DPMM FC Draw
By Dannie Abu Basrah

Bandar Seri Begawan - DPMM FC fought back in the second half to draw 2-2 with Tobacco FC of Thailand in their opening Group B game of the AFF Club Championship 2005 at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium last night.

In an earlier game Tampines Rover FC powered themselves from a goal behind to victory as they defeated Finance & Revenue of Myanmar 2-1.

In the DPMM FC game, the host team started the game furiously from the kickoff, making their intentions clear as they instantly pressured the Tobacco FC goal in search of the early killer goal.

As the game proceeded DPMM FC fell victim on the third minute as they unfortunately conceded an Anderson deflected goal after the Brazilian's shot went off a DPMM FC defender and into the net after goalie Pg Hj Hamzah Pg Hj Abd Rahman dived the wrong way to trail by a goal.

Two minutes later Saizan Hj Kula was presented with a good goal scoring chance to level the score from five yards but was superbly denied by Tobacco FC, goalie Sujin Naknayom punching the ball for a corner. In the 24th minute, Anderson scored his second of the game with a powerful left foot ground shot after nicely being spotted unmarked in the box by Panipol Kerdyam as Tobacco FC went 2-0 up.

Stunned with the goal, DPMM FC continued to build up their pressure on the Thai side's goal and finally managed to hit the back of the net when Goran Vusanovic caught the goalie spectacularly curling in a shot with his left foot from the right flank on the 33"d minute.

Mohd Saiful Rizal Awang proved to be DPMM FC's saviour when he scored the equalising goal on the 83rd minute firing the ball home from a scramble in the Tobacco FC box that saw the-game eventually ending at 2-2.

Meanwhile in the earlier match, Tampines Rover FC beat highly spirited Finance & Revenue 2-1 after the Singaporean side put up a strong performance in the second half as they managed to match the fast paced game of the Myanmar team.

Finance & Revenue drew first blood on the 11th minute as Kyaw Thu Ra slotted the ball under goalie Mohd Rezal Hassan to put his side in front after the goalie cleared an initial shot straight into the unguarded Kyaw Thu Ra's path.

The goal increased their hunger for a second as the Myanmar side displayed a dangerous attacking style of football pressing mostly from both flanks as wingers Aung Kyaw Myint and Kyaw Thu Ra superbly performed the task out.

Tampines Rover FC first real chance came on the 30th minute as Mohamed Rafi's effort hit the post after latching onto a well delivered cross by Mirko Grabovac.

The game was back to square one three minutes before the break as Mustafic Fahrudin sweetly volleyed home the equaliser.

Tampines Rover FC scored their second which proved to be the winning goals on the 65th minute through Mirko Grabovac with a comfortable header from a right cross delivery. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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