MALAYSIA beat world No 2 Argentina 2-1 in a heart-stopping Azlan Shah Cup match in Ipoh Tuesday.
And now, coach Stephen van Huizen's men must beat India Wednesday to have a chance of finishing among the top-four.
By half-time, Malaysia led World No 2 Argentina with goals from Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin (20th) and Najmi Jazlan (28th).
Lady luck was also on Malaysia's side, as just before the half-time hooter, Argentina were awarded a penalty stroke but Juan Gilardi's attempt was stopped by goalkeeper Hairi Rahman.
Tengku's classic goal came after he squeezes the ball past Argentina keeper Juan Vivaldi in a goalmouth melee, while Najmi deflects a cross from Faizal Shaari from close range.
However, just after the restart, Argentina pulled one back when Diego Paz is left unchecked inside the Malaysian circle and he deflects a pass from well outside the circle from Pedro Ibarra in the 32th minute.
With seven minutes to go, Faizal Shaari is handed the yellow card, but Malaysi still went on to hold onto the slim lead for a fantastic victory.
In an earlier match, World No 1 Australia beat India 4-2 to maintain a strong grip on the standings.
India defended well in the early stages, but there was no denying Australia glory in the third and fourth quarter of the match.
Five-time Azlan Shah Cup champion India are in trouble now, as they have lost two matches and drew one so far.
Australia took the lead off a Mark Knowles penalty stroke in the 28th minute while the other goals were scord by Aran Zalewski (35th), Daniel Beale (41st) and Blake Govers (43rd).
India came back strongly in the last quarter with two goals, the first came from an own goal by Jeremy Edwards (52nd) and the second off Ramandeep Singh (53rd).
In another match, England sent Ireland crashing to their third defeat with a clinical 4-1 victory with goals from Barry Middleton (15th, 59th) and Sam Ward (37th, 51st).
The Irish goal was scored by Julian Dale (39th).
RESULTS: England 4 Ireland 1, India 2 Australia 4, Malaysia 2 Argentina 1.
WEDNESDAY: Australia v Ireland (4pm), Argentina v England (6pm), Malaysia v India (8.30pm).
THURSDAY: REST DAY.
STANDINGS
P W D L F A Pts
AUSTRALIA 3 3 0 0 11 4 9
ARGENTINA 3 2 0 1 9 7 6
MALAYSIA 3 2 0 1 7 5 6
ENGLAND 3 1 1 1 6 6 4
INDIA 3 0 1 2 5 8 1
IRELAND 3 0 0 3 5 13 0
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
INDIA 2 AUSTRALIA 4
AZLAN SHAH CUP
RESULTS: England 4 Ireland 1, India 2 Australia 4, Malaysia x Argentina
x.
STANDINGS
P W D L F A Pts
AUSTRALIA 3 3 0 0 11 4 9
ARGENTINA 2 2 0 0 8 5 6
ENGLAND 3 1 1 1 6 6 4
MALAYSIA 2 1 0 1 5 4 3
INDIA 3 0 1 2 5 8 1
IRELAND 3 0 0 3 5 13 0
ENDS/
RESULTS: England 4 Ireland 1, India 2 Australia 4, Malaysia x Argentina
x.
STANDINGS
P W D L F A Pts
AUSTRALIA 3 3 0 0 11 4 9
ARGENTINA 2 2 0 0 8 5 6
ENGLAND 3 1 1 1 6 6 4
MALAYSIA 2 1 0 1 5 4 3
INDIA 3 0 1 2 5 8 1
IRELAND 3 0 0 3 5 13 0
ENDS/
Wan Roslan: No clear favourites in JHL this season..
KUALA LUMPUR: Tunku Mahkota Ismail Sports School (SSTMI) Thunderbolts believe there are no clear favourites in Division One of the Junior Hockey League (JHL) which begins Wednesday.
Last season, SSTMI Thunderbolts won the Overall title when they beat Pahang Sports School Thunderbolts 4-3 in shoot-out after both sides drew 2-2 during regulation time.
The League title was won my Petaling Jaya City Council Tigers on 23 points, while SSTMI Thunderbolts were second on 21 points.
SSTMI Thunderbolts coach Wan Roslan Wan Rahman said: "The early indications are that any one of the four Thunderbolts have a chance to win titles this season. It's a level playing field."
Th other Thunderbolts are Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) and Anderson School of Ipoh.
Thunderbolts is a project run and funded by Tenaga Nasonal, and last season all four were the semi-finalists in the Overall title chase.
"People are saying with UniKL (Universiti Kuala Lumpur) not fielding a team in the JHL this season, SSTMI are going to have an easy time. But I beg to differ, as the three other Thunderbolts and even our first opponents this season (SMK Datuk Bentara Luar) have a good team.
"Bentara Luar held us to a 1-1 draw last season, and we only beat them 4-2 in shoot-out," said Wan Roslan.
(Note: Drawn matches in League were decided with a shoot-out last season).
SSTMI will play Bentara Luar, sponsored and managed by UniKL, at Batu Pahat.
