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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 s...

The STJ Class of 92 defeated Pistorel X 2-1 to win the Junior Pro category at the PRESSTiJ Futsal Championship on Saturday. Amir Astar opened the scoring with a powerful shot to give 92 the lead. However, Pistorel equalized two minutes later. It was a very close match but the experience of 92 was an advantage. Helmy Baidullah 's strike hit the crossbar, Ahmad Tajuddin was solid, Ziad Fazaruddin saved a handful of attempts. Manager Nazbiha Maulana sent Fadzil Hisham in the second half and scored the winner after receiving a pass from Saiful Rizal Mohamad . It was a perfect finish for Class of 92 in their championship debut. In the Senior Pro category, Gempita Barracuda beat Gempita Achilles in an all 91 final after penalty shoot out. Mat Jimie Ali found the net in the first half to put Barracuda into the driving seat. Achilles was not giving it up easily to their brothers and staged a good fighting spirit. Mohd Azhari Mastuki scored a stunning equali...

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 Follow us on Facebook !

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. Photos by: Tigers Super Sports Not enough  FOOTBALL ??? Click HERE!

MALAYSIA CUP FINAL: PAHANG 2 - JOHOR DARUL TAKZIM 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 pen...

​ MALAYSIA CUP: JOHOR DT 3 - FELDA UNITED 1 Johor DT won with 6-5 aggregate. Johor Darul Takzim (JDT) overturned their first leg defeat to Felda United to set up Malaysia Cup final match encounter against Pahang next Sunday. After a slim 4-3 away loss in the first leg, the Southern Tigers were looking to do better at home against Felda United .  JDT had the service of midfielder Safiq Rahim , who had to sit out the first leg due to suspension. The home side were the more aggresive after the whistle was blown. JDT found their most needed goal in the 28th minute when Luciano Figueroa curled a free kick to beat Farizal Harun . The goal gave JDT the equalizer to the overall semi-final score, with the advantage of the three away goals scored in Selayang. ​ As usual, The Fighters did not give up easily. Raimi found the net ten minutes before the break after receiving a beautiful pass from Ndumba Makeche . And they were back into the game. JDT headed into the second half with the same o...

​ MALAYSIA CUP: PAHANG 5 - KEDAH 0 Pahang won with 6-3 agregate. Pahang confirmed a slot in the Malaysia Cup Final , after defeating Kedah 6-3 in the semi-final second leg match in Kuantan yesterday. The Tok Gajah squad were having a goal fest on their home ground after scoring five goals. As expected, Pahang went all out from the kick-off finding the goals needed to overcome the 1-3 deficit from the first leg match in Alor Setar. Matias Ruben Conti turned on the fighting spirit for the home side when he headed in the opening goal in the 4th minute. Kedah tried to hang on, but Pahang doubled their lead when R. Gopinathan powerful shot beat Saiful Amar Sudar in the 25th minute. Just a minute before the half hour, Pahang was back in the Malaysia Cup again as Conti slotted in their third goal from Azidan's cross. Kedah struggled to hold on their fort anymore. Conti completed his hattrick in the 36th minute after receiving a nice pass from Dickson Nwakaeme .     Kedah returned for...