Sunday, May 13, 2012

Hockey: Malaysia Create History By Beating Pakistan To Win Junior Asia Cup

MELAKA, May 13 (Bernama) -- Malaysia created history by emerging champion in the Junior Asia Cup for the first time after beating three times former champion Pakistan 2-1 in a thrilling encounter at the Bukit Serindit hockey stadium here Sunday night.

Pakistan, winners of the trophy in 1987 (Pakistan), 1992 (Ipoh) and 1996 (Singapore) were stunned in the second minute of the match with a superb penalty corner strike by Faizal Saari while Mohd Syamim Mohd Yusof made it 2-0 in the 17th minute with a field goal.

More than 7,000 hockey fans who filled the stadium to the brim, including Sultan Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah, Malaysian Hockey Confederation President Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah and Melaka Yang Dipertua Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob were treated to an entertaining match.

Malaysia started the match aggressively and earned a penalty corner which Faizal placed to the far left hand corner beyond Pakistan goalkeeper Mazhar Abas' stretched arms.
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1 comment:

  1. UnknownDecember 5, 2012 at 4:24 PM

    that is so good for he Malaysian soccer history, I was a little bit surprise that they beat Pakistan and Won Junior Asia Cup, but I saw the highlights and I realized why Malaysia was the winner, I would have liked to know more about Malaysia team, I could have bet on their victory through some pay per head websites, what a pity oh well!

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