"We will be playing Datuk Bentara at their own den, and I expect it to be another tough match, just like last season," said Wan Roslan.
Datuk Bentara and SSTMI both have their own artificial pitches and sponsors.
WEDNESDAY: PJCC Tigers v SSTMI (PJ Stadium, 5pm), Datuk Bentara-UniKL v SSTMI Thunderbolts (Batu Pahat, 5pm), BJSS Thunderbolts v Olak (KLHA Stadium, 5pm).
FRIDAY: Pahang SS Thunderbolts v PJCC Tigers (Kuantan, 5pm), SSTMI v SSTMI Thunderbolts (SSTMI, 5pm).
Last season, SSTMI Thunderbolts won the Overall title when they beat Pahang Sports School Thunderbolts 4-3 in shoot-out after both sides drew 2-2 during regulation time.
The League title was won my Petaling Jaya City Council Tigers on 23 points, while SSTMI Thunderbolts were second on 21 points.
SSTMI Thunderbolts coach Wan Roslan Wan Rahman said: "The early indications are that any one of the four Thunderbolts have a chance to win titles this season. It's a level playing field."
Th other Thunderbolts are Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) and Anderson School of Ipoh.
Thunderbolts is a project run and funded by Tenaga Nasonal, and last season all four were the semi-finalists in the Overall title chase.
"People are saying with UniKL (Universiti Kuala Lumpur) not fielding a team in the JHL this season, SSTMI are going to have an easy time. But I beg to differ, as the three other Thunderbolts and even our first opponents this season (SMK Datuk Bentara Luar) have a good team.
"Bentara Luar held us to a 1-1 draw last season, and we only beat them 4-2 in shoot-out," said Wan Roslan.
(Note: Drawn matches in League were decided with a shoot-out last season).
SSTMI will play Bentara Luar, sponsored and managed by UniKL, at Batu Pahat.
"We will be playing Datuk Bentara at their own den, and I expect it to be another tough match, just like last season," said Wan Roslan.
Datuk Bentara and SSTMI both have their own artificial pitches and sponsors.
WEDNESDAY: PJCC Tigers v SSTMI (PJ Stadium, 5pm), Datuk Bentara-UniKL v SSTMI Thunderbolts (Batu Pahat, 5pm), BJSS Thunderbolts v Olak (KLHA Stadium, 5pm).
FRIDAY: Pahang SS Thunderbolts v PJCC Tigers (Kuantan, 5pm), SSTMI v SSTMI Thunderbolts (SSTMI, 5pm).
Monday, March 5, 2018
AZLAN SHAH CUP: Stop Peillat the one-man Army..
IPOH: Gonzalo Peillat is a one-man Army for Argentina.
He's only 25-years-old, but has helped Argentina win bronze at the 2014 World Cup at the Hague, Netherlands by top-scoring with 10 goals.
Peillat's best achievement so far is winning the gold medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. No prizes for guessing, yes, he was again the tournament top-scorer with 11 goals.
And Terengganu Hockey Team (THT) hired him for the recent Malaysia Hockey League, where he was again tournament top-scorer on 16 goals to help THT win the League title.
The drag-flick specialist has scored back-to-back hat-tricks in the Azlan Shah Cup, to help beat India 3-2 and Ireland 5-3.
And today, he will be depended upon to demolish Malaysia in the 27th Edition of the Azlan Shah Cup.
"The last time we played Argentina in a tournament was in the World League Semifinals (in London 2017) and we lost 5-2 (in Group A). And then we against lost to them 2-1 (in the semi-finals).
"They are the Olympic champions and I expect them to give us a tough time but we are ready to challenge them.
"It is going to be a difficult game, and we have to be wary of their penalty corners as Peillat scored four in their 5-2 win in London, and he has scored six goals in two matches so far," said Malaysian coach Stephen van Huizen.
Van Huizen has plans on how to run out during penalty corners, and hopefully they work.
"We practiced some run outs during the two friendly games (where Malaysia lost 3-2 and then won 3-0) and just like every team here in Ipoh, we will be looking to minimise giving away penalty corners.
"And when we do give away penalty corners, we need to perfect our run outs against Peillat," said Van Huizen.
MONDAY: REST DAY.
TUESDAY: England v Ireland (4pm), India v Australia (6pm), Malaysia v Argentina (8.30pm).
STANDINGS
P W D L F A Pts
AUSTRALIA 2 2 0 0 7 2 6
ARGENTINA 2 2 0 0 8 5 6
MALAYSIA 2 1 0 1 5 4 3
INDIA 2 0 1 1 3 4 1
ENGLAND 2 0 1 1 2 5 1
IRELAND 2 0 0 2 4 9 0
Sunday, March 4, 2018
AZLAN SHAH CUP: MAS 1 AUST 3
WORLD No 1 Australia beat Malaysia 3-1 in a highly entertaining Azlan Shah Cup encounter in Ipoh Sunday.
And after a day's rest, coach Stephen van Huizen's men face world No 2 Argentina in what is also expected to be an uphill battle.
