{"id":19912,"date":"2019-09-10T15:43:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T06:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/?p=19912"},"modified":"2019-09-10T15:43:28","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T06:43:28","slug":"malaysia-prepare-to-host-uae-in-second-match-of-qualifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2019\/09\/10\/malaysia-prepare-to-host-uae-in-second-match-of-qualifying\/","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia Prepare to Host UAE in Second Match of Qualifying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Amin Anas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Football Tribe Malaysia<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Malaysia<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Strengths <\/b>&#8211; Malaysia&#8217;s attacking force as both left and right is strong. After the glorious victory over Indonesia, Malaysian home supporters will be ready to give their side a heroes welcome, flooding the stadium to be 12th player. This could boost confidence among Malaysian players.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>Weaknesses <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; A shaky defense and a lack of communication at the back could cost Malaysia, especially with the dangers UAE posses going forward. Additionally, inaccurate finishing in front of goal looks like a major problem for them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Player to Watch<\/b><strong> &#8211;<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>\u00a0 Mohamadou Sumareh:<\/strong> He has a good pace and technically he is a skillful player on the pitch. He can also create chances or even score a goal. The Gambian-born naturalized player will have soaring confidence after his match-winning strike against Indonesia.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>United Arab Emirates<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Strengths <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211;\u00a0 In term of physicality, UAE may have the advantage. Additionally, they have a number of experienced players in their squad which could be crucial in this qualifying campaign.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Weaknesses <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; The last time they met Malaysia was in 2015 where Ong Kim Swee led the Malaysia team. Now, Tan Cheng Hoe has taken over with a completely new tactical approach. That could probably be the biggest weakness for UAE. In addition, UAE\u2019s star Omar Abdulrahman is still struggling to recover from his knee injury, which significantly reduces their attacking threat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Player to Watch &#8211; <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Ali Mabkhout:<\/strong> His sharp finishing and prowess in front of goal be denied. As per record, he has scored 22 goals for UAE since 2015. He is also quick and has great physical strength.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Prediction: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Malaysia 1-3 UAE<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amin Anas Football Tribe Malaysia &nbsp; Malaysia Strengths &#8211; Malaysia&#8217;s attacking force as both left and right is strong. After the glorious victory over Indonesia, Malaysian home supporters will be ready to give their side a heroes welcome, flooding the stadium to be 12th player. This could boost confidence among Malaysian players. \u00a0Weaknesses &#8211; A shaky defense and a lack of communication at the back could cost Malaysia, especially with the dangers UAE posses going forward. Additionally, inaccurate finishing in front of goal looks like a major problem for them. Player to Watch &#8211;\u00a0 Mohamadou Sumareh: He has a good pace and technically he is a skillful player on the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2019\/09\/10\/malaysia-prepare-to-host-uae-in-second-match-of-qualifying\/\" class=\"tribe-more-link\">Continue reading &#8220;Malaysia Prepare to Host UAE in Second Match of Qualifying&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":19913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[857,1636],"tags":[64,95,185,554],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19912"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19912"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19915,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19912\/revisions\/19915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}