Harimau Malaysia head coach Datuk Ong Kim Swee will not take the risk of playing most of the Johor Darul Ta’azim (JDT) players for the friendly match against Myanmar on Saturday.
Ong Kim Swee said that those group of players will be needed more when he the national team faces Timor-Leste in the 2019 Asian Cup play-off match at the Larkin Stadium in June.
“I will only start Johor Darul Takzim players if they did not complete 90 minutes against Kaya FC yesterday. The rest will play in the second half,” he said as quoted by Utusan.
“We have important games against Timor-Leste. I will have to assess the situation first.
“I am allowed to make only six changes during the friendly match against Myanmar at Yagon this weekend, so I will need to pick carefully to avoid any form of injures,” he concluded.
Ong Kim Swee called up Izham Tarmizi, S. Kunanlan, Aidil Zafuan, Fadhli Shas, Junior Eldstal, Fazly Mazlan, Safiq Rahim, Amirulhadi Zainal, S. Chanturu, Amri Yahyah to the national squad and then added Mahali Jasuli after Matthew Davies and R. Gopinathan were injured.
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