Armed Forces showed that they are made of sterner stuff when they registered their second consecutive win in the 5th Raja Noora Ashikin Cup 2011 match at the National Hockey stadium in Bukit Jalil this morning.
Having lost their opening match against Pahang, ATM defeated Terengganu 2-0 yesterday and followed that up with a 5-1 demolition of Penang. And they are hoping for Pahang to defeat Terenggau this evening to give them an outside chance of sneaking into the semis as the best runner up team in the final standings.
And in order to do that they will have to win their last match against lowly SMK Puteri for the current second placed teams will find it tough to finish on 9 points to grab the final spot made open to the runners-up.
ATM scored their goals through Suzaba Yaacob ( 2nd minute), Izzuin Ismail (16th minute) Siti Rahmah (24th and 29th minutes) and Juliani Mohammad Din (52rd minute) while Penang scored their consolation through the effort of Nur Izwana Ahmad Tajuddin in the 24th minute.
Meanwhile PDRM too registered their second win when they trashed Kedah 5-0 to throw the battle for the semis spot from Group A wide open.
They will battle it out against Perak and Johor to determine which team moves into the semis this Friday.
Perak defeated Seri Titiwangsa 4-1 and have a total of 5 points, the same as Johor.
While Perak and PDRM square off against each other in the final group match tomorrow, Johor will have an easy task against Seri Titiwangsa.
A PDRM win will give them a semis spot while a Perak win could lead to the semis spot being decided on goal difference with Johor who are expected to pile up the goals against the youngsters from Seri Titiwangsa.
PDRM scored through Aida Fazniza (5th minute), Norhidayah Rosli (20th minute), Norhafdizah Razali (29th minute), Daring Nyokin (30th minute) and Norfazlinah Abdullah (56th minute).
In contrast Perak will probably be left regretting the number of chances they missed in their match against Seri Titiwangsa.
Perak gor their goals via Nor
Hidayah Ahmad Bokhari ( 38th, 45th and 57th minutes) and Azra Tasnim
(51st minute) while Seri Titiwangsa's goal was scored by Nur Radhiah
Razanah in the 52nd minute).
Meanwhile the youngsters from the KL Sukma side enhanced their chances of making it through to the semifinals when they defeated Selangor 3-2 in a Group C match.
The win gave them nine points from three matches and they only require a draw in their last preliminary round match against Singapore to book a place in the last four. In contrast Singapore require an outright win to pip KL Sukma.
KL took the lead in the 2nd minute through Zhulaili Zakari who dived full length at the far post to deflect the ball in.
But Selangor hit back in the 18th minute when Areena Abdullah converted a penalty corner.
However in the 32nd minute KL Sukma restored their lead through a penalty corner strike by Nor Azlin Sumantri. And in the 53rd minute Nor Azlin struck yet again to give the city side a comfortable 3-1 lead.
Though Selangor reduced the deficit in the 65th minute, again through a penalty corner converted by Areena, the result was never in doubt.
RESULTS
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2011
Group A
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2011
Group A
Perak 4 Seri Titiwangsa 1
PDRM 5 Kedah 0
Group B
Armed Forces 5 Penang 1Group C
KL Sukma 3 Selangor 2
FIXTURES - WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2011
Group B
1500H - Pahang v Terengganu
Group C
1500H - Malacca v Setia Cougar
FIXTURES - THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2011
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25
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24/11/2011
Thursday
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0730
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1
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A
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Perak
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PDRM
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26
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0730
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2
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B
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Pulau Pinang
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Terengganu
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27
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0930
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1
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C
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Selangor
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Setia Cougar
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28
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0930
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2
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A
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Johor
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Seri Titiwangsa
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29
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1500
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1
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B
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SMK Puteri
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ATM
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30
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1500
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2
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C
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Singapore
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KL SUKMA
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STANDING
Group A
P W D L G A PTS
P W D L G A PTS
PDRM 3 2 0 1 13 5 6
Perak 3 1 2 0 8 5 5
Johor 3 1 2 0 8 5 5
Kedah 4 1 2 1 9 9 5
S. Titiwangsa 3 0 0 3 2 16 0
S. Titiwangsa 3 0 0 3 2 16 0
Group B
P W D L G A PTS
Pahang 3 3 0 0 20 1 9
ATM 3 2 0 1 7 2 6
Tgganu 2 1 0 1 10 2 3
Penang 3 1 0 2 5 12 3
SMK Puteri 3 0 0 3 1 26 0
Group C
P W D L G A PTS
P W D L G A PTS
KL Sukma 3 3 0 0 9 2 9
Singapore 3 2 1 0 8 2 7
Selangor 3 1 1 10 5 5 4
Malacca 3 0 0 3 0 3 0
S. Cougar 2 0 0 2 0 10 0
Malacca 3 0 0 3 0 3 0
S. Cougar 2 0 0 2 0 10 0
