Hi ppl, i m ur new blog writer Sea Monkey(sounds nicer), helping out our benevolent Bao Kar Liao, Simon this week. We took a week break for Simon's Thailand trip and we are back in business.
1st 11am game for us poses a new challenge to our stamina. Rendezvous timing : 10.30am. Upon arrival at 10.45am, we see poor Twelve sitting alone by himself. No one was there for warm up. Applause for him for his effort. N the rest, please be punctual next time hor.... Early arrival for kicking around will aid u to improve your match performance. Especially if we are playing at 11 am.
We welcomed Ah Fat back to the team after a couple weeks of MIA due to work commitment. Plus Anson, playing a second game for us in goal. Zhen Qing returning and Ke Jang together with 2 friends. (Sorry, forgot your name, Simon pls fill in )
The pitch looks bumpy with lots of potholes and very lengthy. So we decided to play a more packed midfield and to attack from the center instead of the wings. N we definitely look more professional with our newly purchased UMBRO tactics board. However, once the whistle is blown, we were bombarded with ferocious muscling, shoving and tackles from the opponents. For the first 15 mins, we could hardly breathe. The whole midfield was dominated by the Great "No.14 " who vows to kill and tear anyone in his way. It was only until when Zonghui passes a through ball to Chai, and he broke the offside trap to see his shot tip over the bar, then we see signs of a possible match with the opponents.
However, shortly after, the opponents switched their tactics to long ball, and their "Huang Zhong Yao " look alike striker broke our offside trap and shot through a tight angle to put their side 1 nil up. There were signs of bias from the referee as a few more offsides were not caught with them still terrorising our defense.
We had a brilliant chance after which Xianxi's shot was parried away by their keeper and Zonghui's follow up was met by a handball block from the opponents defense. The referee was no where near and as usual, nothing goes our way.
After that, we were getting demoralised min by min. With them breaking offside trap again twice and scoring with ease. Eyebrows were raised once again wondering if the referee is bias. Some started thinking if we shared the same fate as Man u being demolished by Pool 4-1 the night before, and move to our first defeat of the season. The midfielders, Lewis, Rixian, Chai and Twelve worked very hard chasing after brilliant passes by the opponents. Our defence Jin, Ah fatt, Zhenqing and Simon put up a few good defending, otherwise, the scoreline could have been uncountable.
Finally the half time whistle goes, Simon as usual is cheering for the team not to demoralise. Our team needs a defeat to let us learn and show our true character. So far its been a fantasy, with 4 wins and 3 draws. N this is the worst we have suffered. 3 nil at half time. But soon after, everyone gets inspired by Simon and starts to encourage each other to finish of the game with pride.
The 2nd half started. The opponents being a bit complacent, rested a few of their key players. There are signs of more unity for our team, switching back to our best 4-4-2 formation. With ZhenQing and Rixian in the middle. The team started to string a few good passes around and put on more pressure on the opponents. Crosses came in, with Zong hui heading a bottom corner ball to be match by a equally good keeping from the opponent. More ball winning in the center of the field for the team by ZhenQing and Rixian. Yet the incredible "14" still able to muscle his way and put in a few good passes for the opponents.
It was about 65 min when a header from the mid field came to about just outside the box, Chai took a quick tricky outside foot shot and the ball sneaks narrowly into the far left of the keeper
with him standing rooted. Signs of relief from the team, at least we can pull one back.
A good pass from Rixian releases ZhenQing down the right wing and Zhen Qing forces their clumsy defender to bring him down for a penalty. He wanted to take the penalty himself only to be stopped by Chai who believes a player should never take his own earned penalty. In the end, no one else stood up to take and Chai took it reluctantly. A shot right to the center of the goal looks weak, but luckily a deflection through the keeper's legs keep our hopes alive. 3-2!!!!
With morale raising, we took control of the game after. We hit them with waves n waves of attacks. Forcing their no16 to go berserk and got more warnings from the referee. And forcing the opponents to bring their key players back. N the moment arrives, Jin running up from the defence, ( he has scored from a corner before) A corner for our team came in from the left wing, which was headed clear by their defence. But Rixian was at the right spot at the right time, cooly drill a low shot into the bottom corner with everyone else rooted to the ground watching the masterpiece. 3-3 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A world class comeback.
The rest of the game was evenly matched. With the opponents missing a world class open goal with our keeper beaten. No 14 was so devestated that he blasted the ball over the fence to end the game. Congrats Whinning 11 for the unbeaten record!!!!!!!
Best regards,
Sea Monkey
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