Tenaga power into last four

26/04/2003

TENAGA Nasional placed a solid foot into the semi-finals when they beat
Malacca Municipal Council 3-0 in the first leg quarter-finals of the MHF-
Milo-Admiral-NSC Junior Hockey League at the Kuala Lumpur HA Stadium
yesterday.
At the Tun Razak Stadium, Malaysia Sports School also assured themselves
of a semi-finals berth when they beat Sports School Juniors 4-1.
But at the Kuantan Hockey Stadium, Telekom Pahang fought tooth-and-nail
to score six goals, but Terengganu Schools Sports Council managed to pull
back four and the return leg is still an open affair.
At the National Hockey Stadium, Anderson XYbase beat Petaling Jaya
Municipal Council 3-1 and the return leg tomorrow at the Azlan Shah
Stadium wil surely belong to the schoolboys.
Tenaga played one of their best matches and pinned Malacca MC in the 25-
yard-line in the first half but were unlucky to have only scored one goal.
Tenaga won their first penalty corner in the 22nd minute, and S. Selvaraju
hit the ball to the right side for Abbas Nekmat to deflect in.
Malacca played better in the second half, but in their quest to get the
equaliser, they left the defence wide open.
Tenaga skipepr Fairuz Hamsani broke free from a Malacca attack and
rushed to the other end of the pitch and won a penalty corner in the 45th
minute.
Selvaraju slammed in a rebound and Tenaga players became more confident
of themselves.
Malacca MC never let up the pressure and practically camped in the
Tenaga semicircle in the remaining minutes of the match but goalkeeper
Fitri Aziz was in sterling form and refused to be beaten.
In the dying seconds of the match, Malacca MC lost the ball in the
Tenaga semi-circle and Kelvinder Singh and Fairuz mounted a swift counter-
attack. Their one-two took them into the semicircle, and the last touch
for a healthy 3-0 cushion belonged to Kelvinder.
At Kuantan, the Telekom Pahang goals were scored by Zarit Zainal (8th,
65th), Zulkifli Rejab (12th), Redza Maadun (24th), Al-Fadhir Kassim
(51st), and Izwan Hassan (60th). The Terenggnu SSC hat-trick hero was
Saiful Amri Mohamed (10th, 62nd, 64th) while the other goal was slotted in
by Arif Omar to keep them in the running.
At Tun Razak, the Malaysia Sports School goals were scored by Nor
Affazly Ghaffar (fifth, 55th), Amerulah Abdul Aziz (11th) and V.
Suntharesan (57th). The Sports School Juniors' goal was scored by Razie
Rahim in the 69th minute.
At the National Stadium, the Anderson XYbase goals were scored by
Fazreen Eksan Kulub (fifth, 14th) and Hafifihafiz Hanafi (10th). PJMC
puled one back when Shahrul Nizam scored a field goal in the seventh
minute.
FIXTURES - Q-finals 2nd leg, Tomorrow: Sports School Juniors v Malaysia
Sports School (Tun Razak Stadium, 5.15), Malacca Municipal Council v
Tenaga Nasional Bhd (Bukit Serindit Stadium, 5.15), Terengganu Schools
Sports Council v Telekom Pahang (Kuala Terengganu Stadium, 5.15), Anderson
Xybase v Petaling Jaya Municipal Council (Azlan Shah Stadium, 5.15). RESULTS
Quarter-finals (1st leg)
Malaysia SS.......4 SS Juniors......1
Tenaga............3 M'cca MC........0
T'kom Pahang......6 T'ganu SSC......4
Anderson..........3 PJMC............1
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