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| Asprilla hat-trick sinks Devils Posted: 13 Mar 2011 10:05 AM PDT 2011/03/13 The EPL All-Stars team celebrate after winning the Standard Chartered EPL Masters Malaysia Cup at the Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil yesterday. United, winners of this tournament when it was last held in 2009, were unable to repeat their 4-1 preliminary round win over the All-Stars were underdone by former Newcastle striker's cool finishing. Asprilla opened the scoring in the second minute when he toe-poked a lose ball in off the crossbar before making it 2-0 in the next minute with a low shot after and All-Stars counter-attack.
The All-Stars paid the price when Jesper Blomqvist pulled one back in the fifth minute for United to trail 2-1 at the break before Ronny Johnsen found a gap in the All-Stars defence and fired in the equaliser in the ninth minute. Asprilla did get his hat-trick in the 11th minute when he pounced on a rebound to restore the All-Stars' lead.
The All-Stars coasted through to the final whistle with United having little by way of chances or possession although the Red Devils had the consolation of having Andy Cole named as the best player of the tournament. Earlier, Liverpool was denied a place in the final on goal difference after finishing level on points with United and the All-Stars.
Among the other players featured in the Malaysian team, who also lost 6-3 to the All-Stars and 3-1 to United, were goalkeeper Mazlan Wahed, Ahmad Shahrul Azhar Sofian, K. Gunalan, Shahrin Majid and Annuar Abu Bakar. |
| Selangor, Malacca in do-or-die battle Posted: 13 Mar 2011 08:23 AM PDT SELANGOR and Malacca registered convincing wins in the National Under-16 tournament yesterday and are poised for an explosive Group A encounter at the KLHA Stadium today. Pahang were at the receiving end of the Selangor onslaught when they were thrashed 7-1 while Malacca were equally clinical in their 3-1 win over Johor. With defending champions Kuala Lumpur whitewashing Police 9-0 also in Group A, Selangor and Malacca play in a do-or-die match when they clash today.
"It is a three-way battle involving Selangor, KL and Malacca for the two semi-final slots from our group. That is why we can't afford to lose against Malacca," said Wan Samsuri. "Having eight players from last year's team helps as we did not have more then a week's preparation for the tournament this time. And after the relatively poor performance against Sabah in our opening match, we have been improving.
Selangor, represented mostly by players from SMK Seksyen 11 Shah Alam and the Bukit Jalil Sports School, showed why they must be feared when they demolished Pahang. Mohamed Noor Khairul scored a hat-trick with goals in the 5th, 12th and 45th minutes with the other goals coming from Haikal Zamri (13th), Nazirul Mubin (24th, 44th) and Qamarul Afiq Azny (56th). Pahang's consolation was scored by Khairul Amri Talha in the 32nd minute.
Goals from Mohd Firdaus (39th) and Nur Alif Aiman (53rd) gave Malacca the three points. RESULTS -- Group A: Selangor 7 Pahang 1, Johor 1 Malacca 3, Kuala Lumpur 9 Police 0. Group B: Singapore 1 Terengganu 7, Perak 2 Penang 0, Negri Sembilan 3 Perlis 0, Kedah 0 Kelantan 4. TODAY -- Group A: Kuala Lumpur v Pahang (5pm), Selangor v Malacca (6.30pm), Police v Sabah (8pm). Group B: N. Sembilan v Kelantan (7.30am), Perak v Perlis (Ministry of Education, 8.30am), Kedah v Terengganu (9am), Penang v Singapore (3.30pm). l ALL other matches at the KLHA Stadium. -- JUGJET SINGH Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
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