IT WAS so near yet so far for Penang as their dream of trooping home with their first ever 1MAS-MHC-Milo Under-14 Hockey title was shot down in a painful fashion.
The high-riding Penang side, which have never been able to troop out champions since the annual Under-14 tournament started in 2005, were just a whisker away from changing history at the National Hockey Stadium in Bukit Jalil.
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