Pressure relieved as Malaysia grab first World Cup qualifier away win in 14 years


National interim coach Datuk Ong Kim Swee welcomed the 1-0 win by the national football team.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia managed to kill two birds with one stone in their 1-0 win over Timor Leste.

Thanks to striker Mohd Amri Yahya’s strike in the 12th minute at the Dili Municipal Stadium on Tuesday, Malaysia recorded their first win in the 2018 World Cup qualifying match to lift themselves off the bottom of Group A.

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