Malaysia 4 Pakistan 4

MALAYSIA crumbled after taking a 3-0 lead to draw 4-4 with Pakistan in the opening encounter of the World League Semi-finals at the Taman Daya Stadium in Johor Baru yesterday.
  Draw was also the order of the day, as World No 1 Germany were held 1-1 by Argentina, while Japan drew 3-3 with South Korea.
  For Malaysia, three early penalty corner goals were not good enough for three points, as Pakistan clawed back into the match.
  Faizal Saari, who seems to play his best matches at the Taman Daya Stadium, won the first penalty corner for Malaysia in the third minute and Razie Rahim made it count.
  And in the seventh minute, Faizal again won a penalty corner and Razie's sizzling flick beat goalkeeper Imran Shah yet again.
   And in the 18th minute, off Malaysia's fourth penalty corner, Razie's flick was stopped by Imran, but pusher Marhan Jalil slammed it in back for a 3-0 lead.
   Pakistan pulled one back in the 26th minute off their second penalty corner when Abdul Haseem Khan made it count.
   And just after the restart Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin, who was in the shadows most of the first half, scored a super field goal in the 38th minute to make it 4-1.
  However, Pakistan kept winning penalty corners and in the 42nd minute, Muhammad Tausiq finally perfected it and scored the second goal for his team.
   And Pakistan kept pushing and were finally rewarded in the 56th minute with a penalty stroke which Shakeel Abbasi cooly tucked in past goalkeeper S. Kumar to narrow the gap to 3-4.
  And a backstick tackle by Norhizzat Sumantri gave Pakistan their ninth penalty corner and Muhammad Imran made it 4-4 in the 61 minute.
 
GROUP A

          P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts
JAPAN     1  0  1  0  3  3  1
S KOREA   1  0  1  0  3  3  1
GERMANY   1  0  1  0  1  1  1
ARGENTINA 1  0  1  0  1  1  1

GROUP B

           P  W  D  L  F  A  Pts
MALAYSIA   1  0  1  0  4  4  1
PAKISTAN   1  0  1  0  4  4  1
ENGLAND    1  0  1  0  3  3  1
S AFRICA   1  0  1  0  3  3  1

  RESULTS: Group A -- Germany 1 Argentina 1, South Korea 3 Japan 3.
  Group B: Pakistan 4 Malaysia 4, England 3 South Africa 3.
  TODAY: Group A: Argentina v Japan (3pm), Korea v Germany (5pm).
 Group B: Pakistan v England (7pm), South Africa v Malaysia (9pm).