Substitute Fahim Zulkarnain netted in the closing minutes to earn Malaysia a 2-1 win over Singapore in their AFC U17 Asian Cup Uzbekistan Qualifiers Group E tie on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The earlier match saw India cruise to a 12-0 win over Guam to move to the top of the group, level on six points with Palestine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India 12-0 Guam<\/strong> Skipper Gangte added the second in the 13th minute when he pounced on a deflection by Ralph from a Hrishikesh Manavathi effort and slammed the ball in from close range. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Manavath dragged his shot just wide of the right post three minutes later before he banged in goal number three in the 20th minute from the left after weaving past the defence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Gangte added his second in the 27th minute, connecting to a cut-back from Malsawmtluanga Lalbiakngura and side-footing the ball into the right corner past a rooted Ralph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He secured his hat-trick in the 32rd minute after latching on to a poor clearance by the Guam keeper, again driving the ball into the right of the net, and closed the half by narrowly missing India\u2019s sixth goal by skimming his shot just above the bar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n David Irom put the South Asian side further ahead in the 52nd minute when he fired home from the edge of the six-yard box, with Raj Wahengbam adding another in the 55th when he deftly side-stepped the defence and swept the ball past Ralph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An unmarked Felix Saikhom, laid up by fellow substitute Sambay Thiyam, netted number eight a minute later with a strike from the left while an unchallenged Wahengbam came down the right in the 73rd minute to rifle his shot past the lunging keeper. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The striker completed his hat-trick in the 82nd minute to stretch the scoreline to double digits while Irom found his second two minutes later. Ristik Maity netted their 12th in the closing minutes to consign Guam to their third straight defeat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Malaysia 2-1 Singapore\u00a0<\/strong> Fareez Fadzly then headed over from close range in the 24th minute from a corner as the hosts intensified their efforts, while Nur Azam Hisham managed to get past the defence on the half-hour mark but dragged his shot just wide of the right post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Malaysia finally broke the stalemate in the 33rd minute with Syaifullah Mahruzi\u2019s first-timed effort, the striker stabbing the ball under Rezal off Aqif Fairul\u2019s perfect-weighted cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Singapore, however, pulled level in time added on when Ahmad Farid struck at the far post, directing his effort past a flat-footed Adam Fadli after connecting to Saw Tian Zhi\u2019s lob from the left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Neither side came close to altering the scoreline in the first 20 minutes of the second half, with play going through delays and the players finding it difficult to cope with the slippery pitch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Syaifullah sparked some life into the match when his first-timed shot struck the right post in the 70th minute as Fahim saw his follow-up headed off the line by Leo Chin Hee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The lively Syaifullah again found the woodwork three minutes later, crashing his 20-yard effort against the underside of the bar after a short lay-up by Dawud Rozlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just when it looked like the match was heading for a draw, Fahmi squeezed between two defenders in the 88th minute and in the ensuing scramble, managed to slip the ball past the onrushing Singapore keeper to give Malaysia their first win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n RESULTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Group A (Yangon, Thanlyin)<\/strong> Group B (Buriram)<\/strong> Group C (Ras Al-Khaimah)<\/strong> Group D (Vientiane)<\/strong> Group E (Kuala Lumpur)<\/strong> Group F (Bishkek)<\/strong> Group G (Salalah)<\/strong> Substitute Fahim Zulkarnain netted in the closing minutes to earn Malaysia a 2-1 win over Singapore in their<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[430],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
India, looking for their second win, went ahead in the fourth minute through Leo Thongbam, who headed past Liam Ralph off a cross from Mukundo Singh on the left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After a jittery start by both sides, Aniq Hairulnizam took Malaysia\u2019s first shot at goal in the 12th minute by rounding defender Ranadive Shlok and firing from the edge of the area, with his attempt parried by Singapore keeper Ilhan Rezal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Myanmar 3-1 Philippines
Indonesia 2-0 Cambodia<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iraq 3-2 Chinese Taipei
Thailand 7-0 Maldives<\/p>\n\n\n\n
UAE 3-0 Macau, China
Bangladesh 4-0 Bhutan<\/p>\n\n\n\n
IR Iran 11-0 Sri Lanka
Laos 0-3 Pakistan<\/p>\n\n\n\n
India 12-0 Guam
Malaysia 2-1 Singapore<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yemen 13-0 N. Mariana Islands<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oman 10-0 Brunei Darussalam
Kuwait 1-4 Lebanon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"