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Malaysia beat Thailand in final World Cup qualifier

Thitiphan Puangchan (centre) in action against Malaysian players in their last game of Group G on Tuesday in the United Arab Emirates. Malaysia beat Thailand 1-0. (Photo from Football Association of Thailand Facebook account)

Thailand lost to Malaysia on Tuesday in their final 2022 World Cup qualifier in the United Arab Emirates.

Safawi Rasid scored the only goal of the game for Malaysia seven minutes into the second half and it was enough to hand the War Elephants another defeat.

The two teams cannot progress past Asia’s second qualifying round for Qatar 2022.

With the eight group winners and four best runner-up teams advancing to the next round, Akira Nishino’s men still had nine points and Malaysia bagged 12 in Group G.

The hosts UAE topped in the group with 18 points and Vietnam had 17 points.

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