Friday, July 31, 2009

Match 23 Match 24 Match 25

After a Hectic few weeks... Finally i found some time to do some match reporting and updates.

Videos and Photos will be up soon but its too lag and therefore...

Then again...

Some weeks ago our team met with a downturn in luck and much of our matches didn't turn out to be satisfactory performance.

Some say its the jersey while some say its the morale and some say its this and that... But nonetheless what said is not an importance... the important thing is the team being able to pick ourselves up from the debris that we left off with and stage a spectacular performance in the subsequent match...

The turning point of the team comes when we met with Xianxi's friends team... Charlie's team and that was a point where trouble came in with much of our players down with injury...

Fronting the match with only 10 players on both team... it was actually us who are able to find the momentum faster than the opposition...but we are only able to shift our gears up to gear 2.... whereas opponents are already playing the footsie at a higher tempo....And soon both are giving the opposition teams a run for their money....

Ah fat and Zhen Quan mustered the defence while Rixian , Chai and aman rotated the role of Anchoring the midfield....Taran as usual dominated his spot on the right... but it was the opponent who took the lead....

However, A goal worthy of a goal of the season unleash from Chai put us level with the opponent.... A glorius strike from the heart of midfield that tuck superbly into the tight corner of the post...

IT was in the second half that with fatigue and heavy legs settling in... we start to lose our concentration.. A thunderous shot from outside penalty box and a well placed shot put the opponents 3-1 against us... A dip in form as we perceive this game to be... but with some reflection and thinkings... we decided that we need to improve...

The following week... upon reaching the pitch... we were greeted by a friendly sight of our ex team members in which a few of our players had a free transfer over...

An experienced veteran but yet very little stamina but are actually a bunch of hard hitting guys... However, it was the whinners who rain countless attacks on them and they were clueless for a while what hit them... But were kept at bay with the antics of their keeper....

A free kick from outside the penalty box slipped through the defence and beyond the reach of asen put the veteran guys at a 1-0 lead...

However it was cheeky shot from Lewis who did a backheel into the net who equalled the score... The play was tough and the going gets high but the defence held the forte with ah fat and Zhen Quan .... While the midfield partnership of Chai, Ke jang, Lewis , Rixian ,Ke jang, Taran and Twelve...Zonghui was a constant threat and would have gotten a few goals if not for his injury...

Middle of nowhere of the second half... Taran was released to go 1 on 1 with the keeper... However, for some peculiar reasons... the shot didn't got in and was squared to xianxi.... And Xianxi gladly returned the favour to put us 2-1 up....

Match 25 was a testament of a rejuvenated Whining Eleven when a healthy group of folks turn up very early for a pre-match warm up... It was a positive sign to see the guys so eagerly reaching the pitch for some pre-match warmup...

Our opponents turn out to be some pretty strong group of malays....

It only took 5 mins for Zonghui to latch onto a long ball and snitch the first goal with a typical and elegantly taken finish. However some defence lapse allowed the opponent to equalise and not long after that they took a long distance shot which took a horrid dip and brought the score to 2-1.... Down 2-1...We push ourselves to get the equaliser and it was once again zonghui whu terrorised the defence with the help of the midfield contigent of jumain, lewis , twelve , rixian and kejang to slip a nicley placed ball to xianxi for him to poach on the on rushing ball and we are equalled.

Went into 2nd half... with a strong heart and strong desire to come out the winners...However it was difficult for us to get back the ball for awhile as we struggled with some simple clearnace of the ball within the defence line... Our lapse of concentration resulted in a shot from the opponents to glide through the defence and into the net... we were 3-2 down with some 10-15 mins left...

Jumain...got the ball... At his normal self calm composed....effortlessly send the ball rolling into zonghui's path and zonghui took no second calling to put the ball high up into the net and put us level with the opponents....

A few decent attempt from Ke jang whu struck the post and zong hui who send the ball too high up...But took his last chance at goal that started from a counter attack and he calmly finished the opponent with a well taken shot...4-3...

It didn't take the referee long to call a halt to this breath taking game....As the pleasing sound of the final whistle rung in our ears...

A match we will not forget and a match that tells the world to start worrying... The whining eleven are back...

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