Malaysia, led by former Hong Kong coach Kim Jong-kwan, will face Jordan in the first Group E match of the Asian Cup Final Week on Tuesday (16th). After many years of returning to the final week of the competition, "Kim Sir" said in the pre-match press conference that he would regard reaching the knockout stage as his goal, and even responded generously to questions from the Hong Kong media, not forgetting to wish the Hong Kong team good luck in this year's competition.
Since 2007, Malaysia has returned to the Asian Cup final week stage, Malaysia has been actively preparing for the tournament, together with the World Cup and friendly matches, the last 11 matches won 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. Summarizing the results of the preparations, Kim Jong Koon said: "The past three weeks we have been training in Malaysia and Doha, during which we inevitably encountered challenges and difficulties, there are also players injured, but the recent trend of the team is not bad, which is helpful for the team to enhance confidence. "According to Kim Sir, Malaysia has already played a lot of Jordanian opponents during the preparations and is confident of winning the first match and is aiming for a top 16 finish.
