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MSL 2011 : Kedah turun tempang tembung Selangor
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PERIT memikirkan cabaran tanpa segenggam tonggak utama yang tercedera dan belum cergas, jurulatih Kedah FA, Wan Jamak Wan Hassan tiada pilihan kecuali bergantung kepada sumbangan barisan muda menjelang pertemuan menentang Selangor FA dalam saingan Liga Super Malaysia 2011 di Stadium Darulaman, malam ini.
“Saya harap dengan strategi yang kita atur dapat mencipta satu kejutan mengutip mata penuh di tempat sendiri walaupun dengan barisan muda,” katanya, semalam.
Antara pemain utama yang masih cedera dan tidak cergas sepenuhnya adalah pemain sayap, Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri, penyerang, Azlan Ismail serta dua pemain tengah, Mohd Azmi Muslim dan V Thirumurugan.
Wan Jamak berkata walaupun akan berdepan tekanan daripada penyokong sendiri, dia menasihatkan anak didiknya itu bermain dengan sikap tenang tetapi penuh berwaspada menyedari Selangor FA mampu menghukum setiap kesilapan lawan.
“Tekanan penyokong sebenarnya baik untuk menyuntik semangat pemain tetapi bukan semua pemain dapat terima,” katanya. “Saya harap pemain dapat memberi fokus 100 peratus.”
MSL 2011 : Gelaran juara boleh jadi milik Kedah FA
Khyril : Kami hanya 4 mata di belakang Selangor FA
Pemain tengah, Mohd Khyril Muhymeen yakin bahwa Kedah boleh melakukan percubaan serius untuk menjuarai Liga Super Malaysia musim ini memandangkan Kedah FA hanya 4 mata di belakang Selangor FA.
Pemain kebangsaan itu yakin Kenari telah beraksi baik setelah permulaan buruk pada awal musim, untuk duduk di tangga ke-4 liga dengan 14 pasukan. Kedah telah mengumpul 24 mata dengan 7 kemenangan, 3 seri dan 3 kekalahan.
Kedah FA bersedia untuk mengambil bekas jurulatih Negeri Sembilan, Wan Jamak Wan Hassan untuk menggantikan Ahmad Yusof. Sepanjang ketiadaan Ahmad Yusof, pasukan itu telah diambil alih oleh penolong jurulatih, Radhi Mat Din.
Ahmad Yusof yang telah direhatkan pada pertengahan bulan lepas berikutan persembahan longlai pasukan, telah dilantik sebagai jurulatih Pulau Pinang.
Pasukan pilihan, Selangor FA berada di landasan untuk mengekalkan kejuaraan apabila mereka mendahului liga dengan 29 mata – 4 mata di depan pasukan di posisi ke-2, Terengganu. Kelantan dan Kedah masing2 berkongsi 24 mata, tetapi Kelantan mempunyai lebih perbezaan gol.
“Kami perlu lebih konsisten di pusingan ke-2 musim ini. Saya pasti kami akan berjaya berada di atas memandangkan kami mempunyai barisan pemain yang sesuai untuk melaksanakan tugas tersebut.” kata Mohd Khyril.
Antara pemain berpengalaman dalam skuad Kedah ialah Baddrol Bakhtiar, Azmi Muslim, Azlan Ismail, Mohd Fauzie Nan, Mohd Helmi Eliza, Amar Rohidan, Khairul Helmi Johari, V. Thirumurugan dan Sabree Mat Abu.
Selangor Goes Top With Win Over Felda United
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Selangor F.A. topped the Malaysian Super League table after beating Felda United 1-0 at Kuala Lumpur Football Stadium in Cheras Tuesday night. The win put Selangor on 23 points ahead of Perak which sent Kelantan packing 4-0 at Perak Stadium in Ipoh. Selangor’s all important goal was scored by Mohd Fadzil Saari (31st min).
Second placed Perak has 22 points while Kelantan dropped one spot to third with 20 points. Perak’s goals were scored by Md Fazrul Hazli (5th), Md Shafiq Jamal (26th), Akmal Rizal Rakhli (78th) and Razali Umar Kandasamy (81st).
Negeri Sembilan went down 0-2 to Kedah in a home match at Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium in Paroi. Kedah’s goals were scored by Azlan Ismail (61st) and Badrol Bakhtiar (88th).
Terengganu beat T-Team 1-0 in a match between siblings at Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium in Kuala Terengganu. The only goal was scored by Abdul Hadi Yahaya (47th).
