SSTMI confident of third Milo Cup..

TENGKU Mahkota Ismail Sports School (SSTMI) are confident, while UniKL Young Guns are happy to play the  underdogs in the Junior Hockey League Milo Cup final at the  National Stadium in Bukit Jalil today.
    Both the teams, and their coaches, are no strangers as they  will be meeting in each other in the fourth consecutive Milo  Cup final since 2010.
    UniKL won the first encounter, but SSTMI (then known as  Bandar Penawar Sports School) came back strongly in the  last two finals and are the favourites for a hat-trick of  titles.
   “We beat them in the League (3-2) even though we did not  have our best who were recovering from injuries. For the  final, we have the full squad, and that is why I am confident  that my players are ready to lift their third Milo Cup title,”  said SSTMI coach Wan Roslan Wan Rahman.
    STMI were hit badly when four of their players were  involved with motorbike accidents in the middle of the  league.
    Amirul Aideed and Azwar Rahman were the worse hit and  were out for action for two weeks, while Firdaus Omar and  Ridzwan Azmi continued playing with some barely healed  scars.
    “That is when we lost to Anderson (3-2) and also struggled  to beat UniKL in our last league match to seal the League  title,” said Wan Rahman.
    It was a seven-goal thriller when the two met, and today is  expected to be no different as free-hockey will be played.
    “We will be going in as the underdogs as we not only lost to  SSTMI in the last two finals, but also in the League this  season,” said UniKL coach Faiz Isa.
   “It was very difficult to swallow our first Milo Cup defeat to  SSTMI in 2011, and the next year we fell again and the feeling  was really bad.
    “I have motivated my players and hopefully, we will be  celebrating after the 70 minutes are over this season,” said  Faiz.
    TODAY: Final -- Tengku Mahkota Ismail SS UniKL Young  Guns (8pm); Third-Fourth: SSTMI Juniors v Andersons  (6pm).
   Both matches at the National Hockey Stadium, Pitch II, in  Bukit Jalil.