Ahead of Malaysia's matchday two Group G World Cup Asian qualification encounter against United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Malaysian FA (FAM) president Dato' Hamidin Amin has called on the Harimau Malaya to take to the pitch on Tuesday without fear.
Although Malaysia, who host the encounter, were given a boost of confidence through their dramatic 3-2 matchday one away win over archrivals Indonesia last Thursday, their coming opponents are of a different quality altogether.
The Whites currently sit in 65th in the FIFA rankings, as compared to Malaysia's 159th, while an encounter between the two sides in the previous qualification cycle, back in 2015, ended in a 10-0 thumping by the West Asian side, Malaysia's worst defeat in their history and perhaps also their lowest point of the past decade.