Johor pull off a surprise..

JOHOR upset the form-book in Group A when they defeated Kelantan 4-0 in the MHC-MILO-NSC-MOE National Under-14 tournament at the Seremban II Stadium yesterday.
     The win has placed them in a good position to make the semi-finals as they play a weak Perlis in the final match today while Kelantan will have to defeat defending champions Kuala Lumpur to make the last four.
    Johor and Kelantan are tied on seven points with the City side comfortable on 10 points. However should both lose the matches, then Selangor can take the second spot available for the semis.
    Johor, knowing only a win will keep their hopes alive, kept up the pressure from the start, and  scored the opening goal in the 22nd minute through Faiq Razin.
    And In the final ten minutes, Johor added another three goals via Asyraff Nazri (61st, 62nd) and Fikri Amer (67th to take the crucial three points.
     In Group B, Perak booked a place in the semis, the first team to do so in the tournament with a clinical 2-0 defeat of Malacca.
    The silver state thus have won all their five matches and will complete their fixtures against Penang, a match thy can afford to lose and yet retain the top spot.
     Perak opened scoring in the 51st minute through Nazrul Asyraf and added the second off a penalty corner converted by Najmi Hayazi in the 69th.
      RESULTS: Group A -- Johor 4 Kelantan 0, Perlis 0 Selangor 4.
   Group B: Kedah 1 Sabah 3, Perak 2 Malacca 0, Terengganu 5 Penang 1.
    TODAY: Group A -- Kuala Lumpur v Kelantan (8am), Johor v Perlis (3pm), Pahang v Selangor (5pm).
   Group B: Kedah v Malacca (8am), Perak v Penang (3pm), Terengganu v Negri Sembilan (5pm).

GROUP A

                                P        W       D        L        F        A        PTS
K. Lumpur               4        3        1         0       12       4           10
Johor                       4         2        1        1        12       4            7
Kelantan                  4        2        1         1        3        4            7
Selangor                  4         2        0        2         8       8            6
Pahang                    4          0        2        2         2      11           2
Perlis                       4         0        1        3         2       8            1

 GROUP B

                                P        W       D        L        F      A        PTS
Perak                       5         5        0         0        15      2           15
N. Sembilan            5         3        1         1        14      9           10
Penang                    5         3        0         2        21      13          9
Terengganu             5         2        2         1         11      7           8
Malacca                  5          1       1         3          5      15           4
Sabah                      6         1        1         4          8      17           4
Kedah                     5         0        1         4          3       14          1