Selangor survive Sabah fightback to reach FA Cup quarter-finals
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KUALA LUMPUR: Selangor survived a spirited Sabah fightback to edge the Rhinos 2-1 and advance to the FA Cup quarter-finals with a 3-2 aggregate victory in a behind-closed-doors second leg at the MBPJ Stadium on Wednesday.
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The Red Giants, playing without their supporters after their appeal against a FAM sanction was rejected, took control when Eduardo Sosa put them ahead (36th minute) in the second leg of the round of 16 clash.
But Sabah came out firing after the break and levelled through Park Jung Bin (49th) to put the hosts under pressure and breathe new life into their hopes of overturning the first-leg deficit.
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