Malaysia coach threatens to cause shock at My Dinh

Mr. Dollah Salleh is not pessimistic, even though his team lost 1-2 at home to Vietnam in the first leg of the AFF Cup 2014 semi-final yesterday, December 7.

"I don't understand what happened. Today my players did not play well, some did not follow the tactical discipline, especially in defense. We were so busy attacking that we forgot about defense," Dollah said.Salleh said at a press conference after the match at Shah Alam Stadium.

Salleh found it difficult to explain the way the home team played poorly and lost to the Vietnamese team. Photo: The Star.

Playing at home, with the support of about 80,000 spectators, Malaysia did not play as fiery as expected. They opened the scoring in the 13th minute thanks to a successful penalty kick by Safiq Rahim in the 13th minute. However, Huy Toan and Van Quyet scored in turn, with the Vietnamese team in a dominant position, giving coach Toshiya Miura's team a big advantage before the second leg at My Dinh on December 11.

"Congratulations to the Vietnam team. They had an excellent match., especially players number 19, number 15, number 10", Coach Salleh expressed his admiration for players Thanh Luong, Ngoc Hai and Van Quyet on the Vietnamese team.

Admitting defeat with conviction, the Malaysian coach is not too pessimistic. He even believes in a miracle in the second leg four days later."Despite losing at home, Malaysia's chances are not over yet. We still have 90 minutes at My Dinh on December 11. We will play with 200 percent of our strength and ability to turn the tables," Salleh loudly declared.

In the group stage, Malaysia also caused a surprise when they defeated host Singapore with a score of 3-1 in the final match to win second place in Group B.

According to VNE, TT247