USMFC lonjak dua anak tangga! Muar vs USMFC (0-4)

USMFC vs ATM (seri 1-1)

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SEMANGAT JUANG BERJAYA MEMBANTU PASUKAN USM FC MENGEKANG PASUKAN ATASAN LIGA PERDANA
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Perlawanan ke 18 USM FC menentang Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (ATM) berkesudahan dengan keputusan seri 1 -1. Pasukan pelawat terlebih dahulu menjaringkan gol pada minit ke 6 selepas penyerang berbisa ATM dan bekas pemain kebangsaan V Saravanan berjaya melepasi pertahanan USM FC seterusnya menewaskan penjaga gol USM FC. Perlawanan separuh masa pertama seimbang dengan bola lebih banyak berlegar di kawasan tengah dan sesekali serangan mengejut dilakukan oleh kedua-dua pasukan.

Pada separuh masa kedua USM FC melakukan perubahan corak permainan dengan lebih banyak mengawal bola dan melakukan serangan ke kawasan lawan dan berjaya menghasilkan beberapa percubaan ke arah gol pihak lawan. USM FC terpaksa mengeluarkan pemain pertahanan kiri iaitu Zairi Jaafar (Wak) dengan memasukkan Barathan selepas beliau mengalami kecederaan. Selepas itu, USM FC menukarkan pemain tengah dan serangan iaitu Azizan Saari dan Fauzan (Abg) dengan memasukkan Nurqusyairi (Ustaz) dan Mohd Taufiq.

Semangat juang tinggi yang ditunjukkan para pemain telah berjaya menghasilkan gol melalui jaringan saudara Mohd Taufiq yang melakukan percubaan dari luar kotak penalti dan seterusnya menewaskan penjaga gol ATM & bekas penjaga gol kebangsaan Nasril Nordin pada minit akhir permainan. Keputusan seri ini membolehkan pasukan USM FC mendaki 1 tangga mengatasi pasukan Shahzan Muda & MP Muar yang tewas malam ini.

Keputusan-keputusan lain:-

Sabah 4 Shahzan Muda 1
Sarawak 2 MP Muar 1
Melaka 3 Harimau Muda 5
Pos Malaysia 1 PKNS 4
PDRM 1 Felda United 1

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Over the moon: USMFC players celebrate their unexpedted last minutes equalizing goal.

Harimau Muda vs USMFC (seri 1-1)

foto arkib dari perlawanan lepas (leg 1) USMFC dengan Harimau Muda

USMFC vs PKNS (kalah 0-3)

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A step closer to top league
copied from RONNIE OH (the Star)
Photos (below) by ZAINUDDIN AHAD

A CHANGE of game plan enabled Selangor PKNS to stay on course in their bid for promotion to the nation’s top league.

They humbled Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) FC 3-0 in a Premier League clash at the Stadium USM on Monday.

PKNS, who needed a win to keep league leaders Felda United and Sabah within striking distance, seemed lost in the woods initially when the well-rested university outfit began attacking them from all directions, right from the first whistle.

USM FC, who also needed a win to haul themselves out of the drop zone, came out with their guns blazing.

The match was just seven minutes old when USM threaten to prise open the PKNS goal, with Mohd Kamal Azira latching onto a Nurqusyairi Chik pass to let fly a stinging left footer, only to find PKNS keeper Saiful Amar Sudar equal to the task.

Sliding tackle: Selangor PKNS player Mohd Hairul Nizam (on the ground) slides the ball from USM's Nurqusyairi Chik during the premier league match.

PKNS had a master tactician in coach Abdul Rahman Ibrahim, who analysed USM’s strength and weakness well during the game.

During the breather, he told his boys his new game plan.

The former national coach managed to douse the USM fire by having his PKNS charges orchestrate their attack from the flanks and his Selangor club side became a transformed team when they kicked off the second half.

Unlike the side that was made to look hapless in the first half, PKNS resumed the second half on the offensive.

It drew first blood with striker Mohd Alafi timing his jump well and after beating a sea of heads outside the USM goal, he glanced home a measured cross from P. Rajes.

That goal disorientated a shocked USM FC side.

Tango: PKNS player Mohd Fadhil (No 4) and USM's Muhammad Fauzan Zainal Abidin (in purple) battling for the ball.

USM FC coach S. Veloo in a desperate move, send in a local favourite player Mohd Baser Napae for Mohd Kamal in an effort to further strengthen their attack and rescue the match.

The move almost paid dividends, just two minutes after his introduction.

The fleet footed striker had the word “equaliser” written all over his face when he dashed past the entire PKNS defence to meet a through ball from Elias Sulaiman in the 54th minute.

But with only the goalkeeper to beat, Mohd Baser shot straight into the advancing keeper to the horror of the USM bench.

This inspired the PKNS side, who went on to double their lead in the 70th minute when Fairus Montana finished off a move initiated by Mohd Azrif Nasrulhaq with a well placed volley.

It was all over when PKNS delivered the third blow just six minutes later with Mohamad Zamri firing home from an acute angle after blazing his way down the left flank and finishing with a cracker of a shot.

