Sembilan 0 - 7 Exiles93 (371590458)

Clear skies welcomed the 7000 spectators who had made their way to Negeri Sembilan Park. Reto Zwingli was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Flávio Cunha and Stein Olaussen. Sembilan started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. They fielded: Yu-Kwen - Sit-Wai, bin Mohd Zain, Abdullah, Pok-e - bin Tahar, bin Mustaffa, Ladzim, Tewari - Hei-Wai, Rahman.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Exiles93. Lineup: Thoriq - Ze Yao, Walid, Osterman, Feng Han - Wadihan Hanafi, Mohd Syamsuddin, Mohd Irzani, Iskandar - Syadi, Abd Rahim Jamaluddin.

After 4 minutes Sembilan's I. bin Tahar limped slightly after a late challenge, but he was able to continue. One of many good crosses from F. Iskandar on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by M. Abd Rahim Jamaluddin, who scored for Exiles93. 0 - 1 After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, O. Osterman got himself booked. The manager of Exiles93 was not happy. After 26 minutes, Exiles93's K. Syadi burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 2. J. Sit-Wai of Sembilan received a yellow card after 29 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. 0 - 2 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Exiles93, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

Some fine movement on the left led to a Exiles93 goal after 48 minutes, making it 0 - 3. Z. Wadihan Hanafi was noted down as the scorer. The home crowd was not impressed when C. Mohd Syamsuddin came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 57 minutes. Exiles93 were now up 0 - 4. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Exiles93 lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. A drive down the left side allowed M. Mohd Irzani to get in close and score another goal for Exiles93 after 67 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 5. The Exiles93 free kick 68 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of K. Syadi, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 0 - 6! M. Mohd Irzani increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 7. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Exiles93, with 58 percent of the ball.

T. Hei-Wai performed admirably for Sembilan. D. Yu-Kwen turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Exiles93 player was K. Syadi. On the other hand, K. Thoriq's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 7.