PETALING Jaya City Council nailed a sudden-death goal, after being tied 2
-2, against Bandar Penawar Sports School Juniors to book their spot in
the semi-finals of the MHF-Milo-NSC Junor Hockey League.
PJCC had the match in hand when they took a 2-0 lead, but crumbled in
the second half by allowing BPSS Juniors to score the equaliser three
seconds from time at the Tun Razak Stadium.
PJCC will meet Bandar Penawar Sports School Thunderbolt, while Bukit
Jalil Sports School will play UniKL in the semi-finals today at the Tun
Razak Stadium.
"My forwards have been consistently bungling sitters since the JHL
started and today (yesterday) was no different. However, I saw a slight
change in my players as they were more determined to win this match and
advance to the last four, and now we can only hope for an upset against
BPSS," said PJCC assistant team manager Zanal Abidin.
In the League BPSS easily beat PJCC 4-1, and the sports school should
have the upper hand today.
Yesterday PJCC took a healthy lead through Fahmi Faiz in the 40th and
Hafiz Nawi in the 41st minute.
However, the allowed the schoolboys to get back into the match when
Firhan Ashaari scored from a penalty corner attempt in the 57th minute.
BPSS Juniors won a penalty corner with a minute left in the match, and
just as Firhan's flick went crashing into the net, the full-time hooter blew
and the match went into sudden-death.
PJCC won three consecutive penalty corner before nailing the winner
when Fahmi delivered yet again in the 82nd minute.
Thunderbolt coach Wan Roslan Rahman said since there is no return
leg, nothing can be taken for granted until the final whistle.
"The fact that we beat PJCC in the league is no longer relevant as this is
a one-off match where my players will have to make the least mistakes to
make sure we play in the final and have a chance to land the double this
season," said Roslan.
RESULTS: Quarter-finals: Bandar Penawar Sports School Juniors 2
Petaling Jaya City Council 3 (PJCC win on sudden-death goal).
TODAY: Semi-finals: BPSS Thunderbolt v PJCC (Tun Razak 4pm);
