Picture story by REDintern Tan Jon Han
ITE (red) celebrates after defeating NYP (white) 1-0 in the penalty shootout to move on to the finals. (Photo 1 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
Republic Polytechnic, Friday, January 22, 2010 – The Institute of Technical Education (ITE) beat the Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP) 2-2 (1-0 on penalties) to book their place in the final of the Institute-Varsity-Polytechnic (IVP) Floorball Championship.
ITE scored first in the opening quarter to take the lead, only to see NYP draw level and then take the lead in the second quarter. ITE then found an equalizer in the last quarter as both teams fought it out to win the game in regular time. At times NYP looked like the team more likely to bring the game home but excellent defense by ITE brought the game to extra time.
Neither of the teams managed to make the most out of the scoring opportunities presented to them in the five minutes of extra time, leading to a penalty shootout which was full of saves and misses to decide the winner. Eventually, the solitary goal by Syazni (ITE #25) won them the match and place in the final.
ITE will face RP in the finals that will take place on Monday, January 25, at Republic Poly.
N.B. For all other fixtures and results, please go to the SCHOOLS FIXTURES & RESULTS page.
Jiun Wei (NYP #99) is just a second too slow in getting to the ball as it falls into the hands of ITE’s goalkeeper Iman. (Photo 2 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
NYP’s goalkeeper dives in vain as ITE scores the opening goal. (Photo 3 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
ITE’s #10 Md Afiq celebrating after putting ITE up 1-0. (Photo 4 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
ITE’s celebration was cut shot as they lost their lead in the second period, with Sabri (NYP #5) scoring a second goal to put his team ahead. (Photo 5 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
Farhan (NYP #46) losing the ball to ITE’s goalkeeper Iman just in front of their goal mouth. (Photo 6 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
NYP’s #12 Yiru clears the ball from the advancing ITE players as his goalkeeper Irfaan looks on. (Photo 7 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
ITE’s #24 Zul intercepts an NYP ball to deny them a shot at goal. (Photo 8 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
Both teams stepped up the intensity of the game to fight for possession during the 5 minutes of added time. (Photo 9 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
NYP’s #10 Jenmark reacts after missing the best scoring opportunity for either team to score during extra time. (Photo 10 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
A desperate dive and save by ITE denied another scoring attempt by NYP. (Photo 11 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
ITE’s goalkeeper Iman looks on as NYP miss during the penalty shootout. (Photo 12 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
NYP’s goalkeeper Irfaan making a save to keep his team in the game. (Photo 13 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
Syazni (ITE #25) beating NYP’s goalkeeper Irfaan to score the solitary goal of the shootout to win the game for ITE. (Photo 14 © Tan Jon Han/Red Sports)
N.B. If you know the names of the players featured in the photos, please let us know in the comments section. We’ll update the captions. Thanks.
NYP #99 jiun wei
NYP #8 Haikal
NYP #5 Sabri
NYP #46 Farhan
NYP #88 Harvie
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ITE Goalie – Iman
ITE #24 – Zul
NYP Goalie – Irfaan
NYP #10 – Jenmark
NYP #12 – Yiru
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ITE number #10 Md Afiq.
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Number 25 ITE name is Syazni