A hat-trick by Syafiq Ahmed spearheaded Malaysia to hand Sri Lanka a 0-6 in a Friendly International Football match played at Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia yesterday. Malaysia led the halftime 3-0, as Malaysia opened scoring with a goal from Ahmed in the ninth minute. Shahrul Saad turned in a corner kick [...]

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Malaysia thrash Sri Lanka 6-0

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A hat-trick by Syafiq Ahmed spearheaded Malaysia to hand Sri Lanka a 0-6 in a Friendly International Football match played at Bukit Jalil National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia yesterday.

Malaysia led the halftime 3-0, as Malaysia opened scoring with a goal from Ahmed in the ninth minute. Shahrul Saad turned in a corner kick that made its way to him at the far post to score the second goal in the 14th minute.

The home side’s veteran forward Norshahrul Talaha, who tapped in a cross from the byline, made it the goalline to score their third goal in the 17th minute. After that early exchanges, the game was slowed down considerably but Malaysia took the lead at half time 3-0.

After breather, in the 51st minute, Sri Lanka goalkeeper spilled a cross and Malaysia’s Akhyar Rashid was there to take advantage and found a goal to score their fourth goal. The hero of the day, Ahmad, surged forward to score the fifth goal for Malaysia, and his hat-trick.

Ahmad perfectly curled over the goalkeeper and landed in the back of the net to make it a half dozen goal for the hosts last night. The friendly encounter finished as a 6-0 win for Malaysia – a perfect way to build up to their 2022 FIFA World Cup Qualifier match against Vietnam away on October 10.

Meanwhile, Sri Lanka are in Group H of the qualifications along with South Korea, DPR Korea, Lebanon and Turkmenistan. They have suffered two defeats from as many matches so far in their qualifiers campaign having lost 0-2 to Turkmenistan and 0-1 to the North Koreans.

The Lankans will now face the South Koreans away on October 10 before taking on Lebanon in Colombo on October 15.

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