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CHN V MAS ( Pool B ) Hockey World League Semi-Final Antwerp 2015

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2 - 3

MAS

Match Review CHN - MAS 2-3

CHN v MAS Goal 1 for MASPosted June 21, 2015

CHN v MAS Goal 2 for MASPosted June 21, 2015

CHN v MAS Goal 1 for CHNPosted June 21, 2015

CHN v MAS Goal 2 for CHNPosted June 21, 2015

World number 12 Malaysia overcame a strong challenge from 31 ranked China to emerge 3-2 winners as both nations opened their Pool B campaigns at the FINTRO Hockey World League Semi-Finals in Antwerp.

Following a closely contest opening period, Malaysia took a firm grip on the contest with two goals in the second quarter. The first came from a moment of brilliance from Faizal Saari, who roofed a vicious volley from a tight angle before Muhammad Shamsul added a second on the stroke of half time.

China dragged themselves back into the game in the third quarter, with Guo Xiaoping slotting home from close range before the lower-ranked team were awarded a penalty stroke minutes later. However, the Malaysians used their right to a video referral to good effect to get the decision overturned.

Malaysia extended their advantage to 3-1 in the final quarter thanks to a penalty corner from team captain Razie Rahim, although China hit back immediately through Zhang Zhixuan’s neat deflection. It proved to be the last goal of the game, with Malaysia taking all three points.

“We were nervous in the game as it is a really big tournament” said China captain Sun Tianjun. “We didn’t play our best, but we know that we can do better in the coming matches”.

The players of both teams were wearing black armbands in respect to goalkeeper S Kumar, who had to returned home to Malaysia following the tragic death of his son. Ahead of the game, a moment of silence was held by everyone within the stadium in tribute.

Goals

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
MAS	18	10	SAARI Faizal	FG	0 - 1
MAS	30	9	SHAMSUL Muhammad	FG	0 - 2
CHN	38	7	GUO Xiaoping	FG	1 - 2
MAS	53	17	RAHIM Razie	PC	1 - 3
CHN	54	1	ZHANG Zhixuan	FG	2 - 3

Cards

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Type
CHN	17	1	ZHANG Zhixuan	G
MAS	21	23	AHMAD Tengku	G
MAS	39	18	JALI Faiz	G
CHN	43	15	DU Talake	Y
MAS	45	12	MUTALIB Sukri	Y

CHN

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green	Yellow
X	1	ZHANG Zhixuan	1	1
X	5	HUANG Yue
7	7	GUO Xiaoping	1
X	8	LU Fenghui
5	9	WANG Bowen
X	10	WANG Zipeng
7	11	LI Zecheng
X	13	AO Yang
35	14	MENG Lei
6	15	DU Talake			1
X	17	E Liguang
X	21	DU Chen
X	22	DONG Yang
X	26	AO Weibao
5	27	SUN Tianjun
X	28	LIU Yixian
Bench	30	YAN Rongyao
X	32	XU Rui
		Team Manager	YANG Liu
		Head Coach	CUI Yingbiao
		Stand-In Manager	HUO Kelin
		Assistant Coach	JIA Wei
		Assistant Coach	HAN JiZhong
		Assistant Coach	TAO Zhinan
		Physiotherapist	WANG Mingbo

MAS

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green	Yellow
X	1	JAMALUDDIN Roslan
X	6	JALIL Marhan
5	8	AHMAD TAJUDDIN Izwan Firdaus
5	9	SHAMSUL Muhammad	1
X	10	SAARI Faizal	1
X	11	ABDULLAH Shahrun
X	12	MUTALIB Sukri			1
X	13	ASHARI Firhan
X	14	MISRON Azlan
X	15	NOOR Nabil
X	17	RAHIM Razie	1
5	18	JALI Faiz		1
5	20	HASAN Azuan
Bench	21	OTHMAN Hafizuddin
X	22	CHARUN Baljit Singh
X	23	AHMAD Tengku		1
6	26	SAABAH Shahril
5	30	JAMALUDDIN Izad
		Physiotherapist	INSEUNG Yeo
		Team Manager	VAN HUIZEN Stephen
		Head Coach	TAI Beng
		Stand-In Manager	ZAINI Nor Saiful
		Assistant Coach	NADARAJAN M

DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified

Match Officials

Role	Official
Umpire 1	PRASAD Raghu
Umpire 2	BARBAS Diego
Reserve Umpire	GREENFIELD Gareth
Video Umpire	van BUNGE Coen
Judge 1	WARRIS Rogier
Judge 2	McKAY Iain
Technical Officer	DECKENBROCK Christian