DPMM FC And Tampines Rover Win
By Alex How

Bandar Seri Begawan – DPMM FC scored a dramatic 2-1 win over Finance & Revenue of Myanmar while Singapore's Tampines Rover FC defeated Tobacco FC of Thailand 3-1 in the AFF Club Championship 2005 at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium last night.

Rosmin bin Hj Kamis scored the winning goal for DPMM FC in the dying seconds of the game. Finance & Revenue's Kyaw Thu-Ra scored the first goal in the 37th minute but a minute before half time, Goran Vujanovic cheered the sea of supporters in red when he put DPMM FC back into the game with a fine goal.

Tampines Rover, the Singapore S-League champions started the `game vigorously to look for an early goal. It was Mirko Grabovac who opened the account for Tampines in the 13th minute after a lovely square pass from Aliff Shafaein bin Safie'e.

Tampines looking for more goals had their defender Muratovic Sead joined in the attack. Sead tried a long shot outside the box but blasted it over the bar.

Tampines, however, were very much vulnerable at the back as they kept giving away free kicks outside their own penalty box.

Tobacco's Sakda Kaewboonmee saw his free kick hit the top of the bar and another blocked away by Tampines prolific goalkeeper Mohd Rezal bin Hassan.

Tampines were awarded a penalty when Grabovac was pulled down by a Tobacco defender in the box and Sead kept his cool and converted the penalty in the 43`d minute to take the 2-0 lead into the first half.

Despite two goals down, Tobacco looked much lively after the break and piled on the attack to cut the deficit. Mohd-Rezal was forced to pull out several fine saves too keep the two goals cushion.

Tampines' talisman Grabovac extended the lead when he headed in the third goal for team, his second in the match, in the 64th minute after Tobacco's keeper Sujin Naknayom misjudged a cross from Aliff Shafaein.

Sakda gave Tobacco a glimpse of hope after he pulled one back five minutes later to make it 3-1. Sakda's powerful shot left Mohd Rezal no chance to parry it away to safety.

Tobacco kept their pressure on Tampines but the Group B leader Tampines held on well to finish 3-1 to book a place in the semifinals. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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