Maintain the current team

His Royal Highness Tengku Abdullah ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah

The Deputy President of Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), His Royal Highness the Tengku Abdullah ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang wants the current Malaysian Football National Team to be maintained. The wish was expressed by the Crown Prince of Pahang to the National Coach Datuk K. Rajagopal to maintain the current National Team which primarily consist of players in average of 23 and 24 years old.

His Royal Highness Tengku Abdullah were among the VVIPs attended the match between Malaysia and Singapore on 28th July 2011 where the game ended up in draw 1-1 and Malaysia was eliminated from the Asian preliminary round of World Cup 2014. He stated that the team has a brighter future to come as the team is still young.

In the match, Safee Sali, 27 is the most senior player in the Malaysian National Football Team while the Singaporean team consist of many experience player such as Duric, 41; Daniel Bennet, 31; Mustafic Fahrudin, 30 and Qiu Li, 30.