INDERA WIN DST SUMBANGSIH CUP
Indera
SC manager Rosdin Hj Abdul Aziz (L), captain Sahrin Momin (C) and Mohammad Afi
Aminuddin with the
Sumbangsih Cup after defeating MS ABDB 2-0 at the Hassanal
Bolkiah National Stadium. Picture: BT/Yee Chun Leong
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Indera SC clinched the
2015 DST Sumbangsih Cup after a 2-0 victory over the Royal Brunei Armed Forces
Sports Council (MS ABDB) last night.
Two second-half goals
by Sam Frank and Hamizan Aziz Sulaiman, respectively, sealed the deal for the
two-time DST Super League champions at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium in
Berakas.
Indera should have
opened the scoring as early as the 12th minute but Frank saw his header cleared
off the goal line.
Pvt Abd Azizi Ali
Rahman had a good chance for MS ABDB in the 23rd minute but Indera goalkeeper
Mohd Fakhrul Zulhazmi Yussof was equal to the task.
Another opportunity
came up for the armymen when Lcpl Mohd Baharin Hamidon was put through on goal
for a one-on-one situation against Mohd Fakhrul in the 35th minute.
The forward picked his
spot from just inside the box but the Indera goalkeeper did well to keep out
his effort.
MS ABDB were seeing
plenty of the ball but couldn’t make anything out of it and the match was
goalless at halftime.
The deadlock was broken
by Indera just three minutes after the interval.
Frank got the ball down
the left and he dribbled into the box before firing past Pvt Mohd Tarmizi Hj
Mat Johari for the lead.
The Indera forward
tried an ambitious one from almost 25 yards out in the 53rd minute and was just
off the target.
Indera doubled their
advantage in the next minute after Hamizan pounced on a bad backpass to the
goalkeeper.
He noticed Pvt Mohd
Tamizi was off his line and he chipped the ball from just outside the box and
into an empty net.
Frank got another
strike on target in the 61st minute but was kept out by the MS ABDB
shotstopper.
He then went down with
an ankle injury and the tide seemed to change in favour of two- time DST FA Cup
defending champions MS ABDB.
Pvt Abd Azizi unleashed
a good attempt from inside the box in the 67th minute but an Indera player
managed to put his body in the way.
They should have got on
the scoresheet two minutes later after Pvt Zulfadhli PK Hj Matassan was put
through on goal but Mohd Fakhrul did well to close out the shot.
Another chance came in
the 77th minute but Pvt Affendy Hj Akup watched his header go just over the
crossbar.
Indera almost killed
off the match entirely in the 84th minute off a counterattack.
Hamizan did well to
pick out Mohammad Asri Hj Aspar with a high ball. Pvt Mohd Tarmizi came out the
box to try and deal with it but the latter rounded him. However, Pvt Mohd
Aliuddin Hj Basar recovered to make a tackle to prevent Mohammad Asri from
getting a shot into an empty net.
Affendy almost gave the
armymen a lifeline three minutes from time after rifling a shot from inside the
box but Mohd Fakhrul produced an acrobatic save to ensure they kept a clean
sheet enroute to victory.
Present as the guest of
honour to hand out the prizes to the winners was Suhaimi Hussain, the CEO of
DST. The Sumbangsih Cup is a curtain raiser to the 2015 national football
season.
Indera were crowned
champions of the 2014 DST Super League with 43 points ahead of second-placed MS
ABDB with 37 points. Najip FC finished third in the league with 27 points.
MS ABDB successfully
defended their crown for the 2014 DST FA Cup after defeating Najip 2-0 in the
final at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium on January 4.