Final Preparations Football Indonesia-Malaysia

Rahmad Darmawan (goal.com)

The big game between the ASEAN countries (SEA Games) will soon be over. The match that took place in two cities of Indonesia, Jakarta and Palembang, will be enlivened with a game full of pride and nationalism. Football finals to be played by Malaysia and Indonesia. Two countries that tried to snatch the gold medal at the SEA Games this year. This is neither the gold medal, but a prestige by some parties, and nationalism by all the people of each country.

In the preliminary round of Group A, Indonesia narrowly lost from Malaysia, with the score 0-1 for Malaysia. At that game, Rahmad Darmawan (RD) did not play the core players. This is to prepare the force when Indonesia qualified for the finals. The defeat of Vietnamese from Indonesia, 0-2 for Indonesia, has led Indonesia to the plan. However, ahead of the finals, coach RD does not implement special training to deal with Malaysia. This is to maintain the stamina of the players, as a result of the match against Vietnam. As known, the intensity of the game against Vietnam really heavy.

While Malaysia had narrowly won from Myanmar, with the score 0-1 for Malaysia, were under attack catastrophic injury to players. Malaysia who escaped to the finals, claiming heavy to face Indonesia in the finals. Coach Malaysia, Ong Kim Swee, very high hopes at Thamil Arasu and Yong Yong Kuong. While the condition of Izzaq Farris Ramlan, Wan Zaharul Nizam Wan Zakaria and Fandi Othman could not be ascertained. Even so, the captain of teams from Malaysia, Bakhtiar Baddrol, admits ready to defend champion. Bakhtiar did admit, very hard to face Indonesia, especially the pressure from supporters of Indonesia.