KUALA LUMPUR: R. Kogileswaran may have just improved his chances of making the final squad for the National Under-23 team that will be taking part in the upcoming Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) Under-23 Championship in China next month thanks to the goal he scored in the friendly match against Honam University in South Korea yesterday. “Whatever it is, there are a lot of changes that has taken place after centralised training sessions in Kuala Lumpur and here in South Korea. During the friendly match against Honam University, the former Frenz United player scored the solitary winning goal of the match with six minutes remaining to give Ong Kim Swee’s squad their first win in a series of friendly matches in South Korea. In the first friendly match played on Wednesday, the national Under-23 squad were held 1-1 by Mokpo City, with Malaysia’s goal scored by Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) midfielder Syamer Kutty Abba. Kogileswaran however admits that he does not want to miss out on representing the country once again after he did not make the squad for the qualifying round in Bangkok, Thailand due to injury.

Source: New Strait Times December 23, 2017 09:33 UTC