Kelantan edges PKNS; ATM loses to LionsXII

Last season's treble champions Kelantan started their 2013 Super League campaign with a 2-1 victory over Klang Valley club side Selangor PKNS at the Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium in Kota Bahru last night.

The Red Warriors, who won the FA Cup, Super League and the Malaysia Cup last season, came back from a goal down in notching the deserved victory.

The visitors' goal was scored by Mohd Helmi Remeli in the 13th minute from a free kick after their import striker Patrick Ronaldinho Wleh was brought down unceremoniously outside the box while charging at goal.

Cheered on by some 10,000 home supporters it took just three minutes for the hosts to level the score when team captain Badhri Radzi pounced during a goalmouth scramble to find the net.

The winning goal by Kelantan came in the dying minutes of the match when Zairul Fitree Ishak fired home a rebounder from a free kick taken by Badhri.

Meanwhile, in the other Super League match played at the Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium in Paroi, Negeri Sembilan, Armed Forces (ATM), who had won the Sultan Ahmad Shah Cup, lost 1-0 to last season's runners-up Lions XII.

The winning goal scored by Lions captain Mohd Shahril Ishak in the 66th minute.