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Vingada arrives in Kuala Lumpur, 3 weeks shy of Asian Cup qualifier

New Malaysia head coach is finally in town and he will have a big task at hand to prepare the team for the Lebanon match

New Malaysia national team head coach, Nelo Vingada has touched down in Kuala Lumpur as pictures emerged of him meeting up with HRH Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim (TMJ), Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) as well as some of the national team personnel.

The Portuguese takes over from Datuk Ong Kim Swee, who has been re-tasked with the U22 squad and his immediate task would be to assemble the national team for the upcoming 2019 Asian Cup qualifier against Lebanon on 13 June 2017.