PBDKT T-Team began the 2012 Malaysian Super League season in stylish fashion with a comprehensive 3-0 over Kedah at the Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium in Kuala Terengganu. The huge margin also saw the club side from Terengganu sitting at the top of the standings for the first time in their history.
New signing from Perlis, Mohamad Faiz Subri was the hero for T-Team with a brace on his debut. The first one was in the 11th minute when he unleashed a right foot shot from the edge of the penalty box that had the entire Kedah defence beaten. Then in the 28th minute, he stooped low to connect with a free-kick by Zairo Anuar Zalani which once again rendered Abdul Hadi helpless.
Then four minutes later, Zairo who was named as T-Team captain for the new season, treated the 200+ fans at the Sultan Ismail with one of his special from dead ball situation. This time his corner kick swerved and went past the already committed Abdul Hadi and into the net.
Three nil to the good and Kedah were never look capable of making a comeback from such a big deficit.
T-Team Head Coach, Yunus Alif was elated with the win and hoped that it will a launchpad that will see his team challenging for the Super League title this season. But the big test for them will be against Kuala Lumpur on Saturday at the Hang Jebat Stadium in Melaka as T-Team try to shed the image of a yo-yo team, excellent against the big boys but mediocre against lesser opponents.
It was not all sweet for Terengganu football fans though as The Turtles failed to get their 2012 Super League campaign on a winning note. Instead they fell to a wonderful long range strike by Slovakian player, Michal Kubala with just fifteen minutes to go.
Prior to the goal, a rejuvenated Perak side took control of the match and Terengganu had much to thank their goalkeeper Sharbinee Allawee who kept The Buffaloes attacks at bay on a number of occasions. However there was nothing much he could do with Kubala's strike and Terengganu must now regroup and set their mind on winning their home match against Felda United on Saturday.
Felda meanwhile played their match early in the afternoon and came out on top against Sabah. Raimi Mohamad Noor gave Felda the lead before former Kuala Lumpur player Yong Kuong Yong scoring the second after a horrendous mistake by Sabah goalkeeper, Syed Adney. The Liverpool born custodian misjudged the flight of the ball allowing Yong to head home with Adney stranded off his line.
The Settlers certainly will be looking forward to their trip to Kuala Terengganu, hoping for another good result that will maintain their title challenge momentum.
Former Terengganu Head Coach, Irfan Bakti could get some sense of satisfaction after seeing his new team Selangor coming back from two goal down to snatch a point against Negeri Sembilan, the team that wrecked his dream of winning the Malaysia Cup last season.
Negeri's foreign striker Jean Effa Owona scored a brace to give the home fans a feel good feeling going into the interval. But Amirulhadi Zainal stiff grounder reduced the deificit before Safiq Rahim levelled the score from the penalty spot.
Another Selangor side, PKNS FC could not make such a comeback against Johor FC at the MBPJ Stadium in Kelana Jaya. The Bees went two goals ahead, thanks to strikes from Riduan Maon and Azi Shazril from the penalty spot. PKNS managed to reduce the deficit through Fauzan Dzulkifli, also from the penalty spot. Despite finishing with just ten men, Johor FC held on for their 2-1 win.
Sarawak marked their return to the top flight with a 2-0 win over troubled Kuala Lumpur. However fans at the Sarawak State Stadium had to wait until late in the match before K Ravindran and Hairol Mokhtar struck eight minutes between one another to give Robert Alberts men a winning start to their season.
At the Jalan Besar Stadium in Singapore, Super League champions Kelantan came back from behind to beat Lions XII 2-1 with goals from Norshahrul Idlan Talaha and a spot kick by Mohamed Ghaddar. This was after the home crowd was uplifted when Baihakki Khaizan had put the Lions ahead early in the match.
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