PETALING JAYA: National striker Darren Lok is determined to continue his scoring streak and help Malaysia beat Kyrgyzstan during their 2026 World Cup/2027 Asian Cup Qualifiers Group D match this Thursday.
Darren intends to do his best in the upcoming clash at Bukit Jalil National Stadium near here, confident in the fact that he scored five goals in four 2023-24 Asian Football Confederation Cup (AFC) group matches with Sabah FC since last September.
“Of course, that’s what I want, it’s been going well at the club level, managing to score a lot in the AFC Cup, which is good.
“But now I’m here with the national team, my focus is obviously to score here, that’s very important and that’s my job as a striker, so of course, I come here to give my best,” he said when met at the national squad training session at Wisma FAM in Kelana Jaya here yesterday.
The 33-year-old footballer has scored twice with the national squad this year, one against Singapore in the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Cup last January and the other against Syria in an international friendly last September, while raking up six goals in the Super League and one in the Malaysia Cup with his club this year.
After Kyrgyzstan’s match on Thursday and an away match with Taiwan on Nov 21, Malaysia will play Oman twice, away on March 21, and at home on March 26 next year, followed by the away match against Kyrgyzstan (June 6) and finally at home against Taiwan (June 11) at Bukit Jalil. – Bernama
