Woodlands vs DPMM FC Report [2-1]

Rams claim first home win

Ko Po Hui
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Goals from Mojtaba Tehranizadeh and Jamil Ali helped Woodlands Wellington to their first win at home this term, as they held off DPMM FC to record a 2-1 victory.

Abu Bakar Makari pulled one back just a minute after the Rams duo had sent the home side into a 2-0 lead, to set up a close finale on a wet and heavy Woodlands pitch.

But the Rams hung on to leave coach Nenad Bacina savouring the three points. “I’m too excited to say anything now!” he smiled.

“I have been telling my players that every game is like a war, and they are facing a problem mentally in that we have been playing well in some games but dropping points at the same time.

“I congratulate my players for tonight’s win over DPMM as they are one of the top teams, and by beating them it proved we can actually play,” Bacina added.

On a sodden surface, it was no surprise to see both teams starting cautiously.

After a mundane opening, the game witnessed its first piece of end-to-end action in the 10th minute.

Woodlands man Jalal curled a freekick onto the head of towering team-mate Daniel Hammond, but the Englishman’s header was tame.

That allowed DPMM to launch a counter-attack, which led to Algerian Abdel Hamid Berguiga’s effort from outside the box being fumbled by Woodlands keeper Rezal Hassan, only for Ismadi Mukhtar to clear off the line.

The Bruneians grew into the dominant side of the match with much of the possession, but failed to convert a series of chances they created.

No such problem for Woodlands, who went into the lead in the 33rd minute despite having been on the back foot for most of the half.

Tehranizadeh’s diving header from close range sent the Woodlands supporters into celebration, as the Iranian himself sprinted off to mark his third goal of the season.

The Rams could have doubled their lead in the 39th minute when Jamil floated a cross from the left, but Tehranizadeh missed the target by a few inches.

The man nicknamed ‘Moshee’ was again denied in the 54th minute when he was sent through into the Bruneians’ penalty area by Jamil’s intelligent ball, but his effort was poor.

Four minutes later Berguiga was again in the thick of action when he outsmarted the burly Precious Emuejeraye, but Hammond was in quickly to clear.

The hosts doubled their lead in the 64th minute through Jamil, as the livewire midfielder fired in on the second attempt after his first shot was blocked by DPMM skipper Sallehuddin Damit.

Barely a minute later, the visitors reduced the deficit when Abu Bakar cruised past the static Emuejeraye, and beat Rezal for 2-1.

Woodlands began to protect the lead by putting numbers at the back, and the Bruneians could find no way through en route to just their second defeat of the season.

But even in defeat, DPMM coach Vjeran Simunic did not pass up an opportunity to glorify his side.

“Look at Woodlands! They celebrated as if they beat Chelsea!” laughed Simunic.

“If Woodlands played like this every time, they would have been second in the league. But they don’t, they wait till we come.

“It was a tough pitch to play on, and I complained we were not given a penalty, not once but thrice during the game. If we got the penalties, the win will be ours.

“But we should be satisfied with our performance as we are still within our target (of a top three place),” added the Croatian.

Match Statistics for Match 71 - Woodlands Wellington FC vs Brunei DPMM FC

Match Statistics for Match 71 - Woodlands Wellington FC vs Brunei DPMM FC

S.LEAGUE

21 May 09, 1945hrs, Woodlands Stadium

SCORING SUMMARY (Full-Time Score)
Woodlands Wellington FC	2 - 1		Brunei DPMM FC
Mojtaba Tehranizadeh (33')		Abu Bakar Mahari (65')
Jamil Ali (64')

Woodlands Wellington FC
No.	Name	Pos
18	Rezal Hassan	GK
3	Azlan Alipah (C)	DF
4	Precious Emuejeraye	DF
5	Daniel Hammond	DF
6	Anaz Hadee	DF
19	Syaiful Iskandar	DF
2	Jalal	MF
7	Ismadi Mukhtar	MF
10	Luis Eduardo Hicks	MF
16	Jamil Ali	MF
14	Mojtaba Tehranizadeh	FW
Woodlands Wellington FC Substitutes
20	Ahmadulhaq Che Omar	GK
8	Mohammad Shahri Bin Musa	MF
11	Hasrin Bin Jailani	MF
12	Asraf Rashid	MF
13	Kamal Nasir	MF
34	Syamsul Bahri Ali	FW

Brunei DPMM FC
No.	Name	Pos
25	Wardun Yussof	GK
2	Yusof Salleh	DF
5	Rene Komar	DF
6	Pg Sallehuddin Damit (C)	DF
3	Sairol Sahari	MF
7	Azwan Saleh	MF
11	Haji Subhi Abdilah	MF
12	Ivan Jerkovic	MF
13	Rosmin Kamis	MF
10	Abdelhamid Berguiga	FW
22	Shahrazen Said	FW
Brunei DPMM FC Substitutes
18	Pg Haji Hamzah Abdul Rahman	GK
4	Safari Wahit	DF
9	Hardi Bujang	MF
15	Suhaime Yussof	MF
17	Abu Bakar Mahari	MF
20	Helmi Zambin	MF

