PAHANG IS THE MALAYSIA CUP CHAMPIONS AGAIN

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MALAYSIA CUP FINAL: PAHANG 2 - JOHOR DT 2
PAHANG WIN 5-3 IN PENALTY SHOOT-OUT

At Bukit Jalil Stadium, a 10 men Pahang remain their elite status in retaining the 88th edition of Malaysia Cup trophy for the second year in a row after beating Johor Darul Takzim in penalty shoot-out with 5-3 score, last night. In a high octane performance shown by both teams, the score was 2-2 after 90 minutes and the results stand still until end off extra time which put the game to be settled in penalty shoot out.

Dickson Nwakaeme put a cheer in Pahang camp after the Nigerian headed the ball into the net through a free kick taken by Azidan Sarudin in 15th minutes for an early lead. The celebration didn't take long for Pahang after a corner taken by Safiq Rahim went to Jorge Pereyza Diaz and the striker make no mistake to gave JDT an equalizer in 31st minutes. Four minutes later, JDT have been awarded a penalty after Pahang captain, Mohd Razman Roslan handed the ball inside the penalty box and Luciano Figueroa take the full advantage to put The Southern Tigers in front with 2-1 score.

In second half, JDT has added more sparks in their attack after Bojan Hodak make a changes by bringing in Amirul Hadi Zainal and NorSyahrul Idlan Talaha but the Pahang defenders lead by Damion Stewart defend well to block the attempt. An attempt by Luciano Figueroa in 52nd minutes saw the ball hit the post which Khairul Azhan already beaten.

Pahang were down to ten men after defender Mohd Saiful Nizam Miswan was given a marching orders for being fouled Mohd Amri Yahyah in 67th minutes. Due to the incident,Zainal Abidin Hassan has sacrificed Mathias Conte to strengthen the defense.

Dickson Nwakaeme once again put a cheer for Pahang after the striker leveled the score in 72nd minutes with a fine finish and the score remain still until 90th minutes play. As both team fails to hunt for more goals until 120 minutes played, the game was settled by penalties which Pahang completing all the penalty with scoring goals while NorShahrul fails on his attempt for JDT and the southern tigers dreams dash after 33 years in waiting.

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