To be fair to Kedah, by right they should have wrapped up the match for good had their goalkeeper Helmi did not balloned his spotkick sky-high. But the former national goalkeeper was too anxious to redeem his previous mistake for his team loss in the Sumbangsih Cup Final against Selangor.
Negri coach, Wan Jamak Wan Hassan nearly paid heavy price for taking off K.Thanaraj early in the match. First, Kedah got their opening goal two minutes after he took the left-legged midfielder with striker Firdaus and later the striker got himself injured soon was replaced by Norizam Salaman. By then Wan Jamak had already made three subsitutions. Defender Aidil Zaquan also looks to be suffering from an injury but manage to continue despite his injury problem.
But the night look set to be for goalkeeper Sani Kamsani after he took over as Negri no. 1 goalkeeper from Farizal Harun in the second-leg FA Cup semifinal against Selangor and there was turning back as he went on to perform incredibly well on bigger stage.
Pity for Helmi, had he converted the spot-kick he must be deservely being awarded as man of the match for his heroic performance for keeping his side in the match.Earlier subsitute Norizam Salaman free-kick was splendidly turn away by him.Shukor Adan then should have put Negri infront when cooly chested the ball in the six-yard box but his shot went straight to Helmi. Zaquan too could have the final word on the night but his powerful drive was pushed away by the goalkeeper.
For season player such as captain Rezal Zambry Yahya and Idris Karim their performance in Negri midfield engine room are not quite to the expectation. Also S.Kunanlan too is not at his best with normal darting runs on the flank not to be seen. Maybe without influential Shuhairain Abu Samah who was suspended for yellow carded the teams lacks the end product.
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