MALAYSIA WENT DOWN TO VIETNAM IN FRIENDLY

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY: VIETNAM 3 - MALAYSIA 1

Malaysia's preparation for 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup competition is still in the negative form after losing to 3-1 to Vietnam in a friendly match at My Dinh National Stadium in Hanoi, on Sunday. Having suffered with a heavy defeat against Syria last Wednesday, Malaysia still fail to make an impact while in overall performance it still looks gloom and clueless with another lackluster performance shown during the match played.

Malaysia started the game well in the first half after Mohd Amri Yahyah put the Malaysian Tigers in front with a fine finish in 23rd minutes. Malaysia should have added more goals but the players squandered the chances away which put the result remain unchanged until halftime.

Down by a goal, Vietnam started to pounced back with an attacking display and their effort worth after Mac Hong Quan leveled the score one minutes after restart followed by Nguyen Van Quyet penalty in 56th minutes before Ngo Hoang Thinh sealed the victory for Vietnam in 81st minutes. Despite the loss, Malaysia also finished the game with ten men after Muslim Ahmad was given a marching orders five minutes after the break due to a hard tackle against Mac Hong Quan.

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MALAYSIA FALLS AT HOME TO SYRIA

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY: MALAYSIA 0 - SYRIA 3

Malaysia suffered another blow in their AFF Suzuki Cup warm-up match at Shah Alam Stadium on Wednesday. Dollah Salleh's team were humiliated 3-0 in the friendly against Syria. 

Malaysia started badly and conceded the opening goal just five minutes after kick-off. Nadim Sabag fired a loose ball through the napping defenders.

Malaysia tried to get back into the game with strikers Norshahrul Idlan Talaha and Mohd Amri Yahyah putting pressure on Syria. Syria doubled the lead after the break when skipper Sanharib Malki coverted an opportunity from a goalmouth melee.

The visitors found the net again the 65th minute as Omar Khrbin easily headed in for their third goal. Malaysia failed to take advantage on the wet home ground. Fadhli Shas was sent off for rough play in the 81st minute to add Malaysia's miserable night.  

Photos by: Moharzan / Khairol Rizal | Tigers Super Sports

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RASHID AND FAUZI SIGN-UP WITH FELDA

When other teams are still in holiday mood, Felda United is already busy preparing their 2015 Super League squad. The Premier League runners up has made early moves to strengthen their line-up. They are looking towards automatic qualification into AFC Cup as their new target. Felda United coach, Irfan Bakti has made some new signings and seven of his existing players will not be offered a new contract.

They players who are free to join another team is Mohd Rahman Bin Zabul, K. Thanaraj, Mohd Raimi Md Nor, Mohd Haris Safwan, Muhammad Asyraf Mohd Al Japri, Solihin Kanasian and Yaroslav Krushelnitsky. While the new signings are Mohamad Rashid Mohamed Aya from Sarawak, Mohd Fauzan Dzulkifli, Mohd Firdaus Mohd Fauzi from Sime Darby FC and Muhammad Fauzi Roslan from Pahang.

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PAHANG IS THE MALAYSIA CUP CHAMPIONS AGAIN

MALAYSIA CUP FINAL: PAHANG 2 - JOHOR DT 2

PAHANG WIN 5-3 IN PENALTY SHOOT-OUT

At Bukit Jalil Stadium, a 10 men Pahang remain their elite status in retaining the 88th edition of Malaysia Cup trophy for the second year in a row after beating Johor Darul Takzim in penalty shoot-out with 5-3 score, last night. In a high octane performance shown by both teams, the score was 2-2 after 90 minutes and the results stand still until end off extra time which put the game to be settled in penalty shoot out.

Dickson Nwakaeme put a cheer in Pahang camp after the Nigerian headed the ball into the net through a free kick taken by Azidan Sarudin in 15th minutes for an early lead. The celebration didn't take long for Pahang after a corner taken by Safiq Rahim went to Jorge Pereyza Diaz and the striker make no mistake to gave JDT an equalizer in 31st minutes. Four minutes later, JDT have been awarded a penalty after Pahang captain, Mohd Razman Roslan handed the ball inside the penalty box and Luciano Figueroa take the full advantage to put The Southern Tigers in front with 2-1 score.

In second half, JDT has added more sparks in their attack after Bojan Hodak make a changes by bringing in Amirul Hadi Zainal and NorSyahrul Idlan Talaha but the Pahang defenders lead by Damion Stewart defend well to block the attempt. An attempt by Luciano Figueroa in 52nd minutes saw the ball hit the post which Khairul Azhan already beaten.

Pahang were down to ten men after defender Mohd Saiful Nizam Miswan was given a marching orders for being fouled Mohd Amri Yahyah in 67th minutes. Due to the incident,Zainal Abidin Hassan has sacrificed Mathias Conte to strengthen the defense.

Dickson Nwakaeme once again put a cheer for Pahang after the striker leveled the score in 72nd minutes with a fine finish and the score remain still until 90th minutes play. As both team fails to hunt for more goals until 120 minutes played, the game was settled by penalties which Pahang completing all the penalty with scoring goals while NorShahrul fails on his attempt for JDT and the southern tigers dreams dash after 33 years in waiting.

Photos by: Azam Jaafar | Tigers Super Sports

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