It was a fruitful training camp in United Arab Emirates for Brad Maloney and his Malaysia Under-18 squad as their get through their gears in preparation for the 2020 AFC U19 Qualification in Cambodia that will start in early November.
Malaysia are placed in Group G of the qualification together with Thailand, Cambodia, Brunei and Northern Mariana Islands. Only the top placed team in the group is assured of a place in the finals rounds next year and only four of the best second placed teams will progressed through to the actual tournament.
Maloney who took over the role from Bojan Hodak and had already helped the team to the final of the AFF U19 Championship back in March, continued his preparations with the aforementioned playing tour where they twice faced UAE U18, winning the first one 1-0 and losing the second 3-1.