National cup

National stadium
Spectators: 13604 (Terracing: 10000, Seating: 3316, VIP seats: 288) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Bulek Idris got the match started through his kick off. 14 minutes into the match, El Salvador's goal looked a bit too open when Bulek Idris came free, but Paradorn Todor reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Paradorn Todor made an important save on a dangerous shot by George Best in the 19th minute. In the 21st minute Raúl Quintanilla shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Azhar Sulaiman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Malaysia getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Mulyana Sembiring hit a great ball. In the 28th minute, Bulek Idris hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Raúl Quintanilla scored 0-1 in the 29th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Azhar Sulaiman, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Azad Jasmin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Paradorn Todor tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Malaysia's Azhar Sulaiman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by João Mira in the 41st minute of play. Azhar Sulaiman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Raúl Quintanilla, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. 44 minutes into the game, Mulyana Sembiring was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Malaysia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave El Salvador the free kick. Mulyana Sembiring kicked well hit freekick during the 45th minute of the match. After 47 played minutes Malaysia got a freekick which was hit by George Best.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Raúl Quintanilla to make the kick off. A sloppy throw-in by Miguel Gallegos in the 56th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Malaysia's Rexy Reza. Malaysia made a substitution. Steve Ketaren replaced Rexy Reza. Malaysia's Fadhly Haryanto-Ie was substituted for George Best. El Salvador's Jaime Rodriguez was substituted for Jaime Pineda. Paradorn Todor took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Azad Jasmin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 80th minute, Azad Jasmin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Paradorn Todor was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. Raúl Quintanilla's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 82ndth minute, Azhar Sulaiman skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Paradorn Todor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bulek Idris in the 84th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice moves Ronald Díaz could shoot a difficult shot in the 86th minute, which Azhar Sulaiman however easily saved by the left post. Paradorn Todor showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Azad Jasmin in the 90th minute of the match. Azhar Sulaiman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Miguel Gallegos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.