Right-back Corbin-Ong, one of 12 players eliminated, has been the mainstay of the Malaysian team for many years.
Initially, coach Kim Pan-gon called 41 players to the national team to prepare for friendly matches against Cambodia and Maldives on December 9 and 14. After that, he will evaluate the quality and finalize the list for the AFF Cup 2022.
However, according to information from the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), coach Kim Pan-gon decided to remove 12 players for various reasons such as personal problems, injuries as well as professional. Notable faces on this list are defenders Corbin-Ong, Matthiew Davies, striker Syafiq Ahmad. These are all key players of the Malaysian team under coach Tan Cheng-hoe.
Thus, the remaining list of the Malaysian team has 29 players and 7 backup players. The remaining important factors are Safawi Rasid, Brendan Gan, Dion Cools… In addition, they have some Malaysian players such as David Rowley, Declan Lambert, Darren Lok and naturalized striker Lee Tuck (British origin). .
Coach Kim Pan-gon did not call three naturalized players familiar to the Vietnamese audience through the past AFF Cups as well as the second qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup. That is Mohamadou Sumareh (Gambian), Liridon Krasniqi (Kosovo). ) and Guilherme de Paula (Brazil).
The Malaysian team will begin to gather from November 26. The group of players attending the Malaysian National Cup will gather on December 5.
After the confrontations with Cambodia and Maldives, coach Kim Pan-gon will close the list of 23 players for the AFF Cup 2022. At this tournament, the Malaysian team is in Group B with Vietnam, Laos, Singapore and Myanmar.
29 players were summoned by coach Kim Pan-gon to prepare for the AFF Cup 2022.
Nguyen Khang | 13:35 11/24/2022
