sep had started with a loss to shocking pink after a comfortable lead. then we reverse the trend by winning the rest of the month with come-from-behind wins for each of the matches. yesterday, we followed the same pattern of falling behind. the question was whether we could reverse Sep's record of starting with a loss with the same come-from-behind approach (i didn't mean anwar).
VS teachers has always been difficult to beat. we lost more to them over the course of our encounters, but each time, we seemed to have the measure of them. this time was no different. we had more of the possession and movements in the first 30mins and a win seemed probable. our cross field balls into the box caused problems for their defence. we peppered a couple of shots which showed our superiority. wah whipped in a cross from the left and st, coming in from right mid controlled the ball neatly with his thigh but fired over under no pressure. then VS pushed up on our freekick, but leo cleverly beat the trap. alas the ball just wouldn't come down fast enough for leo to connect and the opportunity was snuffed. and so the old adage had to be fulfilled. you get punished if you don't take your chances. on a counter-attack (how often we hear that!), VS had the ball pumped into our box. seah came out and the ball decided to shy away from him and nifty 'bowser' ran past seah and squared the ball into space. despite wen's valiant effort to cover from his right back position, the striker had an easy task of tucking in the sitter. soon, 'bowser' strikes again. his special skill of bouncing off opponents before getting to the ball was not punished by the ref. with his shorter height and low cg, he found hleong's soft spot and attacked it good. hleong tussled but was no match for the pro. 'bowser' left hleong to lick his wounds on the green turf and proceeded to square the ball for gelek skinny to score with a scuffed volley. half time 0-2 down. any comeback on the cards?
second half resumed and within minutes, the question was more or less answered. you've got to give it to VS for their teamwork for all their goals was scored because they knew where to put the ball without trying too hard to be precise in picking up any specific person. they know what to do when they have the ball and when they don't have the ball. and so goal number 3 came. adding to our misery, the coup de grace goal number 4 was classy. botak sng had come on in the second half and in our previous encounters, he had always caused damage. this time, his whole team cheered the way he jiggled his hips, leaving seah on the floor before rolling the ball into the empty net. at this point, the ref thought we were going to get nothing from this match. but ms being ms, things suddenly clicked but a little too late. perhaps VS took their feet off the pedals and we pressed more at the same time. we got 2 carbon-copy tang brothers' specials with elder feeding through balls for younger to run into and applied his usual reliable finish.
and so it finished 2-4 for oct. a similar start to sep. end of a superb come-from-behind run. the question is: "what's next?"
VS teachers has always been difficult to beat. we lost more to them over the course of our encounters, but each time, we seemed to have the measure of them. this time was no different. we had more of the possession and movements in the first 30mins and a win seemed probable. our cross field balls into the box caused problems for their defence. we peppered a couple of shots which showed our superiority. wah whipped in a cross from the left and st, coming in from right mid controlled the ball neatly with his thigh but fired over under no pressure. then VS pushed up on our freekick, but leo cleverly beat the trap. alas the ball just wouldn't come down fast enough for leo to connect and the opportunity was snuffed. and so the old adage had to be fulfilled. you get punished if you don't take your chances. on a counter-attack (how often we hear that!), VS had the ball pumped into our box. seah came out and the ball decided to shy away from him and nifty 'bowser' ran past seah and squared the ball into space. despite wen's valiant effort to cover from his right back position, the striker had an easy task of tucking in the sitter. soon, 'bowser' strikes again. his special skill of bouncing off opponents before getting to the ball was not punished by the ref. with his shorter height and low cg, he found hleong's soft spot and attacked it good. hleong tussled but was no match for the pro. 'bowser' left hleong to lick his wounds on the green turf and proceeded to square the ball for gelek skinny to score with a scuffed volley. half time 0-2 down. any comeback on the cards?
second half resumed and within minutes, the question was more or less answered. you've got to give it to VS for their teamwork for all their goals was scored because they knew where to put the ball without trying too hard to be precise in picking up any specific person. they know what to do when they have the ball and when they don't have the ball. and so goal number 3 came. adding to our misery, the coup de grace goal number 4 was classy. botak sng had come on in the second half and in our previous encounters, he had always caused damage. this time, his whole team cheered the way he jiggled his hips, leaving seah on the floor before rolling the ball into the empty net. at this point, the ref thought we were going to get nothing from this match. but ms being ms, things suddenly clicked but a little too late. perhaps VS took their feet off the pedals and we pressed more at the same time. we got 2 carbon-copy tang brothers' specials with elder feeding through balls for younger to run into and applied his usual reliable finish.
and so it finished 2-4 for oct. a similar start to sep. end of a superb come-from-behind run. the question is: "what's next?"
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