By Marvin Lowe/Red Sports
Victoria’s Mhd Haseef taking a shot from a short corner. (Photo 1 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
CCAB, Friday, February 27, 2009 – Victoria School stunned defending champions Saint Andrew’s Secondary in a B Division Boys Hockey Championship quarter-final group game, beating them 3-0. With this victory, Victoria qualify for the semi-finals at the expense of St. Andrew’s.
Victoria started the game brightly by attacking at lightning speed to leave the Saints defense bamboozled and it was not long before Victoria broke the deadlock. After conceding an early goal, the Saint’s team suffered another blow when their inspirational captain went down with an injury to leave the team in disarray.
It was not long after that the Saints defense capitulated again.
After earning a short corner, Victoria captain, Mhd Haseef, took a powerful shot from the resulting set-up which the Saints goalkeeper saved brilliant.
However, the rebound fell back to Haseef when the defense failed to clear the ball. Given a second chance, Mhd Haseef took aim and drilled the ball into the bottom right corner of the Saints goal. This second goal was like a dagger into the Saints hearts.
When the second half commenced, the Saints fought back but failed to break through the Victorian defense on numerous times. In turn, the Victorians employed a counter-attacking strategy, hoping to catch the Saints on the break, which they eventually did.
In one moment of brilliance, the Victoria #14 picked up the ball from his own half, dribbled past four Saints defenders and rounded the keeper to score a brilliant solo effort.
No magic involved here as the Victoria player takes away his marker’s stick with a strong feint move. (Photo 2 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
A Victoria player makes a pass on the fly. (Photo 3 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
A Saints defender tries to take away the ball from his Victoria opponent by putting his stick in. (Photo 4 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
The Saints defender tracking back to defend against his Victoria opponent. (Photo 5 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
A Victoria player breaking free to chase down the ball. (Photo 6 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
A Victoria player making a turn in a bid to beat the Saints defenders. (Photo 7 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
A Victoria player shielding the ball from the defenders. (Photo 8 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
The Victoria captain lands a “suplex” on his Saints markers and they subsequently crash on the floor. (Photo 9 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
Victoria’s Mhd Haseef takes a powerful shot and scores. (Photo 10 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
The Saints defender tries to clear the ball away. (Photo 11 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
“Haiyah!” A Victoria player does a kungfu kick jump to avoid the tackle. (Photo 12 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
A Saints player chasing down a stray ball. (Photo 13 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
The Victoria #14 rounds the keeper after dribbling past the entire Saints defense. (Photo 14 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
The Saints defense trying to clear a blocked shot. (Photo 15 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
Victoria’s Haseef and a Saints player chasing down a loose ball. (Photo 16 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
A Saints defender puts a stick in to try and stop his Victoria opponent. (Photo 17 © Marvin Lowe/Red Sports)
Editor’s note: If you recognise yourself or your team mates in any of the photos, please feel free to leave the names behind in the comments section and we will update the captions accordingly. Thanks!
Well done, JWSS. That was a hiding for VS. Win the Championships.
JWSS totally owned VS 5-0 hahahz…..we gonna win…..
picture 5 brandon
Fadhil’s Kungfu kick is hilarious!=D
JEREMY LAST PICTURE!
photo 2 – jeremy
photo 3 – hidayat
photo 4 – fadzly
photo 5 – fadhil
photo 6 – danial
In picture no.2 the name of the player in blue is Karleef.& picture no. 7 in blue is Anand.