As Sabah handed Armed Forces a 2-1 defeat at the Likas Stadium in Kota Kinabalu, this allowed PKNS to take over the third spot from the army side.

With 33 points from 10 wins and three draws after 16 outings, PKNS is now five points adrift of leaders Felda United and two points behind second placed Sabah.

For USM FC, the defeat meant they stay rooted in the drop zone, gathering only 12 points from three wins and three draws after 16 outings.

Malam ini USMFC lawan PKNS

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USMFC vs PDRM (menang 4-1)

USM FC back on track
copied from RONNIE OH (the Star)
Photos (below) by CHIN CHENG YEANG

UNIVERSITI Sains Malaysia (USM) FC’s new signings paid dividends when they outgunned the Police team 4-1 at the USM Stadium in their Premier League campaign on Friday.

The win made sure USM stayed a rung above the relegation zone.

Except for basement side, Shahazan Muda of Pahang, who were handed a 4-0 beating by Armed Forces, strugglers like Muar MC and Malacca pulled off stunning wins in their home matches.

Muar shocked a more fancied Harimau Muda by a solitary goal at the Tan Sri Dato’ Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium in Johor Baru while Malacca edged Pos Malaysia 3-2 at the Hang Tuah Stadium.

Ball control: Penang USM’s Muhammad Afzan Zainal Abidin surrounded by several PDRM players during their premier league match at USM stadium.

Even League leaders Felda United were not spared with Sarawak walking tall at the State Stadium in Kuching to march out with a 1-0 win.

Thus for USM, the deserving victory which was their third in their campaign after 15 outings, was most timely.

And the player who was most instrumental in making sure that USM were back to winning ways was new signing Elias Sulaiman.

The attacking midfielder, a top marks man for Penang Division One champion Kampong Seronok, scored a brace and also had a hand in Mohd Fauzan Zainal Abidin’s two goals.

Police’s lone reply came from the penalty spot through Mohd Ibrahim Ismail.

Goalkeeper Suhardy Albi, whose neat saves often kept the Police raids at bay, was also instrumental in USM’s win.

USM’s hunger for an outright win from the start had the Police side buried deep in defence for long spells.

Despite Elias, Mohd Fauzan and Mohd Afzan Zainal Abidin punching holes at the Police defence, they just could not deliver the goal until the 21st minute when Mohd Fauzan scored.

Police, who themselves were denied the equaliser at the stroke of half time after an Eddy Gapil goal was ruled offside, did draw level on the hour after USM defender Azizan Saari was penalised for having handled the ball inside the box.

However their joy proved shortlived as Elias regained USM’s lead five minutes later. It was all over for Police when Mohd Fauzan and Elias, doubled their contribution in the 79th and 87th minutes respectively.

USMFC vs Melaka (seri 2-2)

USM fails to sparkle
by Ronnie Oh (the Star) Photo by K.E. OOI

LADY luck once again deserted Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) FC when they faced Malacca in the return leg of the Premier League match at their own turf in Penang on Friday.

The two teams battled to a 2-2 draw in a match which the varsity side should have won.

USM brought on three new signings — goalkeeper Suhardy Alby, defender Mohd Fariss Azlan and attacking midfielder Elias Sulaiman — after a disastrous first round with a desire to avenge their 1-0 defeat at the Hang Tuah Stadium on April 19. But they did not seize the chances that came their way.

Elias, a top marksman for Penang’s Division One champion Kampong Seronok, almost became an instant hit when he nearly scored from a free kick.

Tight marking: USM’s Muhammad Afzan Zainal Abidin (left) and Malacca’s Mohd Hafis Mamat battling for the ball during their Premier League meet.

The midfielder’s dipping shot from a dead ball situation forced Malacca keeper Mohd Asil Syafiq to topple into his own goal in a bid to keep the ball out. Fortunately for the visitors, the ball went just inches off the mark.

Shortly after, Elias, who was always in the thick of action, came close to putting his name on the scoresheet when he let fly a hefty right footer which flew just wide off the Malacca goal.

The midfielder then twice later saw his attempts stop by the cross bar in the 17th minute and the 32nd minute,

USM however were not to be denied the lead in the 36th minute and Elias had a hand in it. He freed Mohd Afzan Zainal Abidin with a telling pass and the speedy striker confidently chipped it past an advancing Mohd Asil.

Malacca silenced the partisan home fans when Abdul Latiff Suhaimi headed in the equaliser deep into injury time of the first half.

When the visitors took the lead after resumption with Rafie Katin slotting home from a melee, the university side was left stunned.

Egged on by the home crowd, USM raised their game. They managed to knock home the equaliser in the 88th minute and it came from Elias, who beat an offside trap, to give USM the draw and a precious point.

For USM, they need to do better to further haul themselves away from the relegation zone in an away match against Pos Malaysia on Monday.

They are now on 10th spot in the 12-team league with eight points from two wins, two draws and eight losses – just ahead of Johor’s Muar FC, who were edged by a solitary goal against league leaders Felda United, on better goal difference.

Felda United are leading the race with 28 points while Shahzan Muda are languising at the bottom of the table with four points.