Safuwan relieved to relieve pressure from Pahang

In 2015, Safuwan played a leading role in helping Lions XII at the FA Cup in Malaysia, a first that a non-Malaysian team won the competition and three years later, the Singaporean earned his second winner medal.

Now under the colors of Pahang, Safuwan played a decisive role in the defensive midfielder while Pahang won a comfortable 2-0 win over Selangor at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium's flagship event last Saturday. .

Azam Azih, Safuwan matched perfectly with the playmaker to ensure that Pahang dominated the game for large parts of both halves. For Safuwan, the victory lifted a lot of pressure on the team before the final

"Same trophy but two different teams, I did not really expect to be where I am now, in playing for a great state.I had good memories last time by winning so many trophies, but lately, they have not won much.I think the difference is that I am finally able to to taste a big win in cup for a big national team. "

" There was pressure, we started the season well and half way, we lost some speed, even the fans do not are not shown for many games, so we had a lot of pressure this final and win the cup.

"The final was probably the best part we played. We dominated from the first whistle. We must give credit to the boys and finally we can see the solution for the first XI. From the back to the front, we did very well, "said Safuwan to Goal

Under normal circumstances, the winner of the Super League and FA Cup from Malaysia are guaranteed places in AFC competitions. Malaysia will be next year the AFC Champions League, but the situation is not normal when Pahang is in the middle of a two-year ban imposed by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM)

. They refused to participate in the AFC Cup competition in 2018, after Kedah failed because of the failure of club licensing regulations, a competition in which players aspire to play. and it is no different for Safuwan

when we won, we could not enter and now it is the same. This is a great opportunity lost for my career because I have never played in the AFC Cup before. I hope that in the near future, things might be different, but to go forward, we have to make sure that we are still one of the best teams in Malaysian football, "he said. Added Safuwan

The old Safuwan as SARH Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim led the calls to FAM to reconsider the punishment inflicted on Pahang and see if it can be lifted to give Pahang a place in the league's play-off Champions of the AFC next year.