match report by the comedic kh
The winless streak continues. But the comical index remains high.
Perhaps, life is never dull with KH in goal. One thing for certain, he is never quiet. You can either find him commanding in the box or from the body language of Weng Khong, irritating. Secondly, he never keeps clean sheet - he has let in 10 goals in the 3 matches he kept goal. He has conceded more goals than he scored throughout the season. Thirdly, and more memorably in whatever sense you choose to, he lets in a silly goal in every match. But this time round, he added a huge dosage of self-directed, and self-inflicted drama to the silliness. And that silly goal allowed Orange United to snatch a hard-earned 3-3 draw in the dying moments of the match, when they should been staring at an embarassing defeat.
Orange United must have found us a worthy opponent. They are younger, technically better and more organised on the pitch than us. Yet they had to come back 3 times to equalise. That spoke volume of our resilience, if there is anything noteworthy of us. (Oh, for that matter, they needed a silly goal conceded by us, or rather by KH, to avoid a defeat. That spoke volume of our ahem.....man in goal.)
Orange United stamped their intent from the opening whistle and in less than 10 touches of the ball, they created the first offensive foray with a through ball when our defense was holding a high line. Credit to this shameless reporter, he was alert to rush off the line to meet the through ball before their striker did. It was hardly surprising thereafter that they dominated the proceedings but our defensive quartet, especially the 2 old warhorses in Ng and Leo, kept them at bay.
Against the run of play, we stole the lead in a rather hotly-contested situation. Chor Guan was allegedly infringing with his high foot to win the ball in the box but the man in the middle ignored the opponent's cries for an offence. CG left the rooted Orange United defence fuming as he coolly slotted the ball past their keeper.
Then the sky opened up and the heavy downpour turned the match into a water polo match with both sides struggling to get the ball going on the water-logged pitch. The rain stopped in time as the whistle went for half-time with us holding a slender 1-0 lead.
When the match resumed, the superb pitch drainage restored the playing surface to its glittering best. And that suited Orange United with their blend of slick passing and technical skills. And they didn't take long to equalise. Their nippy striker (short, a bit plump but trust me, fast and skillful) eluded the attention of both Hock Leong and Chor Guan and nipped in between them to meet a delicate chip with a perfect header to place the ball into the lower left-hand corner of the goal, beyond the desperate reach of KH's under-length hands.
We regained the lead through who else but Teck Wah. Where he and Gan were very much restricted in the open play, Teck Wah proved he was just as clinical with dead ball situations. From a free kick outside the box, he whacked a low ball through the wall that took a wicked deflection. Much as the Orange United custodian tried, his dive was an inch short to reach the ball. 2-1.
Nippy striker again punished us when he capitalised on the miscommunication, or rather lack of communication, between our central defensive duo to zoom in from nowhere to meet a free kick. His faintest connection with ball was enough to divert the ball past the stranded KH.
Parity restored but Orange United must have marvelled at our third goal, undoubtedly the goal of the match. Teck Wah raced to the left flank to recover an overweight cross from the right. His subsequent cross into the box was converted superbly by See Chiang's hardly reliable left foot and the first-time volley left everybody in awe. 3-2.
Then KH discovered his talent in comedy with his first comical act - he unceremoniously slipped and fell onto the drain grille when recovering a ball. The second comical act was played out in the final moments, with him in the thick of action from beginning to the end, writing the script, producing the act and directing the play. Firstly, a poorly executed goal kick by him sent the ball directly to their forward on the one-third line. Seeing KH out of position, Orange United forward hit a high ball towards goal. Every Marine Sunday player stood rooted on the ground as the goal-bound effort looked destined to embarass KH's lack of height. Surprisingly, KH recovered in time to palm the ball away but it came off the right vertical. Marine Sunday still remained motionless and failed to react to the rebound as they couldn't believe KH could reach out to the ball. As KH came to his senses and desperately recovered to cover the loose ball, another Orange United forward followed up with no one in tow, evaded the hopeless stretch of KH's arms, and tucked the ball into the open goal. Ng's laughter went off, just like he did in the last match.
So, it was supposed to be an overdue win we were looking at but it ended up with another draw, one that was conceded by our eccentric clown, henceforth referred to as BG.....Bruce Grobbelar....or Ga-bra?
