The Cambodian Under-22 SEA football team will take on Malaysia in the 2023 Merlion Cup on March 24 at 4pm [Cambodian time] at Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore. In the previous two meetings during the 2019 ASEAN U-22 Regional Championship, Malaysia has never beaten Cambodia.

In two matches in 2019 in the ASEAN region, the Malaysian U22 team never beat Cambodia. On February 18, 2019, U-22 Cambodia defeated Malaysia 1-0 in the 2019 AFF U-22 Youth Championship. The winning goal was scored by Seth Rosip in the 62nd minute.

The second victory of the same year, on December 4, Cambodia beat the team 3-1 in the 30th SEA Games in the Philippines. The three players who scored in the SEA Games at that time were In Sodavid (56th minute), Sieng Chanthea (57th minute) and Keo Sok Pheng (68th minute).

Under manager Keisuke Honda, of the four players who have scored for Cambodia at the time, only Boeung Ket striker Sieng Chantha will be available for the match. Merlion 2023. The other players were not included in the Under-22 national team because they were too old.

Under the leadership of Japanese manager Keisuke Honda, can Cambodia’s 2023 SEA Games continue to beat Malaysia?
On the same day, at 7:30 pm, after the end of the match between Cambodia – Malaysia, the host Singapore will play against the Hong Kong team at the Jalan Besar Stadium.

It should be noted that this competition has only 4 teams participating in the competition. For the next match, the winning team will meet to win the championship and the losing team will meet to win the third place. This is the ninth season that the Merlion Trophy has taken place since the first game in 1982.

Since its inception in 1982, the Merlion Award has been held annually until 1986 and has failed. In 1992, the event was repeated and missed again until 2009. After that year, the Merlion Trophy was suspended for a decade and resumed in 2019.

At the end of 2019, due to the Kovid-19 issue, this trophy was postponed until 2023, when the Cambodian U22 national team was present.