In defence, new skipper Faizal Muhammad was paired with Cameroonian Vincent Bikina while Qhairul Anwar slotted into the right-back slot. Malaysian international Zubir Azmi played in his usual left-back position.
In the middle of the park, Ismail Faruqi was given the task as the playmaker while new signing, Khairan Ezuan operated as the holding midfileder. However it were the flanks where Elavarasan sprung his surprises as he put Ashaari Shamsuddin on the right while Nik Zul Aziz who had played as a left-back since joining The Turtles, was given the slot on the left flank.
The front-line was led by former Negeri Sembilan striker, Effa Owona with Farderin Kadir partnering him. The home side began brightly but they could not sustain the momentum. Felda United new signing, Mohamad Ghaddar was his side main threat with his pace and physical presence.
Indeed it was the Lebanese who opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Receiving the ball after Zubir's pass was intercepted, he embarked on a run past three Terengganu defenders before slotting the ball past Wan Azraie.
However the lead lasted only three minutes as the home side found their rhythm. Ashaari nearly could have scored when he received the ball from a corner but his effort was blocked by Felda United skipper Mohamad Khaironnisam.Then from the next corner, Ismail Faruqi levelled things up when his corner kick went straight into the net.
The home fans were hoping that their team would build on the goal to get all three points but the match petered down with the best chance fell to substitute Abdul Manaf Mamat whose shot was on target but only for Helmi Eliza to palm it away.
Later in the evening, big spending Darul Takzim went into an early two goal lead through Malaysian internationals, Safiq Rahim and Norshahrul Idlan Talaha in their match against Pahang at The Darul Makmur. Daniel Guiza provided the final pass to both goals in the 11th and 25th minutes.
It looked good until The Elephants decided to stage a comeback after the interval. A brace from Fauzi Roslan in the 49th and 71st minutes delighted the home fans. Then seven minutes from time they were in raptures when Surendran Ravindran stole between two Darul Takzim defenders to divert a low cross from Azamuddin Akil into the visitors' net to ensure all three points stay in Kuantan.
At the Shah Alam Stadium, Negeri Sembilan suffered at the hands of their former player, Kunanlan Subramaniam who scored the only goal in the match between the two sides. The strike came in the 69th minute when the pacy player took advantage of the scramble in the visitors' penalty area.
Meanwhile at Lumut Naval Base Stadium, T-Team Titans were just moments away from getting a valuable point against Perak. However, their defender Mohamad Noraliff in his attempt to make a clearance, headed the ball into his own net to the disappointment of his manager, Peter Butler who later regarded the incident as part of the game.
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