Tenaga Nasional take top position

08/04/2002

Sapura ...... 3 BCB ........... 0
Tenaga ..... .7 Jolly Lads .... 0
Maybank .... 11 Navy .......... 0
Andersen .... 2 BSN ........... 2
TENAGA Nasional hammered Jolly Lads Sports Club 7-0 to top the Malaysia
Hockey League (MHL) standings, but the match of the day was between
Andersen Sports Club and Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN) at the Tun Razak
Stadium last night.
BSN were easily the better side but yesterday they let in two goals,
their first of the League after four matches, and the star studded
Andersen side were let off the hook.
Andersen imported two Indian players to inject some life into their game
but after four matches, it looks like they did one good buy and one bad
decision.
Len Ayappa, with his sizzling penalty corner goals have been in sterling
form but the same can't be said of Dhanraj Pillay because he, as ususal,
dribbles too much and is selfish when it comes to releasing the ball fast.
And each time Dhanraj loses the ball, he has a habit of appealing to the
umpires, and thankfully, they have become wise to his antics and ignore
him.
Yesteraday, Dhanraj scored the first goal for Andersen in the fifth
minute but after that, he became a mere spectator in the highly
entertaining League match.
And two minutes later, BSN were back in the match when Robert Alcantara
scored a field goal and after that the bankers took control of the match
with stunning defending and attacking.
And just before the half-time whistle blew, BSN won a penalty corner and
eventhough the signal for the half time was blown, they won another
penalty corner and this time Mohamed Amin Rahim scored the much deserved
lead.
In the second half, Andersen won a penalty corner in the 39th minute,
and this time, Ayappa scored a stunning flick.
In an earlier match, Tenaga defeated Jolly Lads SC with goals coming
from seven players. Norazlan Rahim scored the first (8th) followed by
Syayrim Uda Karim (23rd), Azlan Misron (28th), Fairus Ramli (44th), M.
Kaliswaran (46th), Lailin Abu Hassan (63rd) and Nor Saiful Zaini (70th).
In other matches of day, Spura defeated Bumiputra-Commerce Bank 3-0 with
goals from Nishel Kumar (1st) and S. Kuhan (28th, 42nd) and maybank fired
11 salvos at the Navy men without reply.
Maybank's goals were scored by K. Gobinathan (9th, 13th, 40th, 44th,
54th), Suhaimi Ibrahim (21st, 27th), Fadzil Anuar (29th), M. Jayamaran
(42nd), Riduan Nasir (47th, 59th).
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