 In the final tournament, Jalil takes over from McLaren and oversaw 1 win (3-0 against United States) and 2 defeats (0-3 against West Germany, 0-6 against Morocco) from 3 group games.Nevertheless, this remains one of the greatest achievements of Malaysia football as it is the only appearances of the national team in the Olympics.Later Jalil returned to coach Malaysia in 2 other stints