The national football team has chance to qualify for 2023 Asian Cup Finals and the third round of the world cup qualifiers.
The heady run enjoyed by the Malaysian national football team in the past nine months has allowed it to wrap up the 2019 season on a comfortable perch - ready to strike and grab an automatic ticket to the 2023 Asian Cup Finals for the first time in 40 years.
Four of the nine victories came against higher-ranked teams, namely Afghanistan at the Airmarine Cup Championship , Nepal and Tajikistan in Tier 1 international friendlies , and Thailand in Group G of the 2022 World Cup/2023 Asian Cup qualifier on Nov 14.side almost sprang a surprise against UAE, then ranked 65th, in the 2022 World Cup/2023 Asian Cup qualifier at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil on Sept 10 but lost narrowly 1-2.
It has been an outstanding year for the 51-year-old Tan, who has given the national team a new lease of life in terms of tactical play and style. On the domestic front, Johor Darul Ta'zim reaffirmed its superiority by emerging the 2019 Super League champions in June, becoming the first team to win the title for the sixth successive time.
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