PJMC ........... 3
Pos Malaysia ... 0
PETALING Jaya Municipal Council (PJMC) virtually booked a ticket into the
final of the Malaysia Hockey League at the PJMC Hockey Stadium yesterday.
They hammered three goals past Pos Malaysia and the return leg tomorrow
at Bukit Jalil Stadium will definitely be an uphill battle for Pos as key
player Balbir Singh will not see any action.
Pos Malaysia, playing without playmaker Lee Sien Lam who was suspended,
defended well in the first half and almost scored on numerous occasions.
PJMC, fielding R. Shankar who suffered a jawbone fracture in the
preliminaries, were under pressure from the first whistle and that
according to coach Yahya Atan, was because they used wrong strategy.
In the fifth minute, PJMC received their first penalty corner and
Shankar pushed to M. Kaliswaran who relayed to Kuhan. But Kuhan's shot
went inches wide.
Pos Malaysia then had the upper hand for a good 20 minutes and Balbir,
Azroy Majid and Nor Azmi troubled Ahmad Suffian time and again.
In the 23rd minute, Kaliswaran's push towards goal hit Perry Khoo's legs
and the umpire blew for a penalty stroke.
Kaliswaran flicked to the right but an alert Nasihin Nubli palmed it
away.
In the 33rd minute, Kaliswaran made up for the fumble when he pushed to
an unmarked Mirnawan Nawawi for the lead.
After the breather Balbir received a green card, which brought his
demerit points to eight, and Pos Malaysia were never really in the match
after that.
Kuhan finally found his rhythm and scored penalty corner goals in the
43rd and 47th minutes to give PJMC a comfortable three-goal lead into the
return leg.
(END)
Pos Malaysia ... 0
PETALING Jaya Municipal Council (PJMC) virtually booked a ticket into the
final of the Malaysia Hockey League at the PJMC Hockey Stadium yesterday.
They hammered three goals past Pos Malaysia and the return leg tomorrow
at Bukit Jalil Stadium will definitely be an uphill battle for Pos as key
player Balbir Singh will not see any action.
Pos Malaysia, playing without playmaker Lee Sien Lam who was suspended,
defended well in the first half and almost scored on numerous occasions.
PJMC, fielding R. Shankar who suffered a jawbone fracture in the
preliminaries, were under pressure from the first whistle and that
according to coach Yahya Atan, was because they used wrong strategy.
In the fifth minute, PJMC received their first penalty corner and
Shankar pushed to M. Kaliswaran who relayed to Kuhan. But Kuhan's shot
went inches wide.
Pos Malaysia then had the upper hand for a good 20 minutes and Balbir,
Azroy Majid and Nor Azmi troubled Ahmad Suffian time and again.
In the 23rd minute, Kaliswaran's push towards goal hit Perry Khoo's legs
and the umpire blew for a penalty stroke.
Kaliswaran flicked to the right but an alert Nasihin Nubli palmed it
away.
In the 33rd minute, Kaliswaran made up for the fumble when he pushed to
an unmarked Mirnawan Nawawi for the lead.
After the breather Balbir received a green card, which brought his
demerit points to eight, and Pos Malaysia were never really in the match
after that.
Kuhan finally found his rhythm and scored penalty corner goals in the
43rd and 47th minutes to give PJMC a comfortable three-goal lead into the
return leg.
(END)
