AFC CUP 2012 GROUP F : Kitchee vs Terengganu

Stadium Tseng Kwan O Sport, Hong Kong 8:05pm	KITCHEE	2	2	TERENGGANU FA
	JORGE TARRES PARAMO (2)			MOHAMAD ASHARI BIN SAMSUDIN, ABDUL HADI BIN YAHAYA

Hong Kong: Hong Kong league leaders Kitchee set-up a home tie with Arema Indonesia in the last 16 of the AFC Cup after Spanish striker Jordi Tarres scored twice in the first half on Wednesday to secure a 2-2 draw with Group F runners-up Terengganu of Malaysia.

With Kitchee simply needing to avoid defeat at Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground on the final Matchday to top the group, Tarres twice handed the home side the lead in the first half only to see Ashari Samsudin’s 15th minute strike and a second half penalty from Abdul Hadi Yahaya deny Josep Gombau’s side a fourth win in six games.

Despite failing to earn the three points they needed to edge ahead of Kitchee at the top of the table FA Cup winners Terengganu, who had also already secured their place in the last 16, will face Malaysian east coast rivals and Group H winners Kelantan on May 23 in their one-off tie.

“I am happy with the team. We took the point we needed to be in the next round in the first position which was our objective,” said Kitchee’s Spanish coach Gombau.

“It was not easy as Terengganu are not an easy side. The match was equal and both teams performed well. I am satisfied with the point.

“In the next round we will play at home which is a little advantage for us, but all the teams in the last 16 are good. We will play Arema and I am confident. It is just one game but we will play at home which is important.”

Kitchee, who are just one win away from retaining the Hong Kong domestic title, took the lead after just nine minutes as Tarres muscled in front of his marker on the edge of the six-yard area to meet Lo Kwan Yee’s right wing cross and the Spanish striker’s glancing header found the opposite corner.

But the lead lasted just six minutes as Terengganu carved open a static Kitchee defence with midfielder Ashari playing in Zubir Azmi on the right side of the penalty area before turning home the striker’s low cross from the edge of the six yard area.

Kitchee, though, regained the lead in the last minute of the first half as Tarres raced in behind the Terengganu defence from Chan Man Fai’s clever flick and with his first touch the Spanish striker coolly lifted the ball over advancing goalkeeper Shamirza Yusoff from the edge of the area.

But with 20 minutes remaining Terengganu equalised for a second time as Hadi confidently converted from the penalty spot after being pulled back by Spanish defender Fernando Recio as the striker attempted to chase a through ball into the Kitchee area.

“We are satisfied with the game because we have many injures,” said Terengganu assistant coach Khalid Mohammed Dahan.

“It was a tough night for Terengganu. We had only 16 players and two were injured and we played all the players even though they were injured, but we had no choice. A defender also had to play as a striker, but we had no choice. The players were very determined against a good team and we are satisfied with the result. Kitchee deserve to be champions of the group.

“Kitchee have topped the group and we are runners-up so we have to play the champions from Group H which is Kelantan who are also from Malaysia. We will play Kelantan who are our neighbours so we don’t have to take a flight; it is just a two hour bus ride.

“Hopefully our players will recover soon and hopefully they can play. Kelantan and Terengganu are the top two teams in Malaysia at the moment so I think it will be a good match and I am looking forward to playing Kelantan.”

AFC CUP 2012 GROUP STAGE 09-05-2012 12:00 Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground, Hong Kong, HONG KONG 1179 attendances KITCHEE (HKG) 2 2 1st Half 1 2 TERENGGANU (MAS) 0 2nd Half 1 Ext. Time Penalty Kick

90+6 minutes JORGE TARRES PARAMO partly cloudy;, hot and humid ; 70% humidty; wind from ssw at 16kmh 30 C

Lineups

KITCHEE (HKG)	TERENGGANU (MAS)
1 GK PENG 2 DF FERNANDO RECIO COMI  68 3 DF DANIEL CANCELA RODRIGUEZ 5 DF ZEESHAN REHMAN 7 MF CHU SIU KEI (C) 9 FW LIANG ZICHENG  78 10 MF LAM KA WAI  79 12 MF LO KWAN YEE 13 MF CHAN MAN FAI  53  3 18 FW JORGE TARRES PARAMO  9,  45 19 FW HUANG YANG	6 MF ERISON BAIANO  70  33 8 FW MOHD AILIM FAHMI BIN KAMARUDDIN  46 10 MF ISMAIL FARUQI BIN ASHARI 13 DF HASMIZAN BIN KAMARODIN 14 FW ABDUL HADI BIN YAHAYA  69 15 DF MAZLIZAM BIN MOHAMAD  54 16 DF MUHAMMAD ZUBIR BIN MOHD AZMI 19 MF ABDUL SHUKUR BIN JUSOH 22 FW MOHAMAD ASHARI BIN SAMSUDIN  14 23 DF MOHD FAIZAL BIN MUHAMAD (C) 24 GK MOHD SHAMIRZA BIN YUSOFF  83
Substitutes
8 MF NGAN LOK FUNG 14 DF LIU QUANKUN  79 21 DF TSANG KAM TO  78 22 FW LO CHI KWAN  53 23 GK GUO JIANQIAO 26 FW CHAO PENGFEI 30 FW ROBSON AUGUSTO LEUNG	2 DF MOHAMAD MUSLIM BIN AHMAD  46 4 MF SHAMSUL KAMAL BIN MOHAMAD 5 DF NIK ZULAZIZ BIN NAWAWI 20 DF HARIRI BIN MOHD SAFII  70 25 GK MOHD SHARBINEE ALLAWEE BIN RAMLI  83
Not Eligible
Not Playing
6 MF GAO WEN 15 DF HA JAMES STEPHEN GEE 17 GK LI JIAN	1 GK MUHAMAD SAIFUDDIN BIN MOKHTAR 3 DF MOHD MUHAIMIN BIN OMAR 7 MF REESHAFIQ BIN ALWI 9 FW FRANCIS FORKEY DOE 11 FW ABDUL MANAF BIN MAMAT 17 DF MOHD MAZUKI BIN YUSOF 18 MF AHMAD NORDIN BIN ALIAS
Team Officials
CHU CHI KWONG ALEX (Team Manager) JOSEP BALAGUE (Head Coach)	CHE MAT BIN JUSOH (Team Manager)
Referee
CHAIYA MAHAPAB (THAILAND)
Assistant Referees
INKAEW THAWEEP (THAILAND) THANOM BORIKUT (THAILAND)
Fourth Official
PRATHAN NASAWANG (THAILAND)
Fifth Official
Legend:
Goals  Own goal  Penalties  Missed Penalties  Red Cards  YellowCards  2nd Yellow (Red card)  Substitution