Pan-gon in a fix over injury issues in attacking department

Sweating it out: National team players at a training session at Wisma FAM in Kelana Jaya. — FAM

PETALING JAYA: Things do not bode well for the national football team as coach Kim Pan-gon have to deal with injury issues involving key players in the attacking department as they prepare for the remaining two World Cup 2026-Asian Cup 2027 qualifiers against Kyrgyzstan and Taiwan next month.

After having to exclude three key players – Faisal Halim, Arif Aiman ​​Hanapi and Romel Morales – from the call-up list for the centralised training camp, the national squad also had to drop Syafiq Ahmad following a hamstring injury problem.