Only three points to show after three matches played in the joint 2022 World Cup and 2023 Asian Cup qualifications does not give much confidence to Malaysia's hopes of progression and it heaps added pressure on the team to deliver when the for the only time in the group stage, Harimau Malaya has back-to-back home games.
The 1-0 loss to Vietnam was not what the team needed after a promising start to the qualifications and it put in sharp focus that there's plenty more work that need to be put into the training field for Malaysia.