SRM had towork hard for their 1-0 victory against Black Emperor, with the only goal coming from ambitious skipper Luqman.
Amir was 'awarded' a yellow card for a hand-ball ten minutes after the first whistle. At th same time, Emperors 'barbarian' tactic had caused SRM flow to be unstable when they always lost the ball and possesion to the opponent.
Emperor's right winger created a good opening on the quarter hour as he provide a perfect cross from the right flank but the striker gave an untidy header. Moments later, Kamarul won a corner for SRM and Luqman, took the job. He swung the ball and a miracle happen. The ball bounced first, passed two Emperor defenders, dummied the keeper and straight into the net. Luqman broke the deadlock with his first goal for SRM in a very stylish way.
Shahrom nearly have doubled the lead moments later after a decent corner kick from Luqman, but his header, maybe his first in his career went wide of the near post.
Emperor were desperate to score the equaliser goal. They played more aggressive and commited several heavy fouls. SRM awarded a freekick when Emperor booked for a hard challenge to Chap. Chap took the chance to score his first goal this season with a 'prikik Roberto Carlos" style but his shot was unlucky to find the target.
Just before the half time break, Chap once again fouled by the Emperor during a header challenge. He had to be brought out from the field for an emergency aid and physio found that there was small crack in his spinal cord. Chap showed his high football spirit when he refused to be withdrawed and ran back into the pitch.
At the second half, Emperor were enjoying possesion but still failed to troubled SRM defense line. Emperor increase their tempo and tried to attack from both left and right flanks but failed to provide any shot-on target. The final stage were increasingly frantic as Emperor tried to find the equaliser goal but the referee signalled for full-time with the scoreline reading 1-0.
SRM and Black Emperor will met again next Monday for the second-leg tie where a goalless draw is enough for SRM to qualify to the semi-final.
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