The Melaka squad for the 2019 season looks very different from the season before with a plethora of players brought in and those cut from the team. Zainal Abidin Hassan was given the task of taking over a very good but difficult job with established players joining the team.
But it is not until the second half of the season that Zainal has managed to find some consistency with the squad. Liridon Krasniqi and Casagrande were moved on with Dominik Balic and Davy Angan brought in as replacements, helping Zainal to finally find a balanced starting eleven.
Against Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday, Melaka created numerous goal-scoring chances but only managing to the one through Patrick Reichelt's strike after some good work from Angan on the right hand side to seal all three points.