Felda United stunned defending champions Pahang 3-2 inĀ Kuantan on a night when Premier League champions PoliceĀ thrashed T-Team 4-1 in Paroi while Super League championsĀ Johor Darul Takzim tore Penang apart in Penang in Saturday’sĀ Malaysia Cup matches.
Pahang, fresh from their 2-1 win over Lions XII in mid-week,Ā could not repeat their performance at the Darul MakmurĀ Stadium and succumbed to Felda skipper Shukor Adan’s winningĀ goal in the 77th minute when the score was tied at 2-2.
The visitors rode on a brace by Edward Junior Wilson whoĀ scored a brace in the 17th and 64th minutes only to allow
Pahang neutralise it with goals by international AzamuddinĀ Akil and Argentine striker Matias Conti in the 23rd and 59thĀ minutes respectively. It was Pahang’s first defeat in threeĀ matches in Group A after beating JDT II 4-0 in the first
match.Ā
In another Group A match played at the Pasir Gudang Stadium,Ā Johor Darul Takzim II snatched a 2-1 win over Lions XII.Ā
Shafiq Shaharuddin opened scoring for the homesters on 20Ā minute before Hafiz Sujad (54th minute) equalised for theĀ Singapore outfit . JDT II got the winner in the 84th minuteĀ through Fandi Ahmad although it looked like an own goal byĀ Lions’ defender Shakir Hamzah.
At the City Stadium, JDT tore Penang apart with a confidentĀ performance for their second win in Group C. It was a AmriĀ Yahya show who scored one and set up two with the SouthernĀ Tigers scoring twice in two minutes. It began in the 15thĀ minute with Amri finding the net off a corner by Safiq RahimĀ when he sent a glancing back header that hit the inside ofĀ the left upright before going in past a stunned G.Ā Jeevananthan.
Hardly had Penang recovered, Jeevananthan was beaten again –Ā this time it was Safiq’s turn to get his name into the
score sheet when he connected a Amri cross from the right toĀ drill home a grounder into the left corner.
Penang pulled one back through Lee Gil Hoon on 65 minutesĀ but substitute Jorge Pereyra Diaz hit the back of the net
with a jumping header from a Amri cross on the right aĀ minute later. It was Penang’s second 3-1 defeat, having lost
to Kelantan by the same score in Kota Bahru in a mid-weekĀ match.
Kelantan continued with their winning ways in the group withĀ a 3-0 win over injury-hit Armed Forces. Skipper Badhri RadziĀ scored a brace (60th and 89th) after Francis Forkey Doe gaveĀ the Red Warriors the lead in the 51st minute at the ShahĀ Alam Stadium.
In Group B, Terengganu scored their second straight win whenĀ they edged Perak 2-1 at the Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin ShahĀ Stadium in Kuala Terengganu. Terengganu scored through ManafĀ Mamat (29) and Nor Farhan Mohamad (50) while Nazri KamalĀ (42nd) netted Perak’s consolation goal.
In another match in Group B, Sarawak fell to a 2-1 defeat toĀ Kedah at the State Stadium in Kuching. Farhan Roslan gaveĀ Kedah the lead in the 32nd minute but the Crocs wiped outĀ the deficit through Ryan Griffith (50th). Billy Mehmet firedĀ home Kedah’s winner deep into six minutes of injury time.
Police continued their rich form in Group D with a 4-1Ā whitewash of T-Team to make it three wins out of three.
Bobby Gonzales paved the way with a double strike in theĀ 12th and 67th minutes while Ashfag Ali (24th) and Chad SouzaĀ (84th) scored one each. Jimmy Mulisa got T-Team’s only goalĀ in the 88th minute.
Selangor bounced back from their 2-0 defeat to Police with aĀ 2-0 win over Sime Darby. Paulo Rangel and Hawan Bakri wereĀ the scorers in the 18th and 34th minutes to hand theĀ plantation giants their third defeat in a row.
RESULTS (Saturday Aug 23)
GROUP A
Johor Darul Takzim IIĀ 2Ā Ā Ā Lions XIIĀ 1
PahangĀ 2Ā Ā Felda UnitedĀ 3
GROUP B
SarawakĀ 1Ā Ā KedahĀ 2
TerengganuĀ 2Ā Ā PerakĀ 1
GROUP C
Armed ForcesĀ 0Ā Ā KelantanĀ 3
PenangĀ 1Ā Ā Johor Darul TakzimĀ 3
GROUP D
PoliceĀ 4Ā Ā T-TeamĀ 1
Sime DarbyĀ 0Ā Ā SelangorĀ 2
