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MAS V FRA ( 5th - 8th ) Hockey World League Semi-Final Antwerp 2015

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4 - 1

FRA

Match Review MAS - FRA 4-1

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A scoreline of 4-1 suggests Malaysian dominance, but the early stages of the game suggested the result could have gone either way.

The first quarter of the game was played at a frenetic pace, with both France and Malaysia creating chances. The deadlock was broken at the start of the second quarter when the ever-industrious Hugo Genestet found Jean Laurent Kieffer (18') with a perfect defence-splitting pass. The deflection flew over 'keeper Roslan Jamaluddin's head.

The lead was short-lived as Shahrun Abdullah's (19') shot rebounded to Muhammad Shamsul, who slammed the ball home.

The game continued to be played at a high tempo, with Malaysia having the best of the later exchanges. Faizal Saari chipped the ball over the crossbar, but this was just a warning shot to the French: just a few minutes later, Azuan Hasan (37') dived full length onto a cross to put the Speedy Tigers ahead.

The final session was played with no quarter given. Guillaume Deront was given a yellow card for a tough challenge on his Malaysian counterpart and the French faced a series of penalty corners as Malaysia strove to make their player advantage count.

The goal that put the cushion between the teams came courtesy of captain Razie Rahim, a ferocious penalty corner strike that left Martin Zylbermann helpless in the French goal.

In a dramatic final few minutes, Zylbermann was dismissed after a crunching tackle on Saari and Rahim was able to double his personal tally from the penalty spot.

"After we lost to India in the quarter-finals, we knew we had to win this one and aim to finish fifth," said Faizal Saari. "We worked hard for each other and supported throughout. It was a tough game, but we kept encouraging each other from the start to the finish."

The result means France will face Pakistan in the 7/8th play-off and Malaysia will go onto to contest fifth spot with Ireland.

Goals

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
FRA	18	5	KIEFFER Jean-Laurent	FG	0 - 1
MAS	19	9	SHAMSUL Muhammad	FG	1 - 1
MAS	37	20	HASAN Azuan	FG	2 - 1
MAS	47	10	SAARI Faizal	PC	3 - 1
MAS	57	17	RAHIM Razie	PS	4 - 1

Cards

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Type
MAS	17	23	AHMAD Tengku	G
FRA	26	6	GENESTET Tom	G
FRA	35	14	BAUMGARTEN Gaspard	G
FRA	41	16	GOYET François	G
FRA	46	15	DERONT Guillaume	Y
FRA	57	31	ZYLBERMANN Martin	Y

MAS

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green
X	1	JAMALUDDIN Roslan
X	6	JALIL Marhan
4	8	AHMAD TAJUDDIN Izwan Firdaus
4	9	SHAMSUL Muhammad	1
X	10	SAARI Faizal	1
X	11	ABDULLAH Shahrun
X	12	MUTALIB Sukri
X	13	ASHARI Firhan
X	14	MISRON Azlan
X	15	NOOR Nabil
X	17	RAHIM Razie	1
6	18	JALI Faiz
4	20	HASAN Azuan	1
Bench	21	OTHMAN Hafizuddin
X	22	CHARUN Baljit Singh
X	23	AHMAD Tengku		1
4	26	SAABAH Shahril
4	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

FRA

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green	Yellow
X	4	PETERS-DEUTZ Cristoforo
8	5	KIEFFER Jean-Laurent	1
X	6	GENESTET Tom		1
8	7	GENESTET Hugo
X	8	MARTIN BRISAC Simon
8	9	SANCHEZ Olivier
X	11	MASSON Charles
8	14	BAUMGARTEN Gaspard		1
X	15	DERONT Guillaume			1
8	16	GOYET François		1
X	18	FORGUES Jean-Baptiste
5	19	SCHEEFER Francois
X	20	CHARLET Victor
X	22	GENESTET Martin
X	24	COISNE Aristide
X	25	LYON Romain
57	29	SAUNIER Corentin
X	31	ZYLBERMANN Martin			1
		Team Manager	FRANCOIS Antoine
		Head Coach	FOULARD Gael
		Assistant Coach	REYNAUD Bertrand
		Stand-In Manager	HOEBEN Gerold
		Medical Doctor	POPINEAU Christophe
		Physiotherapist	LE BRIS Sebastien

DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified

Match Officials

Role	Official
Umpire 1	VAN EERT Roel
Umpire 2	PULLMAN Tim
Reserve Umpire	van ELEGEM Geoffroy
Video Umpire	SIMMONDS Gary
Judge 1	SHARMA Anjali
Judge 2	WARRIS Rogier
Technical Officer	WOTHERSPOON Anne