Royal Brunei Armed Forces Sports Council interim manager
Major (A) Pg Mohd Farisan Pg Hj Metassan (L) congratulates his players
after their 3-0 win over Najip FC in the DST Super League last night.BT/
AK Fauzi Pg Salleh
Thursday, September 4, 2014
ROYAL
Brunei Armed Forces Sports Council (MS ABDB) defeated Najip FC 3-0 last
night to secure second place in the 2014 DST Super League.Affendy Hj Akup, Ak Mohd Safri Pg Othman and Abdul Azizi Ali Rahman all found the net in the victory at the Balapan Track and Field of the Hassanal Bolkiah National Sports Complex in Berakas.
The win puts MS ABDB on 34 points behind champions Indera Sports Club (SC) on 40 points.
Najip remain third with 27 points.
Indera SC successfully defended their title after thrashing QAF FC 7-1 on Monday and they will face MS ABDB in their final match on September 13.
“I am very happy that we managed to finish second this year, we might not win the league but we still maintained our reputation as one of the best football teams in Brunei,” said MS ABDB interim manager Major (A) Pg Mohd Farisan Pg Hj Metassan in an interview with The Brunei Times after the match.
“We knew that it was impossible for us to win the league after Indera won the game yesterday (Monday) so I told the players to use this game as preparation for our next tournament, the DST FA Cup,” he said.
The DST FA Cup, which is in its second edition this year is slated to take place at the end of this month.
“We controlled the game tonight and I think we had 70 per cent ball possession throughout. We were dominating the midfield and our defence was very good,” said the interim manager.
“Najip are a very good team but we can see in the game that our fitness was slightly better than them and in the second half we totally outplayed them.
“I think captain Ak Mohd Safri played very well tonight, he made a lot of contribution in the game including the goal, he is our man of the match,” he added.
MS ABDB was in control of the game from kickoff and they got in front in the 45th minute through defender Affendy.
The armymen were awarded a penalty when Mohd Hanafizal Helman Hanafiah blocked the shot from inside the penalty box with his arm.
Abdul Azizi stepped up to take the penalty but his shot crashed into the bar and Affendy was the first to get onto the rebound, heading the ball past goalkeeper Ron Junior Philip.
MS ABDB continued to dominate the game and eventually got their second goal in the 68th minute when Ak Mohd Safri headed home a Mohd Khairuddin Abdul Kadir cross from the right.
Abdul Azizi made it 3-0 just a few minutes from time when he made a beautiful strike from 30 metres out to defeat Ron Junior in goal.
The DST Super League action will continue on Sunday with a match between Najip and Indera SC at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium in Berakas.
The Brunei Times
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