Asean All-Stars coach waiting for two names from FAM
KUALA LUMPUR: Maybe, the people at FAM are still scratching their heads. Who to offer to the Red Devils?
Whose names should they give to Asean All-Stars coach Kim Sang Sik for the exhibition match against Manchester United at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil on May 28?
South Korean Sang Sik, who is also Vietnam's national team manager, has been steadily filling up his multinational roster with names.
The other nations have been submitting their players' names to Sang Sik for his Asean Utd side against Man Utd.
But there still remain two blank slots concerning Malaysia, as FAM has yet to name the replacements for Sergio Aguero and Dominic Tan who have not been released by the national body. The only confirmed name from Malaysia so far is goalkeeper Haziq Nadzli.
While FAM has yet to announce the replacements, it was reported that they have identified five players.
Meanwhile, Sang Sik has added two more Vietnamese players — midfielder Nguyen Hai Long of Hanoi FC and defender Nguyen Van Vi of Thep Xanh Nam Dinh — to the Asean All-Stars. They will join compatriots Do Duy Manh and Nguyen Hoang Duc at Bukit Jalil.
Like Vietnam, Thailand will also provide four representatives for the Asean team: goalkeeper Patiwat Khammai and midfielders Peeradol Chamrasamee, Worachit Kanitsribampen and Ben Davies.
Indonesia will contribute defenders Asnawi Mangkualam and Muhammad Ferarri. Singapore will be represented by defender Irfan Fandi, Cambodia by striker Abdel Coulibaly and defender Kan Mo.
Myanmar's Maung Maung Lwin and Brunei's Azwan Ali Rahman will join the midfield ranks. Laos' Bounphachan Bounkong and Timor Leste's Joao Pedro will link up in attack.
Whatever the names from Asean All-Stars, whatever the "two names" from FAM, Malaysian fans will be more interested in the names from Manchester United.
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