Short-lived joy: Gary Stephen Robbat (No. 12) celebrates with his Harimau Muda A team-mates after scoring against Perak during their Super League match at the Shah Alam Stadium, May 9, 2011. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Harimau Muda A’s Wan Zack Haikal (left) battles for the ball with Perak’s Azmeer Yusof during their Super League match in Shah Alam Stadium, May 9, 2011. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Harimau Muda A’s Mohd Fandi Othman (left) shoots to score pass Perak’s goalkeeper Mohd Nasril Nourdin during their Super League match in Shah Alam Stadium, May 9, 2011. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Harimau Muda’s Mohd Ferris Danial (left) struggles for the ball with Perak’s Wan Hossen Wan Abdul Ghani during their Super League match in Shah Alam Stadium, May 9, 2011. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Taking a tumble: UniKL’s Muhammad Rashid Baharom falling down after failing to retrieve the ball from BJSS’ Muhammad Hanif Azemi during their MJHL match, April 17, 2010. GLENN GUAN / The Star

Air raid: Kepala Batas’ Safrul Hafizzad outjumps Harimau Muda’s V. Kavichelvan during their FA Cup match at the Shah Alam Stadium, February 18, 2011. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Thwarted: Harimau Muda’s  Gary Steven Robbat (left) is pulled back by Mohamad Hisyam of Perlis during their Super League match at the Petaling Jaya  Stadium, February 15, 2011. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Taken down: Harimau Muda’s Gary Steven Robbat is tackled by Perlis’ Mohamad Rozaidi during their Super League match at the MBPJ Stadium, February 15, 2011. GLENN GUAN/ The Star

Selangor’s Mohd Saffee Sali and Kelantan’s Mohd Rizal Fahmi head for the ball during their Charity Shield match at the Shah Alam Stadium, Jannuary 29, 2011. Kelantan won 2-0. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Selangor’s Mohd Fadzli Saari and Kelantan’s Danial Fadzley Abdullah fight for the ball during their Charity Shield match at the Shah Alam Stadium, Jannuary 29, 2011. Kelantan won 2-0. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Selangor’s Mohd Iqbal Mohd Suhimi and Kelantan’s Zairul Fitree fight for the ball during their Charity Shield match at the Shah Alam Stadium, Jannuary 29, 2011. Kelantan won 2-0. GLENN GUAN/The Star

Malaysia’s Mohd Safee Sali fights for the ball with Vietnam’s Le Phuoc Tu during their AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 semi-final second leg match at the My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi, December 18, 2010. GLENN GUAN/The Star (Hanoi)

Good job, guys: The Malaysian players lifting coach K. Rajagopal after holding Vietnam to a 0-0 draw at the My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi, December 18, 2010. GLENN GUAN/The Star (Hanoi)

Malaysia’s Yeoh Ken Nee competes in the men’s 3 metres springboard finals at the 16th Asian Games, November 25, 2010. GLENN GUAN/The Star (Guangzhou)

Malaysia’s Bryan Nickson Lomas and Ooi Tze Liang execute their moves during the men’s  10 metres platform finals at the 16th Asian Games , November 22, 2010. GLENN GUAN/The Star