Friday, October 30, 2009

UPM Tournament Is Off

The Northern Warrior's participation to the UPM International Invitational in Serdang from November 17th is now off. The news was forwarded to the coaching staff by UUM Sports Director, En Shaffery Rejab. He mentioned that the cancellation is very untimely but he is unable to commit himself towards the matter as the Vice Chancellor's office had issued a notice that all acitivities involving it's students are temporarily suspended during the examination week. Therefore, the team will have to wait for the new schedule to prepare themselves for the upcoming Prima Cup and UiTM Invitational Quadrangular scheduled for December.
The Northern Warriors will now get to focus on their examinations and plan themselves for their return to their respective states until a call up is extended to all players.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Inter DPP Mini Soccer Carnival - Finals

Tuesday, October 28th 2009 is a night for all the eight participating teams to cherish. It was an evening where all the semi-final and final matches of the UUM Inter DPP Mini Soccer Carnival 2009 were held. It involved 5 DPPs namely, DPP Malaysia Airlines (MAS - 3 teams in 2 different categories - junior and senior), DPP Yayasan Al-Bukhary (YAB), DPP Proton, DPP Petronas and DPP Bank Rakyat. Despite their tight schedules preparing for their final examinations, the lads still able to take their time off preparing themselves for the cruncher. Backed by their strong supporters, all the participating teams played their heart out to outplay their respective opponents.
Leading the contenders for the junior and senior categories is DPP MAS with 2 teams in the junior category and a team in the senior category. The match kicked-off with DPP MAS A took the field against DPP TNB. DPP TNB beat the odd by outplaying the favourite MAS A with a 2 goal lead and in the first half and ended the match with 2-1. Soon after, DPP MAS B took on DPP Petronas in the first semi final of the senior category. The outcome of the match, it was DPP MAS B who walked out the winner with 1-0 win. The second semi-final of the junior category involved DPP MAS B against DPP Bank Rakyat. DPP Bank Rakyat backed by their hardcore fans and supporters drummed themselves on the wet condition. They found it hard to beat the balanced team of DPP MAS B lead by Mohd Zulhusni Hasani. The full time ended in 0-0 and it took the penalty kicks to decide the finalist, joining DPP TNB. At the end it was DPP MAS B that came out the winner after DPP Bank Rakyat's fourth penalty kicker failed to put the ball accross the goal line.
The second semi-final of the senior category was between DPP YAB against DPP Proton. The match was played at high tempo and both teams suit the semi-finalists tag. The penalty shoot-out again was the decider to decide the outright finalist, to meet DPP YAB in the final after both teams were tied at 1-1. The outcome of this match favoured DPP YAB as they managed to put 4 goals in the penalty shoot-out compared to only 3 by DPP Proton. Therefore the finals were between DPP MAS A against DPP TNB while in the senior category, it was between DPP MAS B against DPP YAB.
In the junior category, title favourite DPP MAS A emerged champion after beating DPP TNB in the penalty shoot-out after both teams were tied at 0-0. Meanwhile in the senior category DPP YAB was the champion of the 2009 edition after defeating DPP MAS B 1-0. However the tensed final was marred by explosive thrown by a spectator into the field. Match officials abandoned the match for almost 10 minutes but the electrifying finals continued to get the cheering voices from the spectators. DPP YAB managed to hang up to the solitary goal till the final whistle. Congratulations to the Junior Category Champion - DPP MAS A and Senior Category Champion - DPP YAB. The champions pocketed RM500 each while the losing finalist earned RM200 each.