3rd Melayu Archipelago Cup - Everything Thread (MA Only)

[Soracana Islands]

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Focus and Confidence
Semi Final Preparation Against Ziwana

Anara, Eraman - The Soracanian football fans has to be proud of their team after defeating host nation, Eraman, in quarter final of 3rd Melayu Archipelago Cup. The result was an overwhelmingly tight with 9 goals scored during the match (larger than Pemecutan vs Labuan and Cempaka minus the penalty shootout). But the real obstacle has come. Entering Semi Final, Soracana has to meet Ziwana who in quarter final defeating Singgahmata by 1-0. Although Ziwana only win by one goal but the team journey in the competition is something to be look upon. Ziwana was one of only 2 teams in group stage that scored perfect point with 4 wins. The highlighted match was when the team able to defeat Zeniyadh, last edition champion and crushed the team dream to advance further.

"Well, Ziwana is not ordinary team. They already showed their great performance during the group stage and it is a possibility that they will shine again," says Padangadak, Soracana Football Team Head Coach.

Meets when their practicing for the semi final later this night, Padangadak just wants his players to stay focus and play carefully. He don't want his players to get a fine or card during the match. Something that he always reminded to his players is that they all have to have confidence in themselves. Padangadak also gives penalty practice to his players.

"It is something that we need to practice when we entering knockout stage. A penalty shootout is a possibility to determine who will win. So the practice is an important part," added Padangadak.

Tonight, Soracana Islands will face Ziwana at Anara Stadium, Anara, the capital city of Eraman for one ticket to Final.

[Pauh Janggi]

Persatuan Sepak Bola Pauh Janggi

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SF2: Pemecutan v Pauh Janggi
@ Daulapura Stadium, Daulapura
Capacity: 45,000

Daulapura Stadium is the national stadium of Eraman and home of the richest club in the country, Royal Daulapura. Located in the royal capital of Eraman, it is the biggest stadium in the country. The city is the seat of the Daula Dynasty, the ruling family of Eraman. Home of every billionaire in the country, it is the richest city in Eraman. The city offers to host the opening match, both semi final matches and the final match of the tournament..

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Here's a list of players for the 3rd MAC Championship SF game.

#01 GK Ismail Othmaniah [Kotaraja Pahlawan FC]
Othmaniah main strength is shot-stopping, and he also was known as sporting, ambitious, fairly professional and determined.

#02 DL Daeng Senopati Daeng Marwilis [Anara FC] - CAPT.
Marwilis to be a really explosive player. One of the main reasons behind the player's pace is his overall top speed. He also a dead ball specialist.

#03 DC Muhamad Mokhtar Dahari [Oldenhurst FC]
Mokhtar Dahari has so good at marking that most of his opponents come off the pitch at the end of a game feeling lonely. The main reasons behind his ability to mark are that he has good timing in the challenge and he also a fairly consistent performer.

#15 DC Luqmanul Hateem [Royal Puncakpura FC]
Luqmanul Hateem plays best as Central Defender, however, Hateem could be employed in a secondary role as Defensive Midfielder. He has an exceptionally good team player and has an ability to put himself in the right position makes this player an effective marker.

#05 DR Hikmanul Hateem [Lembagasari United FC]
Hateem is an athletic player and has a good team player and a high work rate. Hateem was known as resolute and have leadership capacity.

#12 ML Wan Kuzeen Wan Ali [Kiambang Athletic FC]
Wan Kuzeen plays best as Left Midfielder, and has a good team player as well as high work rate. Wan Kuzeen also recorded as inconsistent performer and prone to injuries.

#07 MC Iskandar Sulaiman Muda [Brigminstry FC]
Sulaiman Muda possesses a great pace in which player's acceleration underpins his overall speed.

#08 MC Norhalim Majid [South Dogknock FC]
We believe Majid to be an athletic player. His heading ability underlines his strength in the air. We also indicate that Majid to be a fairly consistent performer.

#22 MR Tenaga Alam [Lembagasari United FC]
Tenaga Alam plays best as Right Midfielder, however Alam is equally adept at playing as Left Midfielder or Attacking Midfielder. He was a skillful player and possess a fair amount of pace and high stamina.

#10 FC Osman Khaidir [Dalster Athletic]
We believe Osman Khaidir to be an exceptionally good team player with his bravery underlines his desire to help out his teammates.

#11 FC Ahmed Bragas [Handbarrow Creek FC]
We believe Bragas to be a skillful player and have an ability to strike a ball sweetly makes him a good finisher.

