Kuantan on Saturday will see Korea and Pakistan final. In the onesided semifinals, Pakistan defeated the hosts 4-2 while in the first semis, Korea outplayed China 5-1.
Malaysia scored in the third minute off Ismail Abu before Rehan came with his trump in the 18th minute. Akhtar Ali bounced on a loose ball in the 46th minute to firm up the scorebaord. Despite full stands standing behind them with their vocal best, Malaysian could not rise their game to a desired level.Continuing their onslaught, pepped up in the middle by Waseem Ahmed and to some extent by Saqlain Ahmed, Pak used both the flanks to penetrate. With a perfect midfield feed, Rehan Butt put the ball inside the net with a powerful forehand shot in the 63rd minute. Akhat Ali then set up Haseem Khan for the fouth goal, the last nail in the Malaysian coffin.
Seconds left for the hooter, Malaysia got a penalty corner, and the resultant goal some semblance of fight at least on the scoreboard.