Terengganu moved to second place in the Super League after winning their 'Turtle' derby encounter with PBDKT T-Team at the Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium last night. The Turtles' new striker, Francis Doe scored twice as he helped his team coming back from being a goal down early in the match to win 2-1.
T-Team, sporting a new red away shirt started aggressively in front of a near full Sultan Ismail and were rewarded when they were awarded a penalty in the 12th minute when Terengganu goalkeeper brought down T-Team striker, Zachariah Simukonda in the penalty box. The goalkeeper was flashed the yellow card instead of red as the ball was moving away from goal.
Skipper Zairo Anuar who already scored three goals this season stepped up and sent Sharbinee the wrong way. However, an encroachment by a T-Team player caused the penalty to be retaken. This time, Sharbinee went the right way but the sheer power in Zairo's effort was enough to beat his despairing dive.
Four minutes later, disaster struck for Yunus Alif's boys when Terengganu forward, Ashaari Shamsuddin found himself clear with just Iqbal Suhaimi in the T-Team goal to beat. However, he was brought down inside the box by defender Shahril Faizal.
T-Team players felt aggrieved when the referee flashed the red card instead of yellow to the full-back, feeling that it should have been the case too with Sharbinee earlier. However, the official's decision stood and Doe stepped up to send Iqbal the wrong way and level the score.
The match was finally balanced with both teams adopting good passing game. Faiz Subri caused a lot of problems for the Terengganu defence with his run which resulted in fouls around the penalty area. However none of these dead-ball situations led to another goal for the 'away' side.
Instead it was Doe who made the most of the chance that came his way. Iqbal saved with his trailing leg when the Liberian broke through in the 53rd minute but seven minutes later in an almost the same situation he notched the winner for Terengganu.
The defeat saw T-Team dropped to fourth, level on points with Negeri Sembilan but having a better goal difference. The Malaysia Cup champions defeated Felda United 1-0 in Paroi. Perak moved up to third after they won 1-0 in Pasir Gudang against Johor FC who are still looking for their first point at home this season.
Lions XII also registered a 1-0 away win. Their first away win saw them moving up to sixth, leapt-frogging Selangor who were held to a scoreless draw by Sarawak. Kuala Lumpur remained at the bottom of the pile after a 1-1 draw against PKNS FC while Kelantan, having won their away match in Alor Setar 3-0 against Kedah yesterday remained on top.
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