Soccer. Malaysian player filled with acid on the road to recovery after skin graft

Malaysian Selangor FC footballer Faisal Halim suffered fourth-degree burns after being doused with acid in a shopping mall last weekend. reacts well after a skin graft, a manager at his club reported on Friday.

Several Malaysian footballers have been victims of attacks in recent days as the football season kicks off this weekend.

“Everything looks good and promising”

Faisal Halim (26), a winger from Selangor FC and Malaysia (32 caps), was attacked last week at a shopping center outside the capital Kuala Lumpur.

He underwent a three-hour allogeneic skin graft on various burned parts of his body last nightsaid Shahril Mokhtar, vice president of Selangor FC, one of the top clubs in the country.

He reacts well but the next few days will be critical as doctors must monitor the response to reconstructive surgerythe manager said, adding that the footballer would remain in the intensive care unit and would have to undergo a final allotransplantation of a piece of skin flown from Belgium. Nevertheless, everything looks good and promisinghe added.

Before the attack, another Malaysian international, Akhyar Rashid, was beaten with an iron rod by two people who stole money from him outside his home in the eastern state of Terrenganu.

And since then, former Malaysian international Safiq Rahim, who plays for Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT), the reigning champion club, was on Tuesday threatened with a hammer by two men who smashed the rear window of his car.

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The motives for the attacks are not known, and police are still investigating whether they are linked, but they have already prompted Football Association of Malaysia president Hamidin Mohamad Amin to urge the country’s most famous footballers to take precautions to ensure their safety, including hiring bodyguards .

The football season was scheduled to begin on Friday with the Charity Shield, a curtain-raiser between Selangor and JDT, but Selangor withdrew from participation following this series of attacks.