 World Cup/2023 Asian Cup qualifiers, to get away with positive results, said head coach Tan Cheng Hoe