Malaysia Sports School thrash Johor SC for title

21/04/2003

MALAYSIA Sports School needed 12 goals to pip Tenaga Nasional to the
Division One title, and they did just that after pulling off a miracle of
sorts against Johor Sports Council at the Tun Razak Stadium in Kuala
Lumpur yesterday.
Malaysia SS lifted their first JHL title after making their debut in
1997, and the boys jumped with joy after the horn blew.
Johor SC, made up of the Bandar Penawar Sports School boys, showed
yesterday that they do not know how to play hockey. They did not even have
the basics needed to play the game and were relegated to Division Two.
The situation needs to be addressed urgently, because these are the boys
who might don Malaysian colours in the future and the nation might be in a
fix when this happens.
Tenaga and Malaysia SS ended the JHL fixtures tied on 22 points and both
teams had scored 38 goals - however Malaysia SS conceded one goal less and
were RM10,000 richer.
Tenaga Nasional coach K. Rajan brought his boys to watch the match, but
right after Malaysia SS scored their 12th goal in the 57th minute, they
left the stadium looking dejected.
Johor SC, coached by BPSS teacher Lukman Sa'adon, played like novices
who did not know how to stop the ball, or even make a decent attempt at
goal.
The match was so one sided, that Johor SS failed to win a single penalty
corner, or make a single foray into the Malaysia SS semicircle.
Malaysia SS coach Tai Beng Hai was happy that his boys played to the
game plan.
"I told the boys not to make direct attempts at goal but use deflections
or make a pass when in the semi-circle. It worked wonders as we scored
three goals in the first five minutes and after that, if was easy to rake
in the goals," said Tai.
Malaysia SS meet Sports School Juniors in the quarter-finals - and
should have no problems reaching the semis.
Malaysia SS goals were scored by Noor Wahi Ismail (fourth, sixth, 44th,
57th), Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin (fourth), Fikri Bassar (21st), Amerullah Aziz
(26th, 35th, 49th), Fauzi Rahman (38th), Amir Hamzah (46th) and Nor
Affazly (53rd).
* AT the Kuala Terengganu Stadium, Terengganu Schools Sports Council and
Anderson-XyBase, satisfied with their quarter-final berths secured
earlier, played to a 0-0 draw.
* AT the Seremban II Stadium, Telekom Pahang beat Yayasan Negri Sembilan
3-1.
The Pahang goals were scored by Zulkifli Rejab (25th), Al-Fadhir Kassim
(37th) and Zulkifli Abdullah (59th). The YNS goal was scored by Azrizal
Aziman (35th).
Results - Div One: Malaysia SS 12 Johor SC 0, Terengganu SSC 0 Anderson-
Xybase 0, Yayasan NS 1 Telekom Pahang 3.
Quarter-final fixtures - April 25 (first leg): Malaysia Sports School v
Sports School Juniors; Tenaga Nasional v Malacca Municipal Council;
Telekom Pahang v Terengganu SSC; PJMC v Anderson-Xybase.
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