PETALING JAYA: The national football team suffered another humiliation. This time, going down 2-0 to Papua New Guinea (PNG).

A brace from striker Tommy Semmy in the 35th and 42nd minutes handed the Papua New Guinea team, ranked 193rd in the world, a stunning upset win over the world No 173-ranked Malaysians in the Tour of Oceania at the Sir John Guise Stadium in Port Moresby.

All eyes were on national coach Datuk Ong Kim Swee’s team to see whether they can pull off a record third win in the trot after beating Timor Leste 3-0 in the two-leg 2019 Asia Cup qualifying playoffs last week.

But the Harimau Malaysia crumbled to another embarrassing defeat.

The national team had played against PNG twice before – beating the islanders 10-1 in their first clash in 1976 and 5-1 in the Merdeka Tournament in 1984.



