Malaysia lost the King’s Cup final in a rare way

The 2022 King’s Cup final was unprofessional but had many penalty cards. Both Malaysia and Tajikistan chose to play hard, causing the match to be crushed by the referee’s whistle to resolve collisions between the two sides. 

In addition, the heavy rain in the middle of the match made it even more difficult for both sides to handle the ball technically on the field.

Too many long passes were used in this match and this type of play was not difficult for both sides’ defense to resolve.

After a deadlocked first half at the end of the second half, Tajikistan put the ball into the net. Malaysia in the 85th minute, but the goal of young striker Rustam Soirov of the Central Asian team was not recognized because before scoring Rustam Soirov was in an offside position.

The following goalless draw Official match time, both sides must decide the winner or loser by a penalty shootout.

In this series of shots, there is a rare thing in football the peak that happened was the Malaysian players shot 3 11m goals, none of which went into the net.

Those who missed the kick, causing Malaysia to lose the match and suffer humiliation, included defender Dion Johan Cools, central midfielder Nazmi Faiz Mansor and striker wing Safawi Rasid.

Meanwhile, Tajikistan kicked a total of 4 11m kicks, they succeeded in 3 and kicked one out. In the end, the Central Asian team won 3-0 in the penalty shootout to win the King’s Cup 2022. Malaysia ranked second and Thailand ranked third.

The team had previously reached the final round World Cup 2006 Trinidad & Tobago ranked last in the tournament.