Kelantan out to defend unbeaten run

Unbeaten Kelantan are hoping to defend its 100 percent record when facing Vietnam's SHB Da Nang FC in a Group G Asian Football Confederation Cup (AFC Cup) match at the Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium, here Tuesday.

Kelantan head coach Bojan Hodak said his team wants to ensure all three points from the match even though it could be a Herculean effort as the visiting team has proven to be the top team in their league, back home.

"I believe it will be a tough game because they are the best Vietnamese team. Their main striker is the top scorer in the Vietnam League. They also have many good players who play for their national team.

"They are a very experienced team and the players have been playing together for many years. They have not changed much over the past few years," he said at pre-match press conference, here, Monday.

Kelantan, the M-League treble champion last season, have played two matches in the AFC Cup competition, winning one and drawing the other while SHB Da Nang has won two games.

Bojan said he would deploy both his foreign players, Dimitrios Pertratos and Dickson Nwakaemi for the match as both players have now improved after playing together in several matches.

"Dickson was assisting, Dimitrios was scoring, so I hope they can play like before (during the match)," he said.

SHB Da Nang head coach, Le Huynh Duc said he would use their best line-up to try and beat Kelantan at their own back yard to go home with three points in their second leg match.

"Last three days we have been playing in the Vietnam League and now have come to Malaysia. Everybody is tired but we will try our best to collect full points from match.

"We have brought our best team which has won six games and drawn one in the Vietnam League. I think the players are at their best form and I will try to use all the best players for the game tomorrow night," he said.