Perhaps, life is never dull with KH in goal. One thing for certain, he is never quiet. You can either find him commanding in the box or from the body language of Weng Khong, irritating. Secondly, he never keeps clean sheet - he has let in 10 goals in the 3 matches he kept goal. He has conceded more goals than he scored throughout the season. Thirdly, and more memorably in whatever sense you choose to, he lets in a silly goal in every match. But this time round, he added a huge dosage of self-directed, and self-inflicted drama to the silliness. And that silly goal allowed Orange United to snatch a hard-earned 3-3 draw in the dying moments of the match, when they should been staring at an embarassing defeat.
Orange United must have found us a worthy opponent. They are younger, technically better and more organised on the pitch than us. Yet they had to come back 3 times to equalise. That spoke volume of our resilience, if there is anything noteworthy of us. (Oh, for that matter, they needed a silly goal conceded by us, or rather by KH, to avoid a defeat. That spoke volume of our ahem.....man in goal.)
Orange United stamped their intent from the opening whistle and in less than 10 touches of the ball, they created the first offensive foray with a through ball when our defense was holding a high line. Credit to this shameless reporter, he was alert to rush off the line to meet the through ball before their striker did. It was hardly surprising thereafter that they dominated the proceedings but our defensive quartet, especially the 2 old warhorses in Ng and Leo, kept them at bay.
Against the run of play, we stole the lead in a rather hotly-contested situation. Chor Guan was allegedly infringing with his high foot to win the ball in the box but the man in the middle ignored the opponent's cries for an offence. CG left the rooted Orange United defence fuming as he coolly slotted the ball past their keeper.
Then the sky opened up and the heavy downpour turned the match into a water polo match with both sides struggling to get the ball going on the water-logged pitch. The rain stopped in time as the whistle went for half-time with us holding a slender 1-0 lead.
When the match resumed, the superb pitch drainage restored the playing surface to its glittering best. And that suited Orange United with their blend of slick passing and technical skills. And they didn't take long to equalise. Their nippy striker (short, a bit plump but trust me, fast and skillful) eluded the attention of both Hock Leong and Chor Guan and nipped in between them to meet a delicate chip with a perfect header to place the ball into the lower left-hand corner of the goal, beyond the desperate reach of KH's under-length hands.
We regained the lead through who else but Teck Wah. Where he and Gan were very much restricted in the open play, Teck Wah proved he was just as clinical with dead ball situations. From a free kick outside the box, he whacked a low ball through the wall that took a wicked deflection. Much as the Orange United custodian tried, his dive was an inch short to reach the ball. 2-1.
Nippy striker again punished us when he capitalised on the miscommunication, or rather lack of communication, between our central defensive duo to zoom in from nowhere to meet a free kick. His faintest connection with ball was enough to divert the ball past the stranded KH.
Parity restored but Orange United must have marvelled at our third goal, undoubtedly the goal of the match. Teck Wah raced to the left flank to recover an overweight cross from the right. His subsequent cross into the box was converted superbly by See Chiang's hardly reliable left foot and the first-time volley left everybody in awe. 3-2.
Then KH discovered his talent in comedy with his first comical act - he unceremoniously slipped and fell onto the drain grille when recovering a ball. The second comical act was played out in the final moments, with him in the thick of action from beginning to the end, writing the script, producing the act and directing the play. Firstly, a poorly executed goal kick by him sent the ball directly to their forward on the one-third line. Seeing KH out of position, Orange United forward hit a high ball towards goal. Every Marine Sunday player stood rooted on the ground as the goal-bound effort looked destined to embarass KH's lack of height. Surprisingly, KH recovered in time to palm the ball away but it came off the right vertical. Marine Sunday still remained motionless and failed to react to the rebound as they couldn't believe KH could reach out to the ball. As KH came to his senses and desperately recovered to cover the loose ball, another Orange United forward followed up with no one in tow, evaded the hopeless stretch of KH's arms, and tucked the ball into the open goal. Ng's laughter went off, just like he did in the last match.
So, it was supposed to be an overdue win we were looking at but it ended up with another draw, one that was conceded by our eccentric clown, henceforth referred to as BG.....Bruce Grobbelar....or Ga-bra?
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