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| ‘Mother of all gold medals’ out of Malaysia’s grasp Posted: 19 Dec 2013 07:17 AM PST The score after regulation play was 1-1. It was sweet revenge for the Indonesians who lost 3-4 to Malaysia in a penalty shootout in the final at the last edition of the Games in Indonesia in 2011. Yohanes Ferinando Pahabol scored the winning goal for the Indonesians for a shot at the "mother of gold medals in the SEA Games" when the shootout was tied at 3-3. The failure of A. Thamil Arasu and Shahrul Mohd Saad to convert their penalties buried Malaysia, although Nazmi Faiz Mansor, Mohamad Fadhli Mohd Shas and Mohamad Rozaimi Ab Rahim saved Malaysia when they were down 0-2 early in the shootout. The match had got off to a slow start with both sides exercising caution. Malaysia had a chance at goal in the 10th minute only to see Thamil Arasu's piledriver from outside the penalty box caught by Indonesian keeper and team captain Kurnia Meiga Hermansyah. The Indonesians also came close to be in the lead in the 25th minute, but Yandi Sofyan Munawar's shot sailed over the Malaysian goal guarded by Mohd Izham Tarmizi Roslan. Five minutes later, disaster struck for Malaysia when Indonesian midlfielder Bayu Gatra Sanggiawan fired home during a goal-mouth melee. Malaysia had a golden chance to level the score in injury time of the first half, but Mohamad Fadhli Mohd Shah was slow to capitalise on a free kick taken by team captain Mohd Irfan Fazail. On resumption, Indonesia upped the ante by trying to go for the kill and came close to increasing their lead in the 68th minute, but Yandi Sofyan's shot was saved by the Malaysian keeper. The Malaysians showed they were made of sterner stuff and continued to pile on the pressure on the Indonesian goal. Another chance came in the 80th minute, but D. Saarvindran's attempt was denied by the Indonesian keeper. Malaysia's persistence paid off when Thamil Arasu equalised in the 84th minute, forcing extra time which did not result in a winner. At the post-match press conference, Malaysia's coach Datuk Ong Kim Swee praised his boys for their never say die attitude, but admitted "today was not their day". "The match went down to the wire, but Indonesia prevailed today," he said. Indonesia's coach Rahmad Darmawan said the match had all the ingredients of a final and was happy Indonesia won. - Bernama, December 19, 2013. |
| Divers in class of their own, net two more gold medals Posted: 19 Dec 2013 06:07 AM PST London Olympics bronze medallist Pandelela Rinong Pamg and Ooi Tze Liang powered Malaysia's dominance in the sport in their respective events. Pandelela easily beat five participant,s including compatriot Loh Zhiayi for the gold in the women's 10m platform with 346.60 points. Zhiayi made it a 1-2 for Malaysia in the event when she clinched the silver medal with 292.10 points, while the bronze medal went to the host country's diver Saw Hla Nandar who collected 233.15 points. When met by reporters, Pandelela said she put her Olympic glory behind her in the SEA Games competition. "My focus was on executing the perfect dive," she said. Earlier, Tze Liang redeemed his disappointment of a silver medal yesterday when he won the men's 3m springboard event with 431.90 points today. Another Malaysian, Chew Yi Wei took the bronze with 314.20 points and the silver went to Singaporean diver Lee Mark Han Mi who collected 324.15 points. Tze Liang said he was elated with the win. After this he would be focusing on preparation for the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland and the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea next year. - Bernama, December 19, 2013. |
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