Sharp-MM looking good for semifinals (The Malay Mail)

SHARP-MALAY MAIL survived a furious on-slaught in the last 15 minutes to
edge Kuala Lumpur's Back-up squad 2-1 in a Dunhill League match at Bandar
Tun Razak Stadium yesterday.
   The Back-up squad were certainly looking good for the equaliser
during this period and Sharp-MM goalkeeper M. Pavalamani had to make two
creditable saves to keep his team's 2-1 lead intact.
   With this win, Sharp-MM have enhanced their chances of making the
semifinals. They are now in second spot with nine points from four
matches.
   Sharp-MM started the match convincingly by executing clever moves
towards the goal but this lasted for only five minutes.
   After this, it was Back-up who dictated the match and began to pile
up the pressure. It was not before long that they deservedly took the lead
with a goal by Ng Boo Cheng.
   Inspired by this the youngsters were hungry for more with strikers
Boo Cheng and Mohamad Sham Mohamad Nor getting good support from midfield.
The Sharp-MM defence led by See Kim Seng and S. Tamilaresan had to work
overtime.
   Midway through the first half, Sharp-MM began to reorganize
themselves and finally equalised in the 28th minute through S. Muniathy
after receiving a backpass from K. Kannan.
   Sharp-MM continued to mount the pressure and in the 40th minute Kim
Seng made it 2-1 with a powerful freekick from 30 metres.
GROUP A
           P  W  D  L  P  A  Pt
City Hall    3  3  0  0 11  1  9
Sharp MM     4  3  0  1  8  6  9
Police       2  1  0  1  3  2  3
Back-Up      3  1  0  2  4  8  3
Felda        1  0  0  1  0  2  0
BSN          3  0  0  3  2  9  0