FA Cup: Tension Rose Between Pahang Fans And Players After An Altercation With JDT Fans

The atmosphere at the Larkin Stadium was strained when Johor Darul Takzim (JDT) fans began inciting Pahang supporters and players after the FA Cup first leg semi-final round this evening.

More or less, 1,000 fans from the home side assembled in the vicinity of the stadium since 11 pm and declined to scatter notwithstanding calls from the police.
They utilized oppressive words on fans from Pahang and urged the Pahang fans to promptly leave the stadium.

Because of the tensed situation outside the stadium, Pahang fans were kept from leaving the stadium to evade any untoward incidents.

Even with the presence of 500 policemen and Federal Reserve Unit trying to pacify the crowd, they failed to calm the situation. However, the police were able to disperse the crowd after two hours.

The match between JDT and Pahang ended with a 1-1 draw. Thirty thousand fans were recorded to see the event live.

Johor Baharu Selatan deputy police Chief Superintendent, Abdul Samad Salleh when met said police figured out how to keep any untoward episodes from happening and effectively dispersed the crowd even though the standoff lasted for two hours.

Chief Superintendent Abdul Samad Salleh included in his statement that once the crowd had left, the Pahang players and fans were permitted to leave the stadium.

It was believed that the fans were unhappy with a prior occurrence at the Darul Makmur Stadium in Kuantan on Feb 7 throughout a Super League match when a bus full of JDT fans was purportedly harmed by Pahang fans.

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Selangor FA News: Red Giants Failed To Take The Lead in Malaysian Super League

Selangor was unsuccessful to capitalise on the home advantage against Terengganu. The match ended up in a draw. The Red Giants wasn’t able to get ahead of Pahang.

The only MSL match of the week occurred last night at Shah Alam, between second-placed Selangor and fifth-placed Terengganu. The homeside badly needed a win to get ahead of the league leader, Pahang but failed to do so.

The Red Giants began with their usual suspects save for centreback Stilianos Pantelidis, though their fans were made to sit tight for the Selangor introduction of teen sensation Nazmi Faiz, who was signed throughout the April transfer break.

The visitors then began with Norfarhan Muhammad and Dabo Moustapha up front, inasmuch as second goalkeeper Shamirza Yusoff remained in for Sharbinee Alawi, who was injured.

The spectators waited for 21 minutes for the first opportunity to show up, emulating a senseless challenge by Selangor skipper Bunyamin Moustapha on Dabo.

The resulting freekick evaded Selangor's backline however not Terengganu centreback Vincent Bikanna, who dove to get a touch with his head.

Goalkeeper Farizal Marlias reacted just as well to tip the ball over.

By the half hour mark, despite the fact that the home side had the lion's share of ownership, it was the visitors who were more perilous with the rest of the posession, wanting to stay back and hold up for the ideal time to launch into a counterattack.

Towards the end of the first half, Indonesian winger Andik Vermansyah stepped up on his game with his trademark wing runs for Selangor's counterattacks, which were so hot it was not possible be took care of by the Turtles' defence. He was fouled over and again, bringing about two bookings to the visitors.

Terengganu almost had a chance to get ahead in the game as the game resumed during the second half, when Moustapha was discharged through a throw in the Selangor punishment box. Yet his efforts to chip the ball over Farizal headed over the bar instead.

Eight minutes later in the second half, the visitors came close again, when Ismail Faruqi squared the ball into the box unmarked, yet Farizal was again fit to repel the cross out.

At long last the Red Giants fans got what they desired when in the 61st minute mark of the game, Nazmi was brought in for Thamil Arasu, who had been insufficient all throughout the match.

After 10 minutes, Rangel was set up by a lay off from the teen sensation, yet his shot failed to hit the target.

The match ended with a 0-0. Selangor remained second on the league’s table after missing the chance to get away with three points from their home advantage.

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S. League 2014: Face-Off Between Tampines Rovers And Balestier Khalsa

For the first time this season, after finishing five games, the Tampines Rovers dropped points. This was after their 4-2 loss to Hougang United.

The team is looking to return to their winning formula as they invited Balestier Khalsa on Sunday.

Once again, Tampines will be depending on Miljan Mrdakovic for the goals yet they will need to keep things tight at the back with Balestier's own particular marquee marking Goran Ljubojevic being equipped for bringing about harm from any place.

The Stags won't have it simple against title hopefuls Balestier, with their last match against Warriors FC being the best illustration why.