[Pauh Janggi]

[Ziwana]

Ziwana 1-0 Singgahmata: Extra Time Goal Fires Akambuku Into The Semi-Finals

Ziwana are into the semi-finals of the 3rd Melayu Archipelago Cup for the first time in the nations history after seeing off Singgahmata who were failed by their goalkeeper.

Ziwana came into this game on a high having defeated the reigning champions of the Melayu Cup, Zeniyadh. The momentum helped the Akambuku dominate the game possession wise but were unable to go past the Singgahmata midfield in the first 15 minutes. In the 16 minute a Ziwana goal was denied and ruled offside. Western United and Ziwani centre back, Jean Kaphale had headed the ball into the Singgahmata goal from a free kick but apparently he had strayed into an offside position. After this incident Ziwana seemed to lose momentum and Singgahmata began to drop into Ziwana's box and even create space to take shots on goal luckily for Ziwana their trusted keeper Jean Kane came to the rescue. In the 35th minute Singgahmata had a chance to score from a free kick, but Jean Kane produced a brilliant save to deny Singgahmata number 8, before Singgahmata number 9 blasted the rebound over.

The second half so both sides packing the bus and not taking risks.However, in the last minutes Ziwani players started to push forward and take chances as Singgahmata's defence dug in.In the 84th minute Jean Wilder received a pass from Hashaan Casimir at the edge of the box and took his chance, although the shot was not a danger the Singgahmata goal keeper miscalculated the flight of the ball, flapped at the shot trying to get the ball and ended up pushing the ball into his own net to win the game for Ziwana.

The next march sees Ziwana face a very strong opponent in Soracana Islands who dominated the group stages and defeated Eraman which are one of the top footballing nations in the Melayu Archipelago region. Manager Harry Ngonamo has said that he knows that "umodzi,Umodzi football has been successful in getting them to the semi-final but he will be changing up the Ziwani tactics in order to give the Akambuku a higher chance of winning against Soracana. When asked about how he felt about the praise from the Soracana manager he answered that he is not one to get caught up in mind games played by other managers, he will just focus on motivating his boys to fight hard for the country and get to the final.

[Eraman]

Skyway.com CMFA Melayu Archipelago Cup

Semi Final

Pemecutan 1-2 Pauh Janggi
@ Daulapura Stadium, Daulapura

Soracana Islands 1-0 Ziwana
@ Anara Stadium, Anara

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3rd Place Play-Off

Pemecutan v Ziwana
@ Anara Stadium, Anara


Final

Pauh Janggi v Soracana Islands
@ Daulapura Stadium, Daulapura

[Soracana Islands]

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One Last Match
Soracana Islands Advance to Final

Anara, Eraman - Chanting and screaming were heard from Anara Stadium last night after a shocking result makes the fans amaze. Soracanian football fans might really wants to thanks their players and head coach for the great match that they played last night after defeating Ziwana with only 1 goal. Even though both nation are new to the competition but many looks Ziwana as above Soracana. It was because Ziwana success on defeating Zeniyadh, the previous champion, that makes fans seeing Ziwana as a better team who might take this edition trophy. But last night matched showed otherwise. Soracana Islands manage to take their advantages and successfully defeated Ziwana with only 1 goal and defend their lead until the end of the match.

"I am very overwhelmed with the result. Can't believe our team could manage this far and I am proud of the players and the coach," says one of Soracanian supporter.

There is still one last match that Soracana needed to face, The Final. And in this final match they will be playing against Pauh janggi, last edition runner-up. Pauh Janggi successfully advance to Final after defeating Pemecutan with 2-1.

"Just as I said earlier, focus, focus and focus. I know that our match is getting tougher every time we advance further so all of the players need to be more focus than ever. Besides all that, what we accomplished so far has been far from the target stated by SIFA. So it's like a bonus for us to ever getting into the Final stage," says Head Coach Padangadak in a press conference after the Semi Final match.

[Pauh Janggi]

Skyway.com CMFA Melayu Archipelago Cup

Pemecutan 1 Angga Kurniawan, 15'
Pauh Janggi 2 Muhamad Mokhtar Dahari, 59' Wan Kuzeen Wan Ali, 66'
Att: 44,489 [@ Daulapura Stadium, Daulapura]

Pemecutan Lineup: Adi Putrawan, Dwi Putra Kusuma, Panca Suputra, Putra EKa Laksana [Eka Sapta m67], Satya Putra Laksamana, Trisna Hadi Artawan, Agus Kusumawijaya, Rama Karyadi [Bayu Cipta Wijaya m80], Angga Kurniawan, Wisnu Pramana, Surya Dwipayana [Putra Adi Nantha m77]

Pauh Janggi Lineup: Ismail Othmaniah, Daeng Senopati Daeng Marwilis [Salak Ujang m8], Muhamad Mokhtar Dahari , Luqmanul Hateem, Hikmanul Hateem, Wan Kuzeen Wan Ali [Budi Hartono m81], Iskandar Sulaiman Muda, Norhalim Majid, Tenaga Alam, Osman Khaidir [Junaidy Juneed m85], Ahmed Bragas

Pauh Janggi Goals:
Muhamad Mokhtar Dahari [m59], made no mistake with a powerful right-footed finish beyond Pemecutan 'keeper Adi Putrawan from the edge of the area.
Wan Kuzeen Wan Ali [m66], Tenaga Alam was fouled just outside the area by Panca Suputra, and the Kiambang Athletic youngster scored direct from the 25-yard free-kick.

