Malaysia national team is still hoping to advance to the next round after beating Chinese Taipei national team, scoring 3-1 in the FIFA World Cup 2026 Asian Qualifiers Round 2 Group D at Bukit Jalil National Stadium.
In the match just now, Malaysia who were on a mission to achieve a big victory were surprised by Taiwan’s opening goal in the 20th minute through Yu Yao Hsing who finished Kouame Angel Samuel’s pass.
Harimau Malaya had a chance to equalize four minutes later, but Safawi Rasid’s shot in the penalty box went wide to the left of Taiwan’s goal.
In fact, some of the best opportunities that came at the end of the first half also failed to be used by the national team’s attacking machinery to produce an equalizing goal.
Harimau Malaya finally broke the deadlock eight minutes into the second half when Safawi’s long-range shot failed to be saved by Taiwanese goalkeeper Pan Wen Chieh.
The hard work of Malaysia continued to bear fruit, with Paulo Josue putting the national team in front in the 69th minute before substitute Adib Ra’op confirmed Harimau Malaya’s victory when he scored the third goal in stoppage time.
However, Malaysia, which currently shares 10 points with Group D’s second-placed team, Kyrgyzstan, has a slim chance of advancing to the third round of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers and grabbing an early ticket to the 2027 Asian Cup.
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