Monday, December 6, 2010

AFF Suzuki Cup 2010: Malaysia 0 Thailand 0: Analysis

By look into the result, it will pleased most of the Malaysian fans. However, by looking into the real situation, it was seems to be different story. Malaysia was still struggled to win their winning way in order to avoid early elimination in AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 which is held in Indonesia and Vietnam. Is the 0-0 scoreline was the good result for the Malaysian? Let's see some analysis:-

1) Formation:- 4-4-2

The formation remain the same but some of the players came in. Mahali Jazuli for Razman Roslan was the right choice but introduction of Sabre Mat Abu was more efficient to hold the Thais.

2) Only NorShahrul Idlan upfront.

The Malaysian MVP was only player looks very very promising. His technique was superb. His few movement and tricks makes the Thais defends struggled. 2nd striker Safee did not do much. He was more on defensive role to help the Malaysian defensive tactical. The introduction of Amri Yahyah was more effectively and almost managed to break the deadlock with his glancing header but his effort went wide.

3) Too much defensive mentality.

Probably Rajagopal really wanna hold Thailand. We did not see many attacking move. Almost all the players did a defensive duty since the early whistle. Sometimes only NorShahrul alone upfront.

Even though some of the tactical can be question, eventually 0-0 is the good result for the Malaysia because with this result, the competition is still open between Malaysia, Thailand and minnow Laos. Only one spot to be race on the last game of the group which is to be played tomorrow (Tuesday 7/12). If we wins against Laos, it is still not yet guarantee qualify to next round as it will depend on the result between Thailand and Indonesia. If the Thai win the game, Malaysia will out. If the Thai draw and Malaysia win, we through.

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