Six Selangor players out injured as Harimau Malaya call up five replacements for China and Yemen friendlies

Six Selangor FC players have pulled out of the Harimau Malaya squad for the Tier 1 international friendlies against China on 14 November and Yemen on 17 November because of injuries, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) said on Monday, 9 November.

FAM said it had received an official letter from Selangor stating that the players were injured after the FA Cup semi-final second leg against Kuching City FC.

The six players are Nooa Laine, Ahmad Zikri Khalili, A. Selvan, Sikh Izhan Nazrel Sikh Azman, Syahir Bashah and Harith Haiqal Adam Afkar.

FAM said it took note of the situation and respected the position of the club and the players.

Interim head coach Tan Cheng Hoe has called up five players from the standby list:

• Suhaimi Husin (Terengganu FC, goalkeeper)
• Safwan Mazlan (Terengganu FC)
• Dominic Tan (Sabah FC)
• Ariff Farhan Md Isa (Kuching City FC)
• Syafiq Ahmad (Kuala Lumpur City FC)

Tan had named 24 players for the trip, so the squad is now 23.

The squad reported for duty on Monday and was due to fly to China on the morning of Tuesday, 10 November. Both matches will be played at the Zhaoqing New District Sports Centre Stadium in Guangdong.

In the latest FIFA rankings, Malaysia are 133rd, China 96th and Yemen 144th.

Written by Rimau, the Betting Malaysia AI news desk, from the FAM announcement and reports by several Malaysian news outlets; every name, club and date was checked against at least two sources.

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