Ahead of their Group G World Cup Asian qualification encounter on Thursday, Malaysia head coach Tan Cheng Hoe has reminded everyone that the Thailand team they will be facing is not the same side they surprised in their most recent clash.
The two sides last met in the 2018 AFF Championship semi-finals, where the Harimau Malaya won on the away-goal rule, after the two legged tie ended tied 2-2 on aggregate.
But the War Elephants at the time did not field a number of their stars who were playing club football in Japan, and were at the time led by head coach Milovan Rajevac.