Selangor Journal
Selangor led 3-0 in the first half of a Super League match at the Kuala Lumpur Football Stadium in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, on October 3, 2020. — Picture by BERNAMA

Caretaker coach delighted with Red Giants’ performance against police

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — Selangor caretaker coach Michael Feichtenbeiner was extremely pleased with the performance of his charges who scored a thumping 7-0 victory against bottom side, Police in a Super League match at the Kuala Lumpur Football Stadium in Cheras, here, on Saturday night.

The 60-year-old German said the second victory under his guidance would certainly boost the morale of the Red Giants squad for the last match against Felda United at the UiTM Stadium in Shah Alam on October 10.

“They did well in the first half, like last week and we scored some nice goals in the first half.

“It was only during 15 minutes after the break that I was not happy with their performance but after the fourth goal, the players managed to find their rhythm, and we got back our style of football,” he told a post-match press conference.

Meanwhile, Police head coach Mohamad Ishak Kunju Mohamad was upset with the poor performance of his charges who conceded easily through their mistakes in the match.

“I accept this defeat with an open heart, but the only thing that makes me upset is that we conceded three to four easy goals to our opponents.

“If we had managed to avoid those mistakes, I don’t think our team would have been humiliated with this heavy defeat. The first 15 minutes, we played well, then we conceded the first goal and the same mistakes kept happening,” he added.

Nevertheless, Mohamad Ishak said he was now focusing on collecting at least three points against Petaling Jaya City FC at the Petaling Jaya City Council Stadium in Kelana Jaya on Oct 10, to save the blushes as the team still failed to collect any point after 10 matches.

With their third win, the Red Giants jumped four slots to the fifth spot in the Super League table with 14 points after 10 games (three wins, five draws and two losses).

In the action on Saturday night, Selangor led 3-0 in the first half with goals from Ifedayo Olusegun Omosuyi in the 19th minute, and two from Sean Selvaraj in the 26th and 33rd minute.

In the second half, the Red Giants piled up four more goals via Brendan Gan in the 69th minute, Ifedayo (74th minute), Muhammad Safuwan Baharudin (80th minute) and Spanish import player, Rufino Segovia in the 83rd minute.

— Bernama

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