Phobia of injury forces Turtles winger Syafik to go slow and steady


PETALING JAYA: Eight months of enduring an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury have been traumatising for Terengganu winger Mohd Syafik Ismail.

The 23-year-old Syafik is relieved and happy to be back in training and playing again, but he revealed that he now has a ‘’phobia’’ about suffering a recurrence of the injury.

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