Terengganu club side, PBDKT T-Team recorded an emphatic 4-0 victory over the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) at the Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium in Kuala Terengganu last night. Head Coach, Yunus Alif brought in several changes to the side that lost to Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.
On loan goalkeeper, Mohd Jibrail was relegated to the bench with Zairi Hafiezi making his first start in the 2011 Malaysia Cup campaign. Together with Zairi, forward Haris Safwan Kamal also made his first start in the campaign, taking the place of Shamsul Kamal Mohamad.
At first, the changes did not seem to work as T-Team failed to breach the PDRM's defence. The best chance came when Haris managed to slip inside the box and flicked the ball past PDRM goalkeeper, Muhammad Hamdan Sairi. However, Haris's effort lacked power and defender, Mohd Alif Haikal Ganeson cleared the ball off the line.
But credit to T-Team players, they continued to pile the pressure on the visitors' defence. Then from a corner taken by Zairo Anuar Zailani, PDRM defender Mohd Azrul Azman headed into his own net in his attempt to clear the ball.
As if they were woken up from a deep slumber, T-Team breached PDRM's defence again and again as the match went into stoppage time at the end of the first half. Mohd Norfarhan Muhammad earned another corner. This time Zairo played it short to Farhan who delivered a perfect cross for the running Norfazly Alias to head past Muhammad Hamdan.
It was the defender's third goal in as many matches, making him the top-scorer of his team. No guessing which was the happier coach going to the dressing room happier when referee Azham Musa blew for half-time.
The second half saw the home side created a few chances and from these chances they found the net two more times. On loan striker, Mohamad Fitri Omar reacted first when Muhammad Hamdan failed to hold a stiff shot from Zairo to open his goal account for his new team.
Then Farhan notched the fourth goal when he was put through with just the goalkeeper to beat. It was an easy task and Yunus Alif's men finished the first round fixture in a very good position to qualify for the knock-out stage.
However in Paroi, Terengganu lost their unbeaten run when a solitary strike by striker Shahrunain Abu Samah was enough to see Negeri Sembilan continued their good run against The Turtles at their Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium.
The defeat put Terengganu's hope to qualify for the quarter-finals in balance but many would see no problem for them to secure their place when the second round of matches starts after the international break.
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