It's Not The Stadium

And it's not the coach either.

The Turtles could have lost, probably with similar two-goal margin, to KL Plus FC even if the match was played at Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin or with former head coach Mohd Nik shouting commands from the touch line.

It made no difference whatsoever when the game was moved to Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium in town on Tuesday night due the closure of the new stadium in Gong Badak after its roof collapsed earlier this month.

Coach Ken Worden could only watch the blunder made by Sharbinee Allawee in the 4th minute which resulted in Rusydee Samsudin scoring the first goal for the visiting team.

The ball had rebounded off the chest of the first choice goalkeeper and fell right at the feet of KL Plus striker who only needed a simple touch to steer his shot into the back of the net.

To be fair to Terengganu, they did try to search for an equaliser and midfielder Zairo Anuar Zailani came close to scoring in the 12th minute through his trademark freekick which was off target by only a couple of inches.

The black-and-white team came out with their guns blazing after the break but ran out of ammunitions halfway through the second half as KL Plus defensive line led by captain Norhafiz Zamani stood strong.

Striker Irwan Fadzli Idrus slotted in the second goal for KL Plus after running past two defenders before unleashing an unstoppable shot to put the game to bed in the 69th minute.

The final whistle could not have come any sooner for the home team supporters who had to endure yet another mediocre performance from the Turtles.

At least KL Plus coach Mat Zan Mat Aris was kind enough to suggest that his team were a little fortuitous to win the evenly balanced match.

But most of spectators knew that it was a better organised team who won.

They also knew, the Turtles could not do any worse with a local coach.