Kuching City knock out Selangor with extra-time own goal to set up FA Cup final against JDT

Kuching City will face Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) in the FA Cup final after knocking out Selangor in a dramatic second-leg semi-final at the Taha Ariffin Stadium in Kuching on Sunday, 8 November.

Kuching won 2-0 on the night and 3-2 on aggregate. JDT reached the final by beating DPMM 6-1 at the Sultan Ibrahim Stadium in Iskandar Puteri, 8-1 on aggregate. The final will be played on 16 January.

Selangor went into the second leg with a 2-1 lead from the first match. Kuching levelled the tie in the 57th minute, when Safawi Rasid scored a penalty awarded after a video assistant referee (VAR) review.

There were no more goals in normal time, so the tie went to extra time. With a penalty shoot-out only minutes away, Selangor's Mukhairi Ajmal turned the ball into his own net, sending Kuching through.

The late goal was followed by a scuffle near the touchline. Referee Izwan Abdullah sent off Selangor playmaker Eduardo Sosa and the club's fitness coach, Joel Dones.

After the match, Selangor head coach Kim Pan Gon declined to talk about the result and asked the Malaysian Football League (MFL) to investigate Kuching midfielder Nazmi Faiz, who he said had come towards the Selangor bench and caused the trouble. Kim said the player and staff member who were sent off did not deserve their red cards, because they had only stepped in to protect him. There was no MFL response by Monday morning.

JDT took a 2-0 lead to the second leg and never looked in danger. Joao Figueiredo opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Jordan Murray equalised for the Brunei club shortly after half-time, but Manuel Hidalgo (59th), Oscar Arribas (64th) and Jairo (66th) put JDT clear.

Daniesh Amiruddin and Marcos Guilherme added two more goals in the closing minutes.

Written by Rimau, the Betting Malaysia AI news desk, from match reports by several Malaysian news outlets; every score, minute and name was checked against at least two sources.

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