In other matches, Harimau Muda A beat Kuala Lumpur 1-0 at Shah Alam, Sabah and Perlis drew 2-2 at Likas Stadium while Pahang and Johor FC drew 0-0 at Darul Makmur Stadium in Kuantan.
Harimau Muda B beat Penang 3-1 in a Premier League match at Selayang Municipal Stadium.
MSL 2011: Kedah 1-1 Kelantan
KEDAH FA gagal memanfaatkan kelebihan beraksi di gelanggang sendiri apabila sekadar mencatat keputusan seri 1-1 dengan peneraju Liga Super, Kelantan di Stadium Darul Aman, Alor Setar malam tadi.
Keputusan itu ternyata melegakan Kelantan FA yang masih mengekalkan rekod tanpa kalah setelah mengharungi lima perlawanan.
Sebaliknya, Kedah yang terus buntu menambah koleksi keme- nangan di gelanggang keramat mereka harus mencari ramuan mujarab untuk mencari kejayaan selepas ini.
Permainan menarik ditunjukkan kedua-dua pasukan dengan Kedah mahu meraih tiga mata penuh manakala Kelantan pula ingin mengekalkan reputasi sebagai peneraju liga.
Bagaimanapun, Kedah terlebih dahulu menghasilkan gol menerusi Azlan Ismail pada minit ke-57 sebelum dibalas Kelantan menerusi Norshahrul Idlan Talaha pada minit ke-79.
Sebelum itu, pasukan pelawat mencemaskan penyokong tuan rumah apabila sepakan S. Chanturu dari luar kotak penalti terkena palang ketika penjaga gol Kedah, Abdul Hadi Hamid sudah tertewas.
Kelantan yang menguasai babak pertama terus memberi tekanan kepada skuad Kenari dan hampir memperoleh gol pembukaan, namun sepakan Chanturu sekadar melintasi gawang tuan rumah pada minit ke-35.
Kedah yang mahu mencari gol awal terus menggandakan usaha, namun sepakan Baddrol Bakhtiar ke sebe- lah kiri gawang pelawat pada minit ke-37 dihampakan penjaga gol kebangsaan, Khairul Fahmi Che Mat.
Memasuki babak kedua, Kedah hampir menceriakan kira-kira 8,000 penyokong mereka apabila Azlan berjaya meloloskan diri daripada tiga pertahanan lawan, namun sepakan lemahnya sekadar singgah ke dakapan Khairul Fahmi pada minit ke-53.
Usaha pemain tuan rumah yang terus menggandakan asakan akhirnya membuahkan hasil menerusi jaringan Azlan yang menerima hantaran daripada Baddrol.
Barisan benteng Kelantan terperangkap dengan kelicikan Azlan yang berjaya meloloskan diri di antara empat pertahanan lawan sebelum bola sepakannya menerjah gawang.
Keceriaan penyokong tuan rumah tidak berpanjangan apabila Norshahrul menyumbat masuk gol penyamaan pada minit ke-79.
MSL 2011: Kedah hilang dua tonggak utama
PASUKAN Kedah beraksi tanpa dua pemain utama, selepas Amar Rohidan (gambar) dan Azlan Ismail disisihkan daripada berdepan T-Teampada
Amar Rohidan di sebelah kiri, yang kanan tu... entah makhluk mana entah.
perlawanan pembukaan Liga Super musim 2011, Sabtu ini.
Pengurus Kedah, Khazali Din berkata, walaupun kehilangan dua tonggak utama selepas Amar diserang demam campak, ia tidak melemahkan prestasi pasukan.
Katanya, ia disokong prestasi memberangsangkan dipamer anak buahnya pada enam perlawanan ujian lalu, dengan catatan empat seri.
“Kekuatan kita ialah menerusi bekalan pemain simpanan muda yang mampu memikul tugas berat sewaktu ketiadaan pemain utama. Malah, mereka terbukti hebat ketika diberi peluang oleh ketua jurulatih, Ahmad Yusoff pada enam perlawanan ujian lalu.
“Kehilangan Amar dan Azlan amat berat namun kami optimis pemain gantian mampu memastikan pasukan tidak pincang berdepan lawan.
“Lebih-lebih lagi, ini adalah saingan sulung pasukan dan pastinya peluang beraksi di tempat sendiri tidak boleh disia-siakan agar sasaran meraih tiga mata dapat direalisasi,” katanya.