Woodlands Wellington FC Substitutions

Hasrin Bin Jailani for Azlan Alipah (68')

Asraf Rashid for Jalal (72')

Syamsul Bahri Ali for Jamil Ali (89')

Brunei DPMM FC Substitutions

Abu Bakar Mahari for Azwan Saleh (38')

Helmi Zambin for Haji Subhi Abdilah (57')

Hardi Bujang for Rosmin Kamis (69')

Woodlands Wellington FC Yellow Cards
Name	Min
Mojtaba Tehranizadeh	45
Jalal	69
Hasrin Bin Jailani	81
Syamsul Bahri Ali	90
Woodlands Wellington FC Red Cards
None
Woodlands Wellington FC Coach
Nenad Bacina

Brunei DPMM FC Yellow Cards
Name	Min
Sairol Sahari	9
Abdelhamid Berguiga	43
Rene Komar	69
Brunei DPMM FC Red Cards
None
Brunei DPMM FC Coach
Vjeran Simunic

Match Officials
Referee	Abas Daud
Asst Referee 1	Tang Yew Mun
Asst Referee 2	Muhammad Syahir Bin Ahamadi
Fourth Official	Zaid Bin Hussein
Match Commissioner	S Mahalingam

Match Attendance

1,330

Match Statistics for Match 1 - National U-23 (men) vs Malaysia U-23

Match Statistics for Match 1 - National U-23 (men) vs Malaysia U-23

INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY

21 May 09, 1930hrs, Jalan Besar Stadium

SCORING SUMMARY (Full-Time Score)
National U-23 (men)	0 - 3		Malaysia U-23
		Norshahrul Idlan (20')
		Mohd Zaquan Adha (Pen 24')
		Farderin Kadir (67')

National U-23 (men)
No.	Name	Pos
1	Izwan Mahbud	GK
7	Hariss S/o Harun
8	Safuwan Baharudin	DF
10	Irwan Shah	DF
15	Afiq Yunos	DF
4	Isa Halim (C)	MF
5	Hamqaamal Shah	MF
12	Shahdan Sulaiman	MF
13	Yasir Hanapi	MF
20	Nazrul Ahmad Nazari	MF
22	Khalili D'cruz	FW
National U-23 (men) Substitutes
2	Azfar Zainal Abidin
18	Jasper Chan	GK
9	Shaiful Esah	DF
11	Fadhil Noh	FW
14	Fairoz Hasan	FW
16	Haniff Sadique	FW
19	Goh Swee Swee	FW

Malaysia U-23
No.	Name	Pos
1	Mohd Farizal
4	Mohd Asraruddin
7	Mohd Aidil Zafuan
8	Mohd Zaquan Adha
12	Amar Rohidan
13	Shahurain Abu Samah
21	Mohd Amirulhadi
23	Norshahrul Idlan
25	Mohd Fandi
27	Mohd Muslim
30	Mohd Bunyamin
Malaysia U-23 Substitutes
2	Mohd Sabree
3	Mazlizam Mohamad
5	G. Mahathevan
6	Mohd Nasriq
10	K. Gurusamy
11	Baddrol Bakthiar
14	Khyril Muhymeen
15	Razali Umar
16	S. Kunanlan
19	Farderin Kadir
20	Kamarul Afiq
22	Mohd Nasril Nordin
26	Mohd Azmi

National U-23 (men) Substitutions

Fadhil Noh for Hariss S/o Harun (46')

Fairoz Hasan for Yasir Hanapi (46')

Goh Swee Swee for Khalili D'cruz (46')

Shaiful Esah for Nazrul Ahmad Nazari (56')

Jasper Chan for Izwan Mahbud (62')

Haniff Sadique for Hamqaamal Shah (68')

Azfar Zainal Abidin for Shahdan Sulaiman (77')

Malaysia U-23 Substitutions

S. Kunanlan for Mohd Fandi (28')

Mohd Nasril Nordin for Mohd Farizal (46')

G. Mahathevan for Amar Rohidan (46')

Mohd Nasriq for Mohd Zaquan Adha (46')

Razali Umar for Norshahrul Idlan (46')

Farderin Kadir for Mohd Muslim (46')

Mohd Azmi for Mohd Asraruddin (60')

K. Gurusamy for Mohd Bunyamin (60')

Mohd Sabree for Mohd Amirulhadi (61')

Khyril Muhymeen for Shahurain Abu Samah (62')

Mazlizam Mohamad for Mohd Aidil Zafuan (70')

Baddrol Bakthiar for S. Kunanlan (70')

Kamarul Afiq for G. Mahathevan (74')

National U-23 (men) Yellow Cards
Name	Min
Izwan Mahbud	23
Afiq Yunos	37
National U-23 (men) Red Cards
None
National U-23 (men) Coach
T Pathmanathan

Malaysia U-23 Yellow Cards
Name	Min
Mohd Amirulhadi	48
Malaysia U-23 Red Cards
None
Malaysia U-23 Coach
K. Rajagobal

Match Officials
Referee	Sukhbir Singh
Asst Referee 1	Edwin Tan
Asst Referee 2	Eugene Chan
Fourth Official	Leow Thiam Hoe

Match Attendance

1,418