KL survive early Project 2017 scare

KUALA Lumpur survived an early scare to beat Project 2017 6-4 in the Central Zone Razak Cup qualifiers at the Ministry of Education stadium yesterday.
The Project side, an under-16 outfit, were level at 2-2 by the 26th minute, but a second half blitz saw them crumbling like a house of cards.
The KL goals were scored by national penalty corner flicker Razie Rahim (third, 43rd, 54th), Kelvinder Singh (18th), Faizal Kamaruddin (36th, 38th).
The Project boys scored off Najmi Farizal (24th), Hafif Elkan (26th, 50th) and Firdaus Omar (66th).
“We could have done better but the team lacks high level matches and missed sitters up-front. However, the match against KL is what I was looking for as I wanted to see how they face pressure when playing against national and also established players,” said Project 2017 coach Lim Chiow Chuan.
The Project team will head for Germany in the middle of the month to play in a tournament: “I have many talented players in the squad, and it would be interesting to see how they face in an international tournament in Germany,” said Chiow Chuan.
The Project side play Perak, and they are not expected to cause an upset.
RESULTS -- NORTH ZONE: Penang 3 Armed Forces 2, Perlis 4 Kedah 2.
CENTRAL ZONE: Kuala Lumpur 6 Project 2017 4, Selangor 0 Perak 4.
FIXTURES -- NORTH ZONE (all matches at the USM Stadium) Today: Perlis v Armed Forces (5pm), Penang v Kedah (7pm).
CENTRAL ZONE (All matches at the Ministry of Education Pitch) -- Today: Perak v Project 2017 (6.30pm), Kuala Lumpur v Selangor (8.30pm).

STANDINGS

NORTH ZONE

P W D L F A Pts
PERLIS 2 2 0 0 7 3 6
FORCES 2 1 0 1 5 3 3
PENANG 2 1 0 1 4 5 3
KEDAH 2 0 0 2 2 7 0

CENTRAL ZONE

P W D L F A Pts
K LUMPUR 2 2 0 0 8 5 6
PERAK 2 1 0 1 1 6 3
SELANGOR 2 1 0 1 3 7 3
PROJECT 2017 2 0 0 2 5 9 0

SOUTH ZONE

P W D L F A Pts
JOHOR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NEGRI 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MALACCA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

EAST ZONE
P W D L F A Pts
KELANTAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PAHANG 0 0 0 0 0 0 0