Recently, both the Malaysian and Vietnamese football squads made history as Southeast Asian teams to advance to the quarterfinals of the Asian Football Confederation Under-23 championships in Changzhou, China. With Vietnam surpassing all expectations and reaching the finals, should we really be praising our quarter-final achievement when arguably Malaysian players enjoy better infrastructure, funds and support system compared to our Vietnamese counterparts? Datuk Ong Kim Swee, national coach for the U22 football team & Steve Darby - a well-traveled coach now based in Vietnam - join us.

<p>Recently, both the Malaysian and Vietnamese football squads made history as Southeast Asian teams to advance to the quarterfinals of the Asian Football Confederation Under-23 championships in Changzhou, China. With Vietnam surpassing all expectations and reaching the finals, should we really be praising our quarter-final achievement when arguably Malaysian players enjoy better infrastructure, funds and support system compared to our Vietnamese counterparts? Datuk Ong Kim Swee, national coach for the U22 football team &amp; Steve Darby - a well-traveled coach now based in Vietnam - join us.</p>

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