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Nik Akif stands tall after towering China showing

If the Malaysian team is to stand right next to the Chinese team, probably only Syamer Kutty Abba, Hadi Fayyadh and Dominic Tan wouldn't look out of place. The squad of players that Guus Hiddink brought for the 2020 AFC U23 Championship qualifiers were extremely well built with matching heights.

Yet the game still have many other factors defining the game, not least the technical abilities and game intelligence. Those were the defining factors that saw Nik Akif being able to run the show from the middle of the pitch despite being arguably one of the smallest player on the field.