Football team to pull out of Asiad if minimum number of players not met


KUALA LUMPUR: National Under-23 coach Datuk Ong Kim Swee has not ruled out the possibility of Malaysia withdrawing from the Indonesia Asian Games if he can’t assemble a minimum 18-player squad.

It is learnt that certain M-League sides are reluctant to release their players as the Asian Games football competition from Aug 14-Sept 1 coincides with the Malaysia Cup competition which kicks off in August.

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