Only seven minutes separated Malaysia from making it to the biggeset AFC age-group tournament for the second straight time as well as notching up a wonderful win over perennial Asian giants, China. Yet it wasn't to be as Jiang Sheng Long nodded a late header to break plenty of Malaysian hearts in the 2-2 draw.
The result meant that Malaysia finished second behind China in Group J and ultimately only in 7th spot in the among all the second placed teams, missing the boat to Thailand. Either one from Malaysia holding onto the 2-1 lead, or had Philippines emerged victorious over Laos or even more teams winning their final group matches; would have seen Malaysia through.