Match 02 - Match Review : 040109 at Turf City

It was a difficult weekend with most of the players unable to play for the team. Rixian has to work and Twelve and Ah bee are both injured and Seng is on overseas. Therefore we had a very different squad compared to last week. Nonetheless this is the amount of people who turned up today. Thanks to those who appeared today and for all who made the effort to gave their best for the club.

GK:
Ah Fat

Def:
Ka weng
Daniel**(Man of the match)
Heng Swee
Zhen Qing
Tian Jun

Midfield:
Simon
Chai
Jumain
Lewis

Striker:
Zhong Hui
Xianxi

Yes we had only twelve players mean to say that we have only 1 substitute.

When we reached the pitch we were very shock to see the appearance of our opponent. They were indians who are tall and lanky and rigid. And they absolutely looked a pack of speed and skills. They were the typical bunch of people whom u will think that their slowest player is fastest than ur team's fastest player. That is quite a scary thought and that really dampened our morale and mood. Anythin not more than 4 goals will be a victory for us therefore we go out with a mindset of just enoying the game.

Match Review

The match started with the first 5-10 minutes being very jittery as the team failed to string anything decent together. They were down by the sheer physical appearance of the opponent that they are unable to do their thing.

However, we all start to realise that they are not strong enough. Lewis fitted into the left with Heng Swee is a combination of agility and flair with lewis mustering much of the ball and troubling them with his nifty footwork. Makeshit player Zhen qing play centre back with ever energizing Daniel at the back with both having the attribute of godly energy level. However there were moments u see Zhen Qing being way in front of the whole team leading the attack when he should be defending however he made it up with his drive and force which is very important to the team. Daniel was winning all the balls and none of the defenders can go pass him as he timed his tackles with precision. Easily one of the best players of the team with him sitting in the heart of defence, Ah fat had virtually nothing to do the whole 1st half.

We had a few good chance and finally in the 15th minute we capitalised on the mistakes they committed...simon threaded a 1 - 2 pass with chai as chai released simon to race down to collect the ball and blast it past the keeper into the roof of the goal post.

Opponent is stunned and the crowd stood up in disbelief.

Slowly we begin to dominate the game and we seem to have the game in hand but opponent simply had just one chance and that chance they converted it. It was a shock to us but we had to recover and continued playing our game.

Zhen Qing and Daniel with Ka weng and Heng Swee was ushering the defence with Tian Jun as the Defence Midfielder who is meant to disrupt their play is working like a charm as Tian Jun is winning lots of ball and disrupting the fluency of the Opponent's gameplay.

Chai, Simon and Lewis on the other hand is the leading pack for the attacks and occassionally Zhen Qing would race up and join in the attack. To the dismay of kaweng and daniel as they shouted for him to come back....

Xianxi is quite neutralised by the excellent performance of the opposition's experienced defender as he struggled to get the ball at times but there were a few good chances he created a stir in the defence with his nimble movement.

Zong hui on the left strike force proved a handful for the opposition even though he had a very long layoff. Made a few threatening shots but is very sad that it didn't went in.

Hengswee became injured and Jumain came on for Heng Swee. Jumain proved a critical player in today's setup as he anchored the midfield with his excellent first touch and precise passing. He has proven to be a very crucial player and will be featured more for future games as he can bring the team into another dimension of the game.

Towards the end all of the players are all dried and tired. But there were some excellent chances as the corners soaring in are all converted into threatening attempts as the keeper had to pull of some reflex saves to keep the score to 1-1.

In the end the match ended off in a 1-1 draw.

A good result for the team whom we expect to face a punishing defeat by the tall and lanky indians.

However they are not as strong as we thought they are. Or is it that we have become stronger?

Here are some match Highlight pictures.