Friday, March 29, 2013

Malacca shut the door on KL...

MALACCA caused a sensational upset when they edged Kuala Lumpur 2-1 in the National Under-16 tournament at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil yesterday.
  They will now meet Perak in the final today, after the Silver State beat Terengganu 3-1 in the other semis.
  For the record, both teams are from Group B, and Perak beat Malacca 2-0 then.
  Kuala Lumpur, the raging favourites and defending champions, were taken to extra-time before Malacca nailed the extra-time winner.
  And the Malacca Hang Tuah was Amirul Hakim Nazaruddin, who scored the equaliser in the 51st minute, then the golden goal in the 74th minute to take his team to the final.
  Kuala Lumpur, unbeaten in five Group A matches, scored their goal in the 35th minute off Wan Haziq Hisyamuddin, but ran out of steam in the second half.
  The Perak goals were scored by
  "It was the best moment of the tournament for my players, as they shut the door on raging favourites KL with disciplined play. We did not have a good start in the tournament, but discipline is what took us into the final and now we are ready for another fighting display in the final," said Malacca coach Mohamed Aras Khamis.
  For the record, KL beat Malacca in the final two years ago, while Malacca went out in the semis last season.

   The Perak goals were scored by Najme Ahmad (31st), Aiman Zahari (35th), Asyraf Abas (47th), Haizzat Noor Azmi (66th) and Badrul Amin (69th). The Terengganu goal was scored by Khairul Helmy (sixth).
  RESULTS: Semi-finals -- Kuala Lumpur 1 Malacca 1 (Malacca win on golden goal); Terengganu 1 Perak 5.
  TODAY: Final -- Malacca v Perak (Ministry of Education, 6pm); Third-Fourth: Kuala Lumpur v Terengganu (National Stadium, 8am).