PETALING JAYA: National striker Nizaruddin Yusop sees the Asean Football Federation (AFF) Championship as a good opportunity for the team to show that Malaysian football is on its way up.
Malaysia are currently at a lowly 152 in the FIFA world rankings. The status took another dive when the Under-23 team took a beating in the Doha Asian Games last month, losing all their group matches – against Iraq (0-4), Oman (1-3) and China (1-3).
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