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Ahead of 2022 World Cup Qualifiers Drawing Stage, Malaysia fans wish the home team will be pooled together in the same group with Vietnam to gain revenge on Vietnam for 2018 AFF Cup.
Ranking out of top 34 Asian teams, Malaysia has been forced to attend the 1st Qualifying round of 2022 World Cup Qualifiers Asian zonal. The ‘Malaysian Tiger’ had created a brilliant game with a hammering for the Timor Leste outfit 12-2 on aggregate after 2 legs, ensuring a solid seat at Round 2.
The Tiger came out with a jumping 9 places to occupy the 159th spot on FIFA table and is set to be drawn into Seed group 4 in the Drawing Stage.
The home fans subscribe to their home team on going forwards further and wait for a battle against Vietnam to take revenge on their archrival at 2018 AFF Cup.
A fan named Aisy Zafran said: “If Malaysia seats together with China, Vietnam, Philippines and Guam at the same group. China and us will be two squads progress into 2022 World Cup Qualifiers 3rd Qualifying and go straight 2023 Asian Cup.”
Other fan named Syafiq Zulkiflee shared: “Excellently progressing to the Group 2 is such an unbelievable thing. Hopefully, Malaysia will be lucky in the upcoming drawing stage. I hope we will be seated at the same group with China, Vietnam, Taiwan and Bangladesh.”
With great results at the FIFA Day’s friendly match in June 2019, Vietnam also leaves Jordan NT behind to rank 96th in the world and 15th in Asia. This best-ever ranking secures the 'Golden Dragon' a slot in the seed group 2 at Asian zonal of 2022 World Cup Qualifiers held on July 17 in Qatar.
| Seed group of 2022 World Cup Qualifiers Draw Stage: Group 1: Iran, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Qatar, UAE, Saudi Arabia, China
Group 2: Iraq, Uzbekistan, Syria, Lebanon, Oman, Kyrgyzstan, Vietnam, Jordan.
Group 3: Palestine, India, Bahrain, Thailand, Tajikistan, North Korea, Taiwan, Philippines.
Group 4: Turkmenistan, Myanmar, Hong Kong, Yemen, Afghanistan, Maldives, Kuwait, Malaysia.
Group 5: Indonesia, Singapore, Nepal, Campuchia, Bangladesh, Mongoli, Guam, Ma Cau/Sri Lanka |
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