Do-or-die battle for champs and debutants (The Malay Mail)

A DO-OR-DIE battle is on the cards between FAM Cup defending champions
Malacca Telekoms and debutants Kuala Lumpur Malay Mail in their final
Group A match at KLFA Stadium tomorrow.
 However, the winners are still not assured of a semifinal berth yet as
it also depends on the outcome of the match between Armed Forces and
Police on Monday at the same venue.
 For either Telekoms or Malay Mail to qualify, Armed Forces, who have
already qualified for the semifinals, must defeat Police.
 Forces, unbeaten in the Group, had defeated Police 4-0 in the first leg.
 Both Telekoms and Malay Mail remained in contention for the semifinals
when the former defeated Police 4-1 for their first victory in four
matches at Kubu Stadium last Sunday.
 Although Malay Mail went down 5-0 to Forces, the Police defeat kept them
in the hunt. Malay Mail had, in an earlier encounter, held Forces to a 1-1
draw.
 But Malay Mail have only themselves to blame for their current situation
because they could have booked their berth if only they had beaten Police
in their two encounters, which they lost both by on- goal margins (1-0 and
2-1).
 However, Malay Mail will take to the field with the confidence that they
had defeated Telekom by a solitary goal in the first leg match at Kubu
Stadium in Malacca three weeks ago.
 If both teams fail to break the deadlock tomorrow, it will be all over
for them as Police will book the semifinals berth even if they lose to
Armed Forces.
 In another Group B match tomorrow, Johor FC - last year's losing
finalists and champions for the two past years - will be going all out to
beat Negri Sembilan BSN at the Paroi Stadium to book their semifinal
berth.
 Johor FC also suffered a shock 3-0 defeat at the hands of Kuala Lumpur
Maybank last week to put a damper on their semifinal hopes.
 BSN are out of the running.

STANDING
GROUP A
               P  W  D  L  F  A Pt
Armed Forces    5  4  1  0 16  4 13
Police          5  2  1  2  5 10  7
M'cca Telekoms  5  1  1  3  8  9  4
KL Malay Mail   5  1  1  3  3  9  4

GROUP B
               P  W  D  L  F  A Pt
NS Chempaka     5  4  1  0 13  5 13
Johor FC        5  2  1  2  9  9  7
KL Maybank      5  2  0  3  9  9  6
NS BSN          5  1  0  4  5 13  3
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