Match 17 – CAN 2 MAS 3

A game of missed opportunities for Canada, and Malaysia will feel somewhat fortunate to walk away with three points.

After a frenetic start to the match when Canada scored after 3 minutes and could have scored their second through two opportunities soon after, the match settled before Malaysia clawed their way back to level 2-1 at the half time break.

An even 15 minutes followed before Canada started to dominate possession and applied sustained pressure on the Malaysian defence. 

Wayne Fernandes scored his second corner goal of the match with 15 minutes to go in the match and Malaysia looked as though they would be overrun.

To their credit, they withstood the pressure and earned their first penalty corner for the half with 2 minutes remaining.  The resultant stroke gave them a tense 3-2 win.

Canada will rue hitting the crossbar twice during the match.

Malaysia play Pakistan and Belgium in their two remaining matches. 

Canada plays Belgium and India.  They will need to beat Belgium and try to take points off India if they are to try and finish in the middle of the pool.

CAN Goals: Fernandes 2 (PC 4m 55m)
MAS Goals: Mhd Nor (PC 21m), Chua (FG 27m), Rahim (PS 68m)