Crucial...

...Week for The Turtles

After watching their team finishing third in the Malaysian Super League, Terengganu fans could be forgiven for expecting their beloved Turtles would breeze through the Malaysia Cup group which consist of East Coast neighbour Pahang, Sabah and Kuala Lumpur.

But after finishing the first round of play, the seeded team is still winless with just a point on board after losing both their home matches so far. The 3-1 defeat in the East Coast Derby during the opening match just a few days after Aidil-Fitri left the home crowded stunned, after all Terengganu have done the double over them in the Super League.

Then they traveled to Kota Kinabalu to play The Rhinos. On a rain-soaked pitch they staged a great comeback from being two goal down to snatch a point from the home team. When the players trooped out to face Kuala Lumpur in Kuala Terengganu a few days later many would have thought it would be the starting point to get the Malaysia Cup campaign on track again.

However luck and to a certain extent the referee decisions seemed to conspire against The Turtles. Three deflections from a dubious free-kick awarded to the City Boys led to the only goal of the match.

Terengganu are now propping up the table led by Pahang which already amassed six points from their two wins. Sabah are unbeaten but could only muster a single win to sit in second place while Kuala Lumpur are third. The only chance for the Ganu boys to progress further in the competition is to win all their matches in the second which starts on Sunday and hope other results will go their way too.

It is a hard task but not an impossible one.

In contrast with Terengganu, T-Team are in a good position to qualify to the knock-out stage from their group which consist of Super League champions; Selangor, the Northern Lions Perlis and Premier League champions Felda United.

After suffering a 3-1 defeat at Shah Alam against the Red Giant many would have thought the club side would struggle for the rest of the campaign. But Che Ku Marzuki's boys picked themselves up to thrash Perlis in the next match 4-0 before registering their second win with a 2-1 win over Felda United in Cheras.

T-Team should be confident enough to qualify for their first ever Malaysia Cup quarter-finals and a win against group leader Selangor on Sunday will enhance that feeling further.

For this Ganu football fan, mad redo1 wishes the best of luck to both Terengganu and T-Team and pray for their success and bring back the much missed Malaysia Cup back to Terengganu again.

Come on Turtles!

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