Team manager  Yusoff Mahadi said both players were found to be positive during screening to enter Singapore at Changi Airport on Friday. Other team members were not infected.

He said the two were ordered to undergo a 10-day quarantine according to the Singapore’s health ministry protocols, which require them to be tested daily.

Yusoff, who is also the deputy president of the Football Association of Malaysia, confirmed that the organisers have allowed Tan Cheng Hoe’s squad to continue training and to take part in the AFF 2020 Cup.

“We are still discussing the decision to call up other players to replace these two, because one of the positions is quite critical. Cheng Hoe is expected to make a decision tonight,” he said.

Of the 24 players Tan had listed to play, only 21 are available for tomorrow, with Belgian-Malaysian Dion Cools who plays for FC Midtjylland in Denmark, expected to join the national squad ahead of the final group match against Indonesia on Dec 19.

The Group B fixture between Cambodia and 2018-edition runners-up Malaysia is set to take place at the Bishan Stadium at 5.30pm.

After their match against Cambodia, Harimau Malaya will meet Laos on Dec 9, before facing Vietnam (Dec 12) and Indonesia.