PETALING JAYA: There were mixed reactions from netizens after the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and seven national players were hit with heavy sanctions by FIFA’s Disciplinary Committee for breaching Article 22 of the Disciplinary Code concerning forgery and falsification.
FIFA had announced that FAM had submitted doctored documents in eligibility enquiries in order to field the players - Gabriel Palermo, Facundo Garces, Rodrigo Holgado, Imanol Machuca, Joao Figueiredo, Jon Irazabal and Hector Hevel - in Malaysia’s Asian Cup qualifier against Vietnam on June 10, 2025.
