Terengganu faced DPMM in the FA Cup Round of 16 on 16 September. The visitors left Kuala Lumpur with a comfortable 3:1 victory after 90 minutes. It was an afternoon where the away side took their chances while the hosts struggled to convert possession into danger.
D. Asri opened the scoring for the hosts in the eighth minute. It looked like a promising start for Terengganu, but the momentum shifted quickly. M. Ott doubled the lead just before the break in the forty-fourth minute. By then, the home side’s early enthusiasm had faded into frustration.
DPMM extended their advantage shortly after the interval. M. Oliveira found the net in the fifty-fourth minute, putting the visitors firmly in control. J. Murray sealed the result in the sixty-fifth minute. The away end never stopped celebrating as the lead grew insurmountable.
The statistics tell a story of wasted opportunity for Terengganu. And here's the thing, they registered 153 attacks compared to 109 for DPMM. Yet they managed only five shots on target against nine for the visitors.
This result continues a difficult run for the hosts. They had drawn 1:1 with Imigresen and lost 0:3 to Selangor in their previous outings. DPMM, meanwhile, bounced back from a defeat to Terengganu earlier in the month with a 2:1 win over Sabah.
The away team advances to the quarter-finals with a strong defensive display. To be fair, they tightened things up in the final third and punished the home side’s errors. Terengganu will need to regroup if they are to avoid further setbacks.
