Malaysia’s futsal team suffered a heavy 7-0 defeat to Afghanistan in Group D, leaving them bottom of the standings without a point.
JAKARTA: Malaysia’s AFC Futsal Asian Cup campaign was dealt a crushing blow with a 7-0 defeat to Afghanistan.
The heavy loss in Group D leaves the national team rooted to the bottom of the standings without a point.
Afghanistan took control early with Seyed Hossein Mousavi opening the scoring in the eighth minute.
Farzad Mahmoodi and Sayed Mojtaba Husseini added two more goals in quick succession to make it 3-0 by the 13th minute.
Mohammad Moradi then netted a fourth goal just before halftime to compound Malaysia’s misery.
Afghanistan continued their dominance after the break, adding three more goals in the second half.
Reza Hossein Poor, goalkeeper Javad Safari, and Omid Qanbari all found the net to complete the 7-0 rout.
The result puts Afghanistan top of Group D with a perfect six points from two matches.
Malaysia had earlier lost their opening match 4-1 to Iran on Wednesday.
The national squad will conclude their group campaign against Saudi Arabia this Sunday.
Malaysia has failed to progress beyond the group stage in all 12 of its Asian Cup appearances since 1999.
