KUALA LUMPUR: Defending champions, Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) cruised into the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Cup in style with a 9-0 aggregate victory over Kuala Lumpur (KL) Rovers, today. The Southern Tigers recorded a big victory after sinking the A1 Semi Pro League team, 6-0 in the round of 16 second leg match at the Sultan Ibrahim Stadium in Iskandar Puteri.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, JDT, who beat KL Rovers 3-0 in the first leg match on Nov 20, started the goal-spree as early as the 13th minute through an own goal by KL Rovers defender, Mohammad Raffi Nagoorgani. Left-back La’Vere Corbin-Ong then put JDT in a comfortable position, scoring in the 33rd minute, before former Real Madrid player Jese Rodriguez extended control with a first-half injury-time goal.

JDT continued their onslaught in the second half when imported striker from Brazil, Bergson da Silva, scored two goals, in the 74th and 82nd minutes respectively. JDT, under the management of Hector Bidoglio, then completed the stylish victory
through Mohamadou Sumareh’s goal, which easily finished off Muhammad Nazmi Faiz Mansor’s push in the 88th minute.

In the quarter-finals, the Southern Tigers will meet the winner of the match between Kedah Darul Aman (KDA) and KL City tomorrow, with Kedah leading 3-2 from the first leg.