Match #40 (28 Sep 08): Third consecutive come-from-behind win

in case the F in JC starts to conjure wild images, FJC actually stands for FitJazzClub. FJC were neither fit nor jazzy, so perhaps the only relevance was club, but not meaning football club. nevertheless, there was a lot of buzz at the start with both teams trying to find some passing rhythm on the small Xin Min field. instead there were a good deal of pinballing around until people started to get tired of pinging around. it was inevitable we started playing the better football after a while when the tang princes took control in the middle of the park with their understanding. indeed the tang dynasty of football is well and truly existent with big brother teck hong helping out MS today as guest player. too bad, young prince wasn't around to form a triumvirate, instead choosing to play golf somewhere un-chinese.

back to the match. despite us clearly playing better football than thinking abt driving hondas, we fell behind to a route one tactic. a long ball from FJC eluded everyone and as seah came to claim it, he slipped on debris and their striker gleefully ran through to slot the ball in. but their joy was shortlived as MS continued to pound on them with another guest terk constantly terrorizing them down the side. gan could have put us twice in front after good work from terk and the other cleverly created by himself, but his finishing deserted him. then elder tang found some time to line up a shot and duly smashed a powerful angled grounder to draw us level. soon after, it was half time.

second half was all MS. as FJC continued their love affair of holding a high line, we changed game plan to put ball into spaces instead of playing ball to feet. terk ran on a through ball and dispatched it with confidence to put us into the lead. then the tangs combined in the middle again before elder released a peach of a ball for leng to stride into and complete the job just as terk did. as FJC continued to play aimlessly, they made more mistakes and they gifted possession to chye in the box who unselfishly squared to big bro for an easy tap-in. then gan, finding more joy in right midfield send an inch-perfect corner for terk to nod a looping header into the far corner. for their endeavor, FJC got another goal but it was small consolation.

it was an easy match and the statistics will show that we missed more than we scored. still a rather good result considering we were short of our regulars. that completes an incredible month for us with 3 consecutive come-from-behind wins since that kick-from-behind loss at Bowen.