JDT go unbeaten for world record 109th league match
Johor Darul Ta’zim’s player Marcos Guilherme (centre) celebrates after scoring against Kuching City FC. Bernama Picture In ISKANDAR PUTERI, Johor, Malaysia, Reuters reported early morning today that Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) set a world record of 109 consecutive league matches unbeaten after opening the Malaysian Super League season with a 3-0 victory over Kuching City in the Charity Shield on Friday. Marcos Guilherme scored in the 11th minute, while Oscar Arribas and Shahab Zahedi each found the net in the second half as JDT picked a comfortable win at Sultan Ibrahim Stadium. The win saw JDT surpass the 108-match streak that Ivory Coast’s ASEC Mimosas compiled between 1989 and 1994, which the Malaysian club had matched with a 14-1 victory over Kelantan The Real Warriors in their final match of last season in May. “A record like this is difficult to achieve in modern football,” JDT’s Spanish coach Xisco Munoz told The Star newspaper before the game. “We want to win this trophy and...