MALAYSIA ON COURSE - EDGING THAILAND 2-1

                 A far much better display shown by the National U-23 side by seeing-off the Thais 2-1 in the second group SEA Games football match at Bung Karno Stadium yesterday. Skipper Badrol Bakhtiar started off the momentum when he scored the opener in the 25th minute. Thailand drew level 1-1 before substitute Izzaq Faris Ramlan got the winner late in the match.

Congrats to the team..they truly deserve the praised.They shown their all round strength and capability but again the same old story crept back that saw the neighbours got their equaliser and nearly snatched away the much needed three points.

Izzaq celebrate after scoring the winner

The 2-1 result do not reflect the exact scenario of the match. By right..everybody watching the match should agree that we could win with a bigger margin after missing a couple of chances. At least now the team are doing what they should have to do and they are in the right direction.

Our next match will be against Cambodia..and they must treat them just the same as like any other team. Yes many will agreed Cambodia is the weakest side in the group after being thrashed by 6-0 by the home side Indonesia. But against Singapore they proved otherwise only to go down by 2-1. And that should have give us the message  - do not underrate them.