Contributed by reader Shadiq Al-Hussain
Nagarajan of ACS(I) shows how a simple push is executed. (Photo 1 © Shadiq Al-Hussain)
CCAB, Tuesday, April 21, 2009 – Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) beat National Junior College 4-1 to grab three valuable points in their Group C A Division Boys Hockey Championship match.
Getting an early goal to calm their nerves was on the ACS(I) agenda as they pushed forward with purpose from the start. Their much sought after breakthrough came in the 13th minute, when centre-midfielder Jaspreet Singh's cross from the right flank was met by Mahendra for the first goal.
Not contented, ACS(I) continued to attack, keeping the ball in the NJC half for the better part of the first half. They were rewarded in the 25th minute when centre-forward Esmond Loke took advantage of a rebound off NJC goalkeeper Matthew Chan to slot in the second goal for ACS(I).
With the score at 2-0, the start of the second half saw NJC assert themselves, with many long passes to centre-forward Norman Lee. However, ACS(I) disrupted this new-found momentum and managed to increase their lead to 3-0 when centre-forward Amirul Rasyid tapped the ball in from close range.
Amirul then notched his second goal of the day following centre-midfielder Jim Ong's virtually unchallenged penetration into NJC's "D-ring" to put his teammates well and truly at ease.
With seven minutes to play, NJC took advantage of their single penalty corner of the match, which ended with Muhammad Huzaifah hitting the ball into the goal.
Encouraged by their first win in the tournament, ACS(I) centre-half Anthony Tan quipped, "Credit to NJC, they put up a good fight. This is a reasonable start for us, a team looking to be in the top four."
ACS(I)’s Amirul Rasyid (in white, centre) goes past NJC’s Jun Qiu and Zhi Hao. (Photo 2 © Shadiq Al-Hussain)
ACS(I)’s Jason Teo (in white, centre) looks up for options. (Photo 3 © Shadiq Al-Hussain)
ACS(I)’s Prasad s/o Palanisamy (in white) tries to escape from NJC’s Desmond Yeo to receive a pass. (Photo 4 © Shadiq Al-Hussain)
anybody who want to know, other group c results:
NJC 3-2 TPJC
NJC 0-3 VJC
JJC 0-5 VJC
JJC 1-0 TPJC
which means JJC, NJC and ACS(I) are tied at 3 points. VJC are through with 9 points.
1st two scores above courtesy of Farook of NJC
2nd two scores above courtesy of Yeap Bing Cheng of JJC.
rijc hocker, if u dont mind, can u put the scores from your group up here too? thanks.
fight but still lose.haha
ok ok. GO NJ.
rijc hocker, acsi and njc both have 3 points now (acsi beat njc, njc earlier beat tpjc). both teams have a chance to qualify. acsi’s 2 remaining matches are against jjc and tpjc while njc’s remaining match is against jjc.
hey nice report. does this mean acsi is through already?
hey nice report. does this mean that acsi is in the next round already?
GO NJ! fight all the way!