2010 AFF Suzuki Cup
On 17 February 2009, Vietnam declared their interest in hosting the eighth Suzuki Cup. On 21 April 2009, the Vietnamese newspaper VietNamNet announced that Vietnam would co-host the Championship along with Indonesia.There were two main venues; the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta and the My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi with two secondary venues which will be used simultaneously with the main venue on the final match day of the group stage. Originally, the secondary venue for Group B was the Hxng Äẫy Stadium in Hanoi. However on 22 November 2010, the Vietnam Football Federation announced that it would not be ready in time for the tournament due to ongoing renovations and was replaced by the Chxa Cuxi Stadium aka the Thixn TrÆ°á»ng Stadium. For Group A, the original secondary venue was the Jalak Harupat Soreang Stadium in Bandung but on 24 November 2010 a week after an AFF meeting, it was announced that it would be replaced with the Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium. Teams qualifying for the semi-finals would also host a game, in this case, Malaysia whom qualified used their National Stadium for the semi final and final.
Qualification took place from 22 October to 26 October 2010 in Laos. With the four lower ranked teams Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines and Timor Leste battling for two spots to the finals. However, the qualification tournament was held without Brunei, due to FIFA's continued suspension of the Football Federation of Brunei Darussalam.
| Malaysia won 2â€"0 on | aggregate. |
| Indonesia won 2â€"0 on | aggregate. |
During the group match between Indonesia and Malaysia at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, some Indonesian fans are seen pointing green laser lights towards Malaysian goalkeeper, Mohd Sharbinee when Indonesia scored a 5th goals as seen at 4:06 minutes on the match video in YouTube. Other incidents also occur soon after Malaysia's semi-final home leg against Vietnam, when goalkeeper Bxi Tấn TrÆ°á»ng stated that he was targeted with green laser pointers from the Malaysian fans when he want prepare for goal kicks and when saving the ball, which caused him to turn his head away. During the final, Malaysia's fans again targeted the opposition players with green laser pointers. The 1st leg, also at the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, was stopped for eight minutes starting in the 53rd minute when the Indonesian players walked off in protest and complained to referee Masaaki Toma about the laser lights. Malaysia scored the 1st goal right after play was resumed. The return-leg final in Jakarta saw Indonesian fans also pointing green laser lights again towards Malaysian goalkeeper face, Khairul Fahmi Che Mat.
| This table shows all | team performance. |
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