On the evening of December 11, the Malaysian team defeated Timor Leste hard with a score of 3-2. At Bukit Jalil’s home field, the former AFF Cup champion took the lead after Syafiq Ahmad’s goal. However, at the end of the first half, the Malaysian defense’s careless moments cost them 2 goals within 3 minutes (45+1 and 45+3). In the second half, Paulo Josue played the hero of the Malaysian team by scoring a double, helping the home team win 3-2.
Paulo Josue helped the fans at Bukit Jalil burst into tears
The moment Pedro unleashed a dangerous curling shot after turning the ball away from Dominic Tan, increasing the score to 2-1 for Timor Leste.
With this result, the Malaysian team temporarily climbed to the top of Group A with 4 points after 2 matches. The Thai team ranked second in the table with 3 points.
Ranked 3rd is the Singapore team, which also has 3 points like “War Elephant”. The Lion Island team only had a 2-1 victory over the Cambodian team, so the goal difference was far behind the Thai team (+1 compared to +10). The two teams at the bottom of Group A are Cambodia (1 point) and Timor Leste (0 points).
AFF Cup 2024 continues to take place on December 12 with two pairs of matches in Group B: the Philippines team faces Myanmar and the Indonesia team faces Laos. Matches in Group A will return on December 14 with 2 pairs: Timor Leste team – Singapore, Thailand team – Malaysia.
Group A rankings after the 2nd match
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