Having lost three key players after Yusiskandar Yusop, Kim Min Ho and Ridwan Jamil all saw red, Balestier showed a solid mental quality to hold Warriors in a throbbing 2-2 draw at Jalan Besar Stadium, pulling level after goals from Ljubojevic and skipper Paul Cunningham.

Balestier's power set-pieces will additionally proved to be useful against a flimsy Tampines defence, which has generally spilled in five goals this season.

The Tigers will be welcoming Kim and Ridwan back, while Yusiskandar stays out of the action as he serves his second match suspension.

This game guarantees much end-to-end movements, as both teams have been showing smoothness in their individual attacks so far this season.

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2014 Malaysia Super League: Fandi Bursts Out His Frustrations Over LionsXII Lost

An upset Fandi impacted his flopping LionsXII side as he reprimanded them for essentially "enjoying" being in the spotlight after a miserable crush in the Malaysia Super League.

LionsXII's surprise 1-0 home misfortune to Sime Darby in the Malaysia Super League on Saturday night did not sit well with coach Fandi Ahmad as he showed his disappointment to his team who wasn’t able to beat a team they just defeated in a previous week.

As the frustrated coach speaks to reporters, he said, “They should take a look in the mirror.”

“They are just enjoying being part of the LionsXII, that’s the way I see it because they have got no guts today! They are just going through the motion, which is very bad for me I think!”

Fandi did not drop the player’s name that he felt who had neglected to perform, yet he included that it was puzzling they had not taken the chance to be part of the national team.

"Some of them really take things for granted which is a real disappointment for me because at this level this is a chance for them to go to the national team and if this is what we have from today then this is going to be very bad for football," Fandi said.

"If I can play I will play, seriously!"

With the LionsXII indicating trouble discovering the net forthright, Fandi declined to recognize that the issue was down to not having a fit striker.

Rather, he brought up that hours of preparing to get the basics right enhanced the player’s skills a little bit.

Fandi continued saying, “After they (Sime Darby) got one goal they sat back going for counters and we pushed more men forward but nothing [came out of it], because technically the finishing was very poor.”

"I get fed up! Even with all the trainings, the first touch today was too poor today. We could have easily got three or four goals in the first-half today."

Fandi, notwithstanding, was not prepared to surrender his pursuit for the title even with unmistakably more troublesome fixtures heading up; beginning with Pahang's visit on Tuesday night as he asked his players to regroup.

Nevertheless, the form of the LionsXII players is giving the previous Singapore international reason for concern as Fandi communicated his consternation at not knowing whether his players were going to be dependable for their assigned tasks in the following game.

Fandi continues, "We had four or five players who didn’t turn up today.

That was the biggest disappointment and we don’t know who is our first 11. We don’t know who is gonna turn up, so very sad. Very inconsistent."

The defeat left LionsXII sitting on the sixth spot on the table, six points behind Selangor.

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Malaysian Super League: Is It Just Luck For Johor Darul Ta’zim

Bojan Hodak , coach of Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) has junked suggestions that luck played a part in his side’s 1-0 win over PKNS in their Super League match at the Larkin Stadium on Friday.

JDT tasted their sweet victory on the third minute of the game from a goal from Mohd Aminuddin Mohd Noor.

Hodak, who assumed control after head coach Cesar Jimenez was advised to take a rest, said his side overwhelmed the match for the hard-battled win.

The Croatian included that his resistance finished extremely well to hold PKNS' foreign strikers – Patrick Wleh and Karlo Primorac – on the water-logged pitch.

Hodak said, “There is no luck in this win ... we had two attempts from Norshahrul (Idlan Talaha) and Luciano (Figueroa) saved on the line by PKNS players, which proves that we dominated the match.”

“I’m very happy with the performances of S. Subramaniam, Mohd Daudsu Jamaluddin and goalkeeper Mohd Izham Tarmizi. They played well to keep a clean sheet.”

“It was a hard game, we couldn’t play our attacking game due to the pitch condition and PKNS had their chances too. This win will be good for the team’s confidence,” Hodak continues.

After playing 12 games, this was JDT’s fifth triumph of the season, placing them in fourth place in the Super League standings with 19 points.

Hodak's surprise appointment as JDT’s caretaker coach has been vigorously scrutinized by their fans yet the previous Kelantan coach said the choice was made by the JDT administration after a poor run in the first half of the Super League.