Pemecutan Goals:
Angga Kurniawan [m15], Wisnu Pramana Magnificient deep pass into the left side of the Pauhan box found Angga Kurniawan and made a spectacular drive to net for the first goal.

Referee: Noah Pinkus [Hundredstar]

Yellow cards: Wan Kuzeen, Norhalim Majid [Pauh Janggi]; Dwi Putra Kusuma, Putra EKa Laksana, Rama Karyadi [Pemecutan]

[Pauh Janggi]

Transfer Rumors

Bandarwangsa Bandit head coach, Erwan Jalal is rumored to want Soracana Islands captain and midfielder Soragi Humanjar who currently plays for Calugida, they also fix their eyes to 24-year-old Calukanta defender , Basubani Canabaksa and Ziwana 19-year-old midfielder, Jean Gopaul.

Kotaraja Pahlawan has been linked with a swoop for Ziwana youngster winger, Hashaan Casimir from Birnin Select and Pemecutan midfielder, Agus Kusumawijaya, 23 from Percam Campuhan. Their striker Asmat Dollah rumors been tracked by Anjung Batu's Peremba United.

Sakti Pura City head coach, Ed Forringsteen, wants to make a loan for Anjung Batu Police, Nelson Patau-Rubis with a permanent target, he also hints that he wants to release two of their foreign player soon.

Ragabakri Victory said they interested to brings Samudera Darussalam midfielder Guruh Setiawan, 27 which plays with Indrapura and young striker, Demang Pratama, 19 which plays with Melaka Sports. The victory also try to bring Samudera Darussalam Assistant Coach, Eka Putra Pradnyana to be their Head coach for next season as the current head coach, Jamal Pahrawi said to be retired

Utama FC are one of three clubs to have been linked with Sandheights City top striker, Jean Wilder who would cost more than a million USD.

[Eraman]

Skyway.com CMFA Melayu Archipelago Cup

3rd Place Play-Off

Pemecutan 1-1 Ziwana (1-3 AET)
@ Anara Stadium, Anara


Final

Pauh Janggi 2-1 Soracana Islands
@ Daulapura Stadium, Daulapura

[Pauh Janggi]

Skyway.com CMFA Melayu Archipelago Cup - FINAL

Dramatic victory. A championship that is so epic. The palpitations of blowing speed, dizziness, chills and all kinds of feelings can be felt throughout the course of the game. Teamwork, always shoulder to shoulder despite the stressful situations, not blaming each other, high self-efficacy, unwavering support from supporters and supra criticisms of the haters have been well-adapted by all players.

Pauh Janggi striker Ahmed Bragas was satisfied with a 2-1 victory over Soracana Islands in the Skyway.com CMFA Melayu Archipelago Cup 2019 final, describing the match as dramatic. Ahmed Bragas described the victory at Daulapura Stadium in Daulapura on Saturday as not easy, especially as the Soracana Islands easily and quickly leveled 1-1 as he exploded in the opening minutes of the Tempest in the 14th minute. qualified teams are just as strong and difficult to overcome. They (Soracana Islands) constantly put pressure on us every space of the day, making it difficult for us to remain consistent on the field. he said as quoted in the statement by Pauh Janggi FA today.

In the act, Bragas put the runnerup of 2018 edition ahead, but Soracana Islands sensation striker Agisa Janabandar equalized three minutes later before midfielder Iskandar Sulaiman Muda scored the winning goal in the 49th minute.

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PJI Tournament Goal scorer
Ahmed Bragas [Handbarrow Creek FC] -4
Wan Kuzeen Wan Ali [Kiambang Athletic FC] - 3
Norhalim Majid [South Dogknock FC] -2
Osman Khaidir [Dalster Athletic] -2
Budi Hartono [Oldenhurst FC] -1
Hairuddin Samat [Iron Nest Shores FC] -1
Muhamad Mokhtar Dahari [Oldenhurst FC] -1
Iskandar Sulaiman Muda [Brigminstry FC] - 1