Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Malaysian juniors whip Poland 7-0..

THE Malaysian Junior World Cup trainees whipped Poland Under-23 7-0 a day after landing on Warsaw on their Tour of Europe.
  Coach K. Dharmaraj's boys will next play the Polish senior squad today.
  Next on their iteanary, in preparation for the Junior World Cup in New Delhi in December, is another match against he Polish under-23, and then travel to Belgium for three more matches against their under-21 side.
  After that, it is three more matches against England's under-21 side.
  In the first match, Zulhairi Hashim top-scored with four penalty corner goals in the 12th, 23rd, 32nd and 43rd minutes.
  The other goals were scored by Rashid Baharom (17th), Dangerous Lee (25th) and Nor Aqmal Ghaffar (30th).
   Malaysia had a total of 10 penalty corners, while Poland three.
  Team manager Mirnawan Nawawi said: "We tested two different strategies in both halves, and the 50 per cent penalty corner rate made all the difference.
 "Overall, it was a satisfying match, as barely 24 hours after arriving, we took to the pitch for the match."
  The early casualty was Redzhwan Jaafar who twisted his ankle and will be out for the next two matches in Poland.