{"id":28195,"date":"2023-12-15T12:36:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T03:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/?p=28195"},"modified":"2023-12-15T12:36:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T03:36:28","slug":"psm-cruise-past-sabah-in-evertons-swansong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2023\/12\/15\/psm-cruise-past-sabah-in-evertons-swansong\/","title":{"rendered":"PSM Cruise Past Sabah in Everton’s Swansong"},"content":{"rendered":"

PSM Makassar concluded their 2023 AFC Cup campaign on a high note after they had dispatched Sabah FC 3-1 at the Likas Stadium on Thursday night’s match, which saw outgoing striker Everton Nascimento dispatching a last-minute penalty in his final match for the\u00a0Juku Eja<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday’s game in Kota Kinabalu was pretty much a dead rubber – Sabah had already confirmed their place in the knockouts as winners of their group while PSM had already been eliminated from the AFC Cup – but there’s still the small matter of PSM avenging their heavy 5-0 defeat at the hands of the Rhinos in their first meeting back in October<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The visitors took the lead 15 minutes into the game when Yakob Sayuri fired a right-footed shot into the top corner from 25 yards out, leaving Sabah goalie Khairul Fahmi Che Mat with little chance to save.<\/p>\n

The home fans at Likas Stadium had little to cheer about as Sabah struggled to find their rhythm, giving PSM’s stand-in goalkeeper Muhammad Ardiansyah a quiet match.<\/p>\n

In the 36th minute, PSM extended their lead when Dominic Tan accidentally deflected Everton’s cross into his own net.<\/p>\n

In the second half, Sabah, under the guidance of head coach Ong Kim Swee, switched to a back four and displayed a different level of performance. Park Tae-su tested Ardiansyah with a shot in the 48th minute, forcing the goalkeeper into a quick reflex save.<\/p>\n

Despite their dominance, Sabah only managed to break through in the 73rd minute when Telmo Castanheira headed in Saddil Ramdani’s corner kick – the Indonesia international winger having been instrumental in Sabah’s huge win in the reverse fixture.<\/p>\n

With renewed energy, Sabah pressured PSM in the final quarter of the match but couldn’t find the equalizer. Instead, right during injury time, the visitors were awarded a penalty, which Everton – who’s set to leave the Juku Eja\u00a0<\/em>following the club signing V.League 1 alumnus Victor Mansaray and Ze Paulo during the mid-season transfer window – converted to secure the victory as the Brazilian striker ended his fruitful season and a half tenure at PSM with a bang.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PSM Makassar concluded their 2023 AFC Cup campaign on a high note after they had dispatched Sabah FC 3-1 at the Likas Stadium on Thursday night’s match, which saw outgoing striker Everton Nascimento dispatching a last-minute penalty in his final match for the\u00a0Juku Eja. Thursday’s game in Kota Kinabalu was pretty much a dead rubber – Sabah had already confirmed their place in the knockouts as winners of their group while PSM had already been eliminated from the AFC Cup – but there’s still the small matter of PSM avenging their heavy 5-0 defeat at the hands of the Rhinos in their first meeting back in October. The visitors took … Continue reading “PSM Cruise Past Sabah in Everton’s Swansong”<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":25173,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,25],"tags":[151,926,2630,91,64,530,1677,95,315],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28195"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28196,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28195\/revisions\/28196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}