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​PIALA MALAYSIA: KEDAH 2 - PDRM 1 Kedah won their Malaysia Cup semifinal first leg after the referee awarded three penalties in the match. The home side were awarded a penalty kick after Brazilian Thiago Fernandes was fouled inside the PDRM's penalty box. Fernandes calmly placed his penalty past PDRM goalkeeper Haziq Nadzi for the lead. Two minutes later, PDRM were awarded a penalty after Kedah defender Bang Seung Hwan took down winger Christopher Keli with a clumsy tackle. Brazilian Guilherme De Paula had to retake his penalty but the striker did not make a mistake from his second attempt to level for the visitors. In the 80th minute, Kedah were awarded another penalty after Fernandes was fouled by PDRM keeper Haziq. Midfielder Liridon Krasniqi placed the ball into the left corner of the next to earn Kedah the win. PDRM will host Kedah in the return leg on Oct 15 at Hang Jebat Stadium.

AFC CUP SEMIFINALS (FIRST LEG) JOHOR DT 1 - BEGALURU 1 Johor Darul Takzim (JDT) were held by Bengaluru FC to a 1-1 draw. The visitor picked a crucial away goal in the first leg of the AFC Cup semifinals. JDT should have taken a 27th minute lead through Juan Martin Lucero. The Argentine did everything right with a firm header that was destined for the far corner, but Bengaluru goalkeeper Amrinder Singh pulled off a miraculous stop to claw the forward's effort away. Seven minutes after the break, JDT went in front as the visitors' 23-year-old keeper was finally beaten. Jorge Pereyra Diaz , who had been relatively quiet until then, rose unmarked to power home a Safiq Rahim corner for his sixth goal of the competition. Bengaluru drew level through a Lyngdoh stunner three minutes later with a ferocious strike that flew past Izham to stun the capacity Larkin crowd. Mario Gomez threw on S. Chanturu and Amri Yahyah as the home side piled bodies forward for a sec

PIALA AGONG QUARTERFINAL TERENGGANU 27 - ATM 8 Terengganu displayed an impressive performance in their Agong's Cup quarterfinal match to secure a place in the last four stage. The rising east coast side who beat Perlis and Selangor in their Group B matches did not choke against the hard fighting ATM at UPM Rugby Field. ATM did not give it easy for Terengganu. They lead the 8-7 after the first half. However, Terengganu showed their true character after the break. They powered through to the end with 20 points to give the a deserving 27-8 victory over ATM. It will be their second consecutive Agong's Cup semifinal on 30th September.

LIGA SUPER: JOHOR DT 5 - T-TEAM 1 Johor DT (JDT) celebrated their 2016 Malaysia Super League success after an easy victory over T-Team at Larkin Stadium. Juan Martin Lucero netted a hat trick as JDT basked in their Super League trophy celebrations with a 5-1 demolition of T-Team on Saturday night. The Southern Tigers scored four times in an entertaining first half at Larkin Stadium as they took their goal tally for the season to 54 in 21 games. JDT goal fest begin as Lucero led the celebrations, with a single-handed destruction of the T-team. After Amirulhadi Zainal opened the score in the sixth minute, Lucero struck twice in the first half, before topping the cake with another on the hour mark. An Abdoulaye Maiga own-goal added to T-Team's misery, who could only muster a scant consolation effort through Patrick Cruz . Lucero's treble amounted to 52 goals by Argentines in the MSL this season. JDT's romp also puts them within 90 minutes of history as the

PIALA AGONG QUARTERFINAL PDRM 23 - JOHOR 28 Johor edged PDRM 28-23 in quarterfinal to book a place in the Agong's Cup last four. The southern team started-off aggresively with early penalty by Razitaman Kaalam . Wan Mohd Asyraf Norudin made a try in the 7th minute and Firdaus Rozan 's conversion gave Johor more advantage. PDRM could not hold Johor's aggresive approach and were down 13-28 after the first half. The under presure PDRM side came on stronger in the second half. The defended well and started to break into Johor's try area. However, only ten points was obtained and not enough to stop Johor from taking the semifinal spot. It is Johor fourth win of the season and will play their semifinal match on 30th September in Sabah. Get the best Sports Updates !

LIGA PREMIER: JDT II 1 - KUALA LUMPUR 1 Johor DT II were held at home by Kuala Lumpur in another Malaysia Premier League match last night. The home side started-off perfectly with an early goal by Irfan Fazail in the first minute. Kuala Lumpur had a hard time to settle down as JDT II took control early in the match.  However, four minutes before the break Jonathan Zorrilla Viviana scored the equalizer for Kuala Lumpur. Both sides came on into the second half to find the winning goal but failed. The score did not change in the 45 minutes and Kuala Lumpur escaped JDT II's test with an away draw.

AFC CUP QUARTERFINALS JOHOR DT 2 - SOUTH CHINA 1 Defending champion, Johor Darul Takzim (JDT) overcame a penalty miss from captain Safiq Rahim in a 2-1 victory over Hong Kong's South China in the second leg of the quarterfinals yesterday. Argentine strikers Juan Martin Lucero and Jorge Pereyra Diaz scored JDT's goals in the second half at Larkin Stadium to give the Malaysian giants a 3-2 win on aggregate. Both teams played out a 1-1 draw in last week's first leg, and this return tie had all the makings of an encapsulating contest. South China started well with a great chance in the sixth minute through Mahama Awal 's cross but failed to find the first-leg scorer Nikola Komazec . In the 19th minutes, Komazec powered a shot but the ball went straight to JDT goalkeeper Izham Tarmizi. JDT lost right-back S. Kunanlan on the half hour through injury, and in came Azrif Nasrulhaq as the hosts looked to take a stranglehold. JDT were awarded a penalty four