Former national coach Rahim Abdullah is still sore his Manila SEA Games players deceived the nation, and officials interfered in team affairs.
Rahim Abdullah gets happy when he talks about his playing days, but turns sad when talking about his time as national coach.
Rahim suspected some of his players had rigged the match but he had no evidence. On his return, he needed to be heard, but nobody listened. They were guests at a FAM development camp after being trounced 5-0 by Malaysia in a Barcelona Olympics qualifying round match.It was, therefore, understandable that some of the Philippines players embraced Bakri immediately after the match.
“At the same time, I will always have to live with the disgrace of being the coach of the first Malaysian team to lose to the Philippines,” he lamented. Rahim said Bakar had also insisted on fielding players who had not been serious in training or were unfit. Rahim was told the then FAM president Sultan Ahmad Shah, “wouldn’t like to hear that, if it wasn’t backed by strong evidence.”
The bribery scandal led to the arrests of 230 players and officials and destroyed Malaysian football. Initially, Rahim represented Penang in the Malaysia Cup as left winger before he got a place on the right flank with Harimau Malaya.
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