Perlis 0 - 8 Lions (371587641)

A scorching day at Perlis 1Stadium, where 7000 spectators were in place for today's match. Perlis started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Kong-Beng - Yun-Tian, bin Elias, bin Hasan, Naushad - Joy, bin Salleh, bin Ejun, Lal - bin Mohamed, Illindala.

Lions had chosen a strategic 4-3-3 formation. Starters: Dordea - bin Ahmad, Dolski, Rothskog, Imgrüth - Šopák, Kotila, Cavedon - Emir, bin Ariffin, Chía.

Lions used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. Lions took the lead after 9 minutes making the score 0 - 1. I. Kotila placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. 15 minutes into the game, Lions worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. Perlis's A. bin Salleh refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 21 minutes. It was obvious that team Lions had instructions to attack in the middle instead of on the wings. After 22 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for H. bin Ariffin who increased Lions's lead to 0 - 2. Lions's M. bin Ahmad left the field after 23 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was M. bin Hassan. The home crowd was not impressed when M. bin Hassan came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 26 minutes. Lions were now up 0 - 3. 27 minutes into the game a free kick by I. Kotila found its way through the home side's poorly assembled defensive formation, making Lions's lead 0 - 4. Confident in their lead, Lions's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Halftime score was 0 - 4. Possession in this half belonged to Lions, who controlled the ball 76 percent of the time.

With 53 minutes played, Lions put themselves up 0 - 5 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was A. Chía. Perlis's A. bin Salleh was shown a yellow card after 54 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Lions's N. Imgrüth had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 57 minutes having been played. Y. Tapuchi was the replacement. After 67 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed A. Chía to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 6. Lions's Y. Tapuchi made it through the home team's defence on the right hand side 68 minutes into the match. After rounding the keeper, he only had to place the ball in the unguarded goal when a defender slid in and cleared the ball off the line. H. bin Ariffin increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 7. With 79 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed H. bin Ariffin of Lions to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 8. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for H. bin Ariffin. Lions's M. bin Hassan got himself booked for a foul. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Lions, with 78 percent of the ball.

The most dominating Perlis player was without a doubt A. bin Elias. L. Kong-Beng turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Lions player was M. Cavedon. On the other hand, Y. Tapuchi's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 8.