Headline Defenceless soldiers MediaTitle The Star Date 04 Apr 2014 Color Full Color Section Sports Circulation 298,821 Page No 63 Readership 1,839,000 Language English ArticleSize 573 cm² Journalist Eric Samuel AdValue RM 26,582 Frequency Daily PR Value RM 79,746

Defenceless soldiers Forces trvine out South Koreans to strengthen backline

Bv ERIC SAMUEL PETALING JAYA: It's hard to imagine ate ligament (ACL) knee corrective To make matters worse, their top but the soldiers do not know how to surgery, while another centreback, scorer Marlon James suffered a mus­ defend ­ on the football field. And Spase Dilevski of Australia, is also on cle tear on his right knee in January they are working immediately to the crock list. and has yet to recover. plug the holes in their backline. Previously, Forces could have The former St Vincent and the Two players from the K­League relied on utility player Fitri Omar but Grenadines player suffered the inju­ are down for trials to bolster the ail­ the defender parted ways with the ry in the season opener against ing Armed Forces defence which has club to join Kelantan during the Sarawak on Jan 18 and then aggra­ "been depleted by a string of injuries recent second transfer window. vated it on his return in the 2­1 to key players. "I have a crisis in defence arid I defeat to the Lions XII on Feb 15. Coach B. Sathianathan said he is don't have the players," said The soldiers are winless in their testing out two South Koreans. Sathianathan. last seven matches and they are "I have two weeks to make ah One of the desperate measures is scheduled to face Kelantan next at assessment of the two Koreans and to move striker Hairuddin Omar to the Sultan Mohd IV Stadium in Kota at the same time 1 need to monitor the back to play in defence. Baru tomorrow. the progress of our injured players. The backline woes have severely Meanwhile, Terengganu will be 'The bottom line is that we have affected the soldiers' performance in put to the test against Sarawak at the to address the issue in defence as the Super League, which has seen State Stadium today. soon as possible," said a concerned them slip from the top­half to sec­ Terengganu coach Abdul Rahman Sathianathan yesterday. ond from the bottom in the 12­team Ibrahim said the players must show Centrebacks Amiridzwan Taj standings. discipline in defence and get points Tajuddin and K. Reuben are down Forces have the worst defensive in away matches. with long­term injuries ­ both are record, conceding 17 goals in 10 They will be without skipper recuperating from an anterior cruci­ matches. They have managed nine Ismail Faruqi, who is serving a one­ points from two wins, three draws match suspension after collecting and five defeats so far. three yellow cards. Headline Defenceless soldiers MediaTitle The Star Date 04 Apr 2014 Color Full Color Section Sports Circulation 298,821 Page No 63 Readership 1,839,000 Language English ArticleSize 573 cm² Journalist Eric Samuel AdValue RM 26,582 Frequency Daily PR Value RM 79,746

cr«*,"l, 4rmed Forces' Australian defender Spase Ditaki m> is als0 dow" J, " Headline Defenceless soldiers MediaTitle The Star Date 04 Apr 2014 Color Full Color Section Sports Circulation 298,821 Page No 63 Readership 1,839,000 Language English ArticleSize 573 cm² Journalist Eric Samuel AdValue RM 26,582 Frequency Daily PR Value RM 79,746

FIXTURES Awn

'Kick­off at 8.45pm unless stated SARAWAK VS TERENGGANU (State Stadium, Kuching) PKNS FC VS JOHOR DARUL TA'ZIM (Shah Alam Stadium) ■ TOMORROW KELANTAN VS ARMED FORCES (Sultan Mohd IV Stadium, Kota Baru) PERAK VS SELANGOR (Perak Stadium, Ipoh) T­TEAMVS PAHANG (Sultan Ismail Stadium, K. Terengganu) SIME DARBY FCvs LIONS XII (Seiayang Stadium)

PAHANG TERENGGANU 5ELANGOR JDT LIONS XII KELANTAN SARAWAK S1ME DARBY PKNSFC T­IEAM A. FORCES PERAK FIXTURES AND STANDINGS

'Kick­off at 8.45pm unless stated PENANG VS JOHOR DARUL TA'ZIM II (City Stadium) POLICE VS SPAPUTRAJAYA (MBPJ Stadium, Kelana Jaya ­ 4.45pm) UiTMFC VS KEDAH (Stadium UiTM Shah Aiam ­ 4.45pm) PERLIS VS NEGRI SEMBILAN (Stadium Darulaman, Alor Setar ­ 4.45pm) DRB HICOM FC vs FELDA UNITED (Hang jebat stadium ­ 4.45pm) SABAHVS PBAPPFC (Likas Stadium. K. Kinabalu ­ 8.15pm)

POLICE PENANG FELDA UTD JDTII N. SEMBILAN KEDAH 5ABAH SPAPUTRAJAYA DRB HICOM FC PERLIS UiTMFC • PBAPPFC