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Game plan key to success, says Sabah’s Ong
Bali: Sabah’s game plan proved highly effective as they secured their second straight AFC Cup™ 2023/2024 win, beating Indonesia’s PSM Makassar 5-0 in Thursday’s meeting at Captain 1 Wayan Dipta Stadium.
The win took Sabah to the top of Group H, three points ahead of Singapore’s Hougang United and Vietnam’s Hai Phong FC with a healthy goal difference to boot, much to the delight of head coach Ong Kim Swee.

#AFCCup - Group H | PSM Makassar (IDN) 0-5 Sabah FC (MAS)

#AFCCup - Group H | PSM Makassar (IDN) 0-5 Sabah FC (MAS)

“Today we played according to the plan,” said Ong. “Unfortunate for Makassar to have one player off the field, which made things easier for us.

“But we cannot get carried away with the win, we have to come back and focus for our next game.
“Congratulations to the players who followed the game plan very well. They showed the right mentality in the game and I'm very happy with the performance.

“Overall, we scored a good number of goals and who knows, that could be helpful for us when it comes to qualifying to the next stage of the competition.”
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Darren Lok and Gabriel Peres scored for the successive match with Stuart Wilkin and Farhan Roslan also amongst the goals as Sabah took full advantage of Makassar losing keeper Reza Arya Pratama for a red card just before the hour mark.