Tenaga take charge to grab MHL title

13/05/2002

MAYBANK ........2 TENAGA .......2
SAPURA .........2 BSN ..........2
BCB ............5 NAVY .........2
Andersen .......5 RAMD .........0
TENAGA Nasional BHD maintained their unbeaten record and lifted the
Malaysia Hockey League (MHL) title yesterday after settling for a draw
against Maybank at the Kuala Lumpur Hockey Stadium.
And they did it in style, with two matches in hand, by scoring 57 goals
in 14 matches and only conceding 15 goals.
Tenaga, who only needed one point from the match against Maybank to lift
the League title, were leading 2-0 when they decided to take things easy
and allowed Maybank to claw back into the match.
But in the end, there was no denying Tenaga the League title and now,
coach K. Rajan has only one mission in mind - to let his charges battle
for a chance to play in the semifinals.
Maybank, by snatching the draw, live to fight for a berth in the
semifinals with Sapura, Andersen Sports Club and BSN.
Tenaga's first goal was scored by Azlan Misron in the 21st minute when
he pushed home a penalty corner set-piece from Nor Saiful Zaini.
Tenaga took off their leg from the gas pedal after that and allowed
Maybank plenty of room to score but the bankers could not get their act
together.
And in the 56th minute, Tenaga scored their second off a Nor Saiful
penalty corner.
Maybank, wanting badly to share points and keep their semis hopes alive,
woke up from their slumber and two quick goals in the 64th and 66th did
the trick.
The first was scored by K. Gobinathan off a penalty corner and the
second was a field goal by Shaiful Azli.
In their haste to score, Maybank's Suhaimi Ibrahim rammed into Madzli
Ikmar and the umpire took out his red card. Suhaimi, who has previous
demerit points, will sit out the last two Maybank matches.
In the other match at the National Hockey Stadium, BSN and Sapura shared
points. BSN's goals were scored by Sohail Abbas (18th) and Badrul Hisham
(38th) while Sapura's goals were scored by Jiwa Mohan (10th) and Arul
Selvaraj (64th).
And at the Tun Razak Stadium, Andersen hammered RAMD 5-0 with goals from
Kamal Affendy (6th), Mirnawan Nawawi (22nd), S. Shanker (26th), Dhanraj
Pillay (29th), Khairudin Ghani (63rd).
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