For the second time in just five days, Malaysia and Cape Verde will go head-to-head in a friendly encounter behind closed doors at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil.

The previous meeting ended in a closely-fought 1-1 draw last Thursday in Kuala Lumpur, in a match that told a tale of two halves, with the Blue Sharks striking early before Harimau Malaya clawed their way back late on.

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Malaysia entered last week's clash still buzzing from recent positive results, and despite falling behind after just nine minutes when Sidny Lopes Cabral struck home for the visitors, the hosts showed persistence to turn the tide after the break.

Substitute striker Paulo Josue stepped up with the equaliser in the 79th minute to rescue Peter Cklamovski 's side and nearly co

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