The 43-year-old caretaker coach additionally uncovered that JDT are looking to help the group by getting Boca Juniors striker, Juan Manuel Martinez. They are at present anticipating an answer from the Argentina club.

Hodak said, “The fans will have to ask the management about the appointment. In football, people will like or dislike you, it’s part and parcel of the game.”

“For me, I’m here to do a job ... Our target is to win silverware this season and what’s important now is we need to win matches,” Hodak concluded.

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Malaysian Football: Pahang, Hanging On The Super League

The main two groups in the Super League – Pahang and Selangor – held their positions affability of home wins over more lower-ranked oppositions.

Pahang just got their sixth straight home win after crushing T-Team, 2-0 on Saturday placing them at the top of table standings.

Two key players each scored a goal. Matias Conti of Argentina gave his goal share on the second minute while Azamuddin Akil gave his share on the 57th minute.

This enabled the Elephants to top the standings with 25 points after having played 12 matches.

The T-Team defence collapsed promptly early in the game after midfielder, Mohd Hafiz Kamal's twisting free-kick bounced off the post and the sneaking Conti contributed his score with a low header in the second minute.

In the 57th minute, Azamuddin doubled the lead when he rose unchallenged to head home past T-Team goalkeeper Sharil Sa'ari.

T-Team's new foreign strikers – Luis Dos Santos of Brazil and Jimmy Mulisa of Rwanda – gave Pahang a few challenged moments but they still failed to discover the net. Mulisa had the best opportunity to score however, his 48th minute shot from outside the box fell off the woodwork.

In Shah Alam, Selangor stayed in contact with Pahang in second spot in the wake of edging basement side Perak 1-0 at the Shah Alam Stadium.

Brazilian striker Paulo Rangel scored an essential goal in the 8th minute mark of the game.

Later on, both teams were reduced to only having 10 men. Rivaldo Silva, the Red Giants' new signing was shown the red card by official Zulkifli Ahmad for elbowing Perak's Kyaw Zayar Win in the 44th minute.

Meanwhile, Perak's Mohd Rafiq Nagoor was sent off in the wake of picking a second booking in the 66th minute.

The defending champions LionsXII endured their second thrashing at home when they lost 1-0 to Sime Darby FC at the Jalan Besar Stadium.

Midfielder Mohd Syukur Saidin netted the winner for the visitors in the 44th minute.

In Selayang, Kelantan vanquished Armed Forces 2-0.

Skipper Mohd Badhri Radzi opened records in the 44th minute before the Liberian striker; Francis Doe expanded the lead in the 83rd minute.

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Malaysia Super League: Sarawak Stopped Terengganu’s Chance To Lead The League

This evening, Sarawak hindered the high-riding Terengganu for steering the Super League with a 2-1 win over the East Coast monster at the Stadium Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah.

Prior to the match, Trengganu is already satisfied with them being on the third spot on the table.

The club failed to take advantage of the match being held at their home ground and to finally remove Pahang being seated at the top.

However, the former Australian striker, Ryan Griffiths, who is Sarawak’s latest import, finally discovered his scoring touch on the 7th minute of the game and bundled home a winning goal.

Terengganu needed to thank Sarawak's Junior Edstal for dropping the lead in the 38th minute with a goal.

In the Stadium Tan Sri Hassan Yunos, Larkin, Johor, JDT crushed Selangor PKNS 1-0 with a courtesy own goal by Mohd Aminuddin Mohd Noor in the third minute.

In the interim in the Premier League test, Police upheld their stronghold in the league when they overpowered SPA Putrajaya FC 3-0 at Stadium Hang Jebat, Melaka.

Police's import, Chad Charles Souza, bundled two goals in the fifth and eighteenth minute while mid-fielder Mohammad Munir Amran netted the other goal in the fifteenth moment.

In Stadium Majlis Perbandaran Pasir Gudang, Penang was not able to proceed with their winning streak when they lost 3-2 to JDT II (JDT II).

JDT II’s import, striker, Braulio Nobrega Rodriguez was able to score twice in the 45th and 90th minute while the other goal was created by Shahril Ishak at the 45th minute.

Penang who is second in the league’s team standing answered through Beungo Andre in the 55th minute and ten minutes later by Lee Gil Hoon.

In Stadium Bandaraya, Pulau Pinang, Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang (PBPP) finally got their first win in the league when they upstaged Sabah 1-0 with Mohd Faiz Mohd Nasir delivering a goal in the 18th minute.

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