Mengulas lanjut, katanya, kelebihan dijangka memihak Kedah yang menurunkan hampir seluruh pemain musim lalu dan hanya menyenaraikan tiga pemain baru, Mohd Fauzi Nan, Firdaus Fauzi dan Amar.
“Kemasukan Fauzi mengukuhkan pertahanan yang dibarisi V Thirumurugan, Azmi Muslim dan Mohd Khyril Johari serta bekas penjaga gol kebangsaan Mohd Al Hafiz Hamzah,” katanya.
Canaries soar into the final with first-half blitz
ALOR SETAR: Kedah showed that their first-leg victory over Terengganu in the FA Cup semi-final was no flash in the pan with a 2-1 victory in the return match at the Darulaman Stadium here last night.
On a night when two Terengganu players Mohd Firdaus and Manaf Mamat were sacked in the 85th minute, Kedah chalked up the win with goals by defender Khairul Helmi Johari in the fifth minute and Shafiq Jamal in the 24th minute to qualify for the final 4-1 on aggregate.
The Turtles, who were beaten 0-2 in the first-leg match in Kuala Teren gganu on Tuesday, pulled a goal back through Wan Mohd Alif in the 42nd minute.
Kedah were in control of the match and the absence of their top gun, Azlan Ismail, who was slapped an additional four-match suspension by the FA of Malaysia’s disciplinary board for ungentlemanly conduct during a quarter-final first-leg match against Armed Forces, was not felt at all.
And the Canaries stretched their lead just five minutes into the match. Terengganu skipper Marzuki Yusof in an attempt to clear a Kedah corner kick by Baddrol Baktiar headed the ball for Khairul to stab home.
It was as good as over for the Turtles after they conceded the second goal in the 24th minute. Baddrol again had a hand in the goal. The speedy left flanker side-stepped his marker, Ronny Harun, before making the cross for an unmarked Shafiq Jamal to hit past goalkeeper Mohd Sharbenee Allawee.
But Kedah let their guard down to allow Wan Mohd Alif to nod home a cross from Tengku Hasbullah Hassan in the 42nd minute.
Terengganu made a strong bid to save the match in the second half but it was all in vain for them to overcome a three-goal deficit.
With Kedah warding off all their attempts, a frustrated Terengganu were reduced to nine men with five minutes left on the clock. Mohd Firdaus was shown the red card for a crude tackle on Mohd Azmi Muslim and Manaf was sent off after receiving a second booking from referee Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh for dissent.
Kedah won’t take two-goal lead for granted
KUALA TERENGGANU: An unexpected victory. But Kedah are not about to just ride on a 2-0 lead with an away goal advantage they now command over Terengganu in the FA Cup semi-final tie.
Kedah coach Ahmad Yusof made that clear that his side would still work very hard for a positive result in the second-leg match at the Darulaman Stadium in Alor Setar on Saturday.
The Canaries had trooped out of the first-leg match at the Sultan Ismail Stadium in Kuala Terengganu on Tuesday with more than they had hoped for.
“A draw from the away match would have been a great result. But the team surprised me with their performance and their determination to win the match,” said Ahmad.
“We not only won but have the bonus of two precious away goals in the bag to help our cause to reach the final.”
National Under-23 striker Faizal Abu Bakar put Kedah in front in the 28th minute and their top goal poacher, Azlan Ismail, netted the second in the 59th minute to take his tally to eight goals thus far in all competitions.
Ahmad was quick to warn his boys against taking the Turtles for granted in the return match.
“Terengganu certainly have the ability to turn things around. They were very creative and dangerous in the first-leg match but poor finishing let them down,” he said.
“We have to keep their attack, especially their striker, Manaf (Mamat), under close check in the return match.”
But Kedah will not be at full strength for the second-leg match. National defender Mohd Sabre Abu will be out on a one-match suspension for having received two yellow cards.
And Shahrulnizam Mustapha is a doubtful starter after suffering a recurrence of a groin injury. Azlan’s availability is also hanging in the balance as he has to face the FA of Malaysia’s disciplinary board tomorrow for a red card offence in the quarter-final first-leg match against Armed Forces on March 9.
“We hope that Sharulnizam’s injury is not too serious and we have to keep our fingers crossed that the disciplinary board will not hand Azlan more punishment than the two-match automatic suspension,” said Ahmad.