Yesterday, world no 12 Malaysia never had a single shot at goal until the third quarter, and the only time Malaysia 'scored' was in the 33rd minute.
However, the Australians asked for video referal, and Razie Rahim's penalty corner attempt was not recognised, as the ball was not stopped outside the semicircle as rules required.
The Australian goals were scored by Corey Weyer (10th), Dylan Wotherspoon (29th) and Aaron Kleisnhmidt (43rd).
Marhan Jalil scored a famous goal for Malaysia in the 53rd minute.
In an earlier match, Olympic champions Argentina came back from two goals down to beat Ireland 5-3,
The Los Leones (The Lions) as they are nicknamed share the top of the table on six points with Australia -- both with two consecutive wins.
Ireland, World No 10, took a two-goal lead after 17 minutes of play.
Shane O’ Donoghue (12th), Sean Murray (17th) and Eugene Magee (52nd) scored for the Irish.
But Argentina's penalty corner specialist Gonzalo Peillat scored his second hat-trick of the tournament (20th, 23rd, 47th) while Lucas Vila (22nd) and Juan Gilardi (30th) handed them victory.
Peillat, the world’s top penalty corner specialist, also scored a hat-trick in their 3-2 victory over India.
Argentina chief coach Rolando Rivero said: "In the first half Ireland were really good and tough and started with the two goals. It was really tough and in the second half we tried to change and adjust our game plan and I think we did it right to score those goals."
Argentina play Malaysia after a day's rest.
"Our next match against is against Malaysia we will try to improve further.
"We know its going to be tough with Malaysia having home ground advantage. Malaysia plays really well and hard and we are looking forward to it."
Ireland coach Craig Fulton said his charges played much better than they did in the first match against Malaysia.
"It was much a better performance than against Malaysia (lost 4-1),
the nice thing is how strong we finished in the fourth quarter, but failed to score."
RESULTS: India 1 England 1, Ireland 3 Argentina 5, Malaysia 1 Australia 3.
MONDAY: REST DAY.
TUESDAY: England v Ireland (4pm), India v Australia (6pm), Malaysia v Argentina (8.30pm).
STANDINGS
P W D L F A Pts
AUSTRALIA 2 2 0 0 7 2 6
ARGENTINA 2 2 0 0 8 5 6
MALAYSIA 2 1 0 1 5 4 3
ENGLAND 2 0 1 1 2 5 1
INDIA 2 0 1 1 3 4 1
IRELAND 2 0 0 2 4 9 0
And after a day's rest, coach Stephen van Huizen's men face world No 2 Argentina in what is also expected to be an uphill battle.
Yesterday, world no 12 Malaysia never had a single shot at goal until the third quarter, and the only time Malaysia 'scored' was in the 33rd minute.
However, the Australians asked for video referal, and Razie Rahim's penalty corner attempt was not recognised, as the ball was not stopped outside the semicircle as rules required.
The Australian goals were scored by Corey Weyer (10th), Dylan Wotherspoon (29th) and Aaron Kleisnhmidt (43rd).
Marhan Jalil scored a famous goal for Malaysia in the 53rd minute.
In an earlier match, Olympic champions Argentina came back from two goals down to beat Ireland 5-3,
The Los Leones (The Lions) as they are nicknamed share the top of the table on six points with Australia -- both with two consecutive wins.
Ireland, World No 10, took a two-goal lead after 17 minutes of play.
Shane O’ Donoghue (12th), Sean Murray (17th) and Eugene Magee (52nd) scored for the Irish.
But Argentina's penalty corner specialist Gonzalo Peillat scored his second hat-trick of the tournament (20th, 23rd, 47th) while Lucas Vila (22nd) and Juan Gilardi (30th) handed them victory.
Peillat, the world’s top penalty corner specialist, also scored a hat-trick in their 3-2 victory over India.
Argentina chief coach Rolando Rivero said: "In the first half Ireland were really good and tough and started with the two goals. It was really tough and in the second half we tried to change and adjust our game plan and I think we did it right to score those goals."
Argentina play Malaysia after a day's rest.
"Our next match against is against Malaysia we will try to improve further.
"We know its going to be tough with Malaysia having home ground advantage. Malaysia plays really well and hard and we are looking forward to it."
Ireland coach Craig Fulton said his charges played much better than they did in the first match against Malaysia.
"It was much a better performance than against Malaysia (lost 4-1),
the nice thing is how strong we finished in the fourth quarter, but failed to score."
RESULTS: India 1 England 1, Ireland 3 Argentina 5, Malaysia 1 Australia 3.
MONDAY: REST DAY.
TUESDAY: England v Ireland (4pm), India v Australia (6pm), Malaysia v Argentina (8.30pm).
STANDINGS
P W D L F A Pts
AUSTRALIA 2 2 0 0 7 2 6
ARGENTINA 2 2 0 0 8 5 6
MALAYSIA 2 1 0 1 5 4 3
ENGLAND 2 0 1 1 2 5 1
INDIA 2 0 1 1 3 4 1
IRELAND 2 0 0 2 4 9 0
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