UniKL draws Maybank 2-2 in Malaysian Hockey League Match – Hockey Update
The Maybank team displayed an impressive performance and concluded the match against University Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) at 2-2 draw in the Premier Division of the Malaysian Hockey League (MHL) that took place at National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil on September
30.
Maybank will be thanking Mohd Zulhairi Hashim, the former player of UniKL, who scored a couple of goals and played a vital role in earning the solitary point for his team.
Amir Azhar, the Manager of UniKL team after the equal result was disappointed as he thought that they should have won the match. He said, “Before the match, I was hoping that my charges would at least pull off a draw, but looking back now, we should have
won full points. So we blew it big time.”
Wallace Tan, the Maybank trainer informed the media that they contested the game quite impressively but they lacked in the semi-circle. He said, “We gave away penalty corners too easily, and that cost us the match.”
Though both teams entered the field with great intensity, it was the team of UniKL that started back-to-back strikes against Maybank and put them under heavy pressure. From the other side, the strikers from Maybank also carried out back-to-back attacks against
UniKL but failed to break the defensive line. UniKL earned their first goal in the 28th minute of the mark.
A few minutes into the match, Noor Faeez Ibrahim of UniKL attempted to convert the first short corner of the match. However, custodian of Maybank, Hafizuddin Othman made a crucial dive to clear the ball from the danger zone.
The players from UniKL, who were flying high, were not ready to give up. They took the ball in the rebound effort and Hafiz Zainol sent a pass to Izad Hakimi who managed to drive the ball inside the deep circle and slammed a powerful shot into the goal.
In the response, Zulhairi converted a short corner into a successful goal and had it even at one-all. It was the overall action in the first half, as UniKL and Maybank moved away with holding a deadlock. After ten minutes of slow game, the UniKL team succeeded
in doubling the lead in the 45th minute.
Izad Hakimi was the player who notched the second goal as Zulhairi scored for the opponents off another short corner and tied the knots at 2-2. Despite earning chances, UniKL failed to take the match as it ended in a draw. Both UniKL and Maybank will be
disappointed that neither team was able to take charge and grab a definitive victory in the game.
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