AFC Challenge League
Pep Munoz’s side will take on Arkadag from Turkmenistan on May 10 after successfully building on a 3-0 victory in Phnom Penh in the first leg last week to progress to the club’s first continental final.
Gabriel Silva gave Svay Rieng the perfect start in the fifth minute before Pedro Monteiro levelled for the home side in the 27th minute. Bounphachan Bounkong restored the visitors’ lead a minute later and Min Ratanak increased Svey Rieng’s advantage.
But a strike by Andi Irfan and an own goal by goalkeeper Vireak Dara moments after Haudi Abdillah had been sent off for the hosts earned Madura United a second leg draw in front of their own fans.
Min Ratanak had given Madura United an early scare, pulling his shot across the face of the home side’s goal in the third minute and moments later the side from Cambodia added to their overall advantage.
Ratanak scampered onto a through pass that exploited the space behind the defence before rolling the ball into the centre, from where Gabriel Silva coolly stroked his shot past Miswar Saputra.
By the 27th minute, however, Madura United had pulled level. Lulinha swung in a free kick from the right and Monteiro rose high above the Svay Rieng defence to power a header home.
Svay Rieng had to wait less than a minute to restore their lead. Gabriel Silva was the provider this time, the Brazilian bursting into the penalty area to set up Bounphachan to side-foot his attempt into the bottom corner of Miswar’s goal.
The visitors added to Madura United’s misery 11 minutes into the second half as Ratanak pounced for his side’s third.
Sosidan Nhean outstripped Taufik Hidayat with his pace down the right flank before rolling a pass across the face of goal that allowed Ratanak to tap in the simplest of finishes.
Madura summoned up a response two minutes later, Lulinha holding off the Svay Rieng defence to play a perfectly weighted through ball into the path of Andi and he slid his shot into the bottom corner.
Andi forced Vireak into action moments later but Madura United’s hopes of salvaging a second leg victory were hit when Haudi Abdillah picked up his second yellow card for a clumsy challenge on Bounphachan 17 minutes from time.
But Madura United claimed a third when Sandi Samosir shot through a crowd of players, the ball crossing the line via Vireak’s shin after the initial strike had come back off the post.
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