Brazilian forward Chrigor Moraes\u00a0produced another brilliant brace against Nam \u0110\u1ecbnh FC as Selangor FC qualified for the\u00a0ASEAN Club Championship\u00a0 Shopee Cup\u00a0final following a 2-0 win in the semi-final\u00a0second leg\u00a0at Thi\u00ean Tr\u01b0\u1eddng Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A 4-1 aggregate win saw the Red Giants, making their Shopee Cup debut,\u00a0advancing into the two-legged final on\u00a0May 20\u00a0and\u00a0May 27\u00a0where the Malaysian club will meet either defending champions Buriram United FC or Johor Darul Ta\u2019zim FC, who are playing in the other semi-final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Following last week\u2019s first leg two-goal heroics, Chrigor proved to be the difference once more, first scoring from the penalty spot in the 40th minute before burying Nam \u0110\u1ecbnh\u2019s hopes with a second goal in the 90th minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Trailing by a goal following last week\u2019s\u00a02-1 defeat, Nam \u0110\u1ecbnh made three changes to their starting 11 and threatened early on. Midfielder Arnaud Lusamba tested the visitors with a teasing cross in the 13th\u00a0minute, which goalkeeper Sikh Izhan Nazrel parried away. Jose W\u00e1lber\u2019s follow-up attempt was subsequently blocked by the Selangor defence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kim Pan-gon\u2019s offensive game plan saw Selangor push forward at every given opportunity. A sweeping move involving captain Faisal Halim and Hugo Boumos in the 19th minute presented Chrigor with a gilt-edge chance, but the Brazilian\u2019s attempted chip over the on-rushing goalkeeper Nguyen Manh Tran came to naught.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Four minutes later, Penambuco, one of three changes in the Selangor starting 11, tested Manh Tran once more as Selangor grew in confidence despite facing a boisterous 16,000-plus home crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nam \u0110\u1ecbnh\u2019s forward\u00a0Nguy\u1ec5n Xu\u00e2n Son, the tournament\u2019s leading scorer with seven goals, had a great chance to level the match on the night but agonisingly failed to connect cleanly from a Percy Tau cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Selangor got their just reward five minutes before half-time when Chrigor scored his fourth goal of the tournament, burying a spot kick into the top left corner after referee Takasaki Koji of Japan, following a VAR review, determined defender Mitchell Dijks had fouled Mohammad Majed Jamil Abualnadi during a Selangor corner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Desperate to turn the tide, Nam \u0110\u1ecbnh\u2019s made three changes after the break, with substitute Lam Ti Phong providing the much needed spark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He came close in the 50th minute, failing to connect a penetrating cross from Ciao Cesar, and then a minute later found the back of the Selangor net, only for Percy Tau, who had delivered the cross, to be judged offside after a VAR review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was pretty much one-way traffic in the second half with another substitue Tr\u1ea7n V\u0103n Ki\u00ean seeing a left-footed attempt saved comfortably by Sikh Izhan in the 57th minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nam \u0110\u1ecbnh threw bodies forward in the latter stages of the match but it was Selangor who found a second goal when Chrigor latched onto a long ball from Zikri Khalili before cooly slotting the ball past Manh Tran for his fifth goal of the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After the match, Chrigor credited Selangor\u2019s hard work and praised the fans following the club\u2019s qualification for the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m very happy for these two goals but more important is we are in the final. We are in the final because we worked too much in the training every week, we played many, many, many games and we deserved to be in the final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is a magical night and now we have one more important game, the first leg of the final. We wait for a full stadium at MBPJ. Thank you for everything to our fans, we\u2019re very happy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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