match report by kh
There are a few options to start this report.
I could have drawn parallel with Liverpool's result against Hull on same day.
Liverpool should have won but drew. Like us.
They came from behind to snatch a draw. Like us.
That matched ended 2 - 2. Like us.
Their skipper, Gerrard, scored both goals. Like us.
But such report will draw flaks form you readers, especially from a certain Chwee Leng, whose ego has been bruised incessantly by this reporter-cum-editor.
The other option is to continue highlighting our winless streak. Against last Saturday's opponent, AC Milan Version N, we could and should have won but we threw the game away. Perhaps, we have forgotten what it is like to win. Perhaps, we have lost the winning feeling. Perhaps, we are no longer thrilled to win. So, we might as well continue the winless run. But this theme is wearing thin on the pitiful few readers.
A third option is to keep zooming our radar on the form of one fellow. Putting the result aside, what had us worried was the continuing bluntness of our only remaining predator. Why only remaining? How about KH? Forget him, a pale shadow of his old self. Chwee Leng? Not even a shadow! Gan? Considering that he has scored well in bedroom (he's gearing up for fatherhood, mind you), his lack of pace, slow-mo action on the pitch is forgiveable. But Teck Wah?
At the rate TW is going, we will soon have no more strikers. For the second successive match, he missed the goal from his trademark lob. Based on this empirical evidence, the Council of Highest Order, made up entirely of Elders > 40 years of age, deduced that his off-pitch new-found whatever might have blunted his on-pitch conversion, although we reluctantly (and gleefully) agreed that if we had the same "firing field" like he has, we would probably be spending our time "charging the mountains, engaging in bush warfare and doing a lot of river crossing"! But not everything is bleak. We are at least encouraged that his intensive "commando" training has enhanced his mental sharpness and brightness, given how his quick-mindedness created our first goal.
We had to again sign two players on-loan for this match - Benny and Kok Hock, only for the attendance to be further boosted by last-minute responses from Mark, Melvin (yes, that round one from Down Under) and Hock Leong. From hardly able to assemble 13, including 2 on-loan players, to suddenly 16 players created some selection headache.
1st half was largely an even affair. Both sides created a couple of scoring opportunities but none really threated each other's goal. The big pitch further stretched the physical constraints of our players as we were too cautious not to be caught out by committing ourselves in too advanced positions. The half was coming to an end when a fantastic piece of play starting from the defence broke the deadlock. Brandon, tenative when he first came into play, was brilliant in robbing the ball from ACMVX's left winger and quickly passed the ball to Melvin on the right. From the mid line, Melvin attempted to rekindle his college intimate link with Yong Chua on football field when he sent in a long ball to the latter just outside the box. ACMVX's keeper was quick off the line to pluck the high ball from the air before YC could do any damage but his right foot landed just outside the penalty box, resulting in an indirect freekick for us. Teck Wah's awareness prompted him to take a quick free kick and rolled the ball back to Kian Hwa, whose left-footed shot floated the ball over the bewildered ACMVX's players and sailed into the unguarded goal. They had no complaints against our goal as it was legitimately executed to perfection. Superb work from the defender (Brandon) to midfielder (Melvin) to forward (Teck Wah)! 1 - 0 to our advantage at half-time.
We were caught out by 2 sloppy defending in the 2nd half, allowing them to reverse the deficit. But we could have extended the lead beyond any issue before that. Yet, we missed 2 glorious scoring opportunities. First was TW's miss. After being put through, he executed his perfect lob over the advancing keeper, only to see the ball bouncing agonisingly 2 cm wide off the left upright! Then, it was Gan who emulated TW's earlier miss. Similarly put through to face the keeper, Gan chose to shoot instead of lobbing the keeper, and the keeper parried the stiff shot away for a corner, but not before the ball hitting the post.
ACMVX duly punished us. Their first real attack of the half resulted in the equaliser. Ng and Mark failed to clear the ball cleanly and that moment of hesitation allowed their forward to nip in and squared the ball across the box for a tap-in. Then, a speculative shot from the right caught our defence by surprise and Seah could do nothing to prevent the goal, despite his outstretched arm in the air. From 1 - 0 up to 1 - 2 down!
All looked too familiar again until KH re-entered into play and beat the offside line to receive Weng Khong's brilliant reverse pass that fooled ACMVX rearguard. KH did not choose to lob the keeper or shoot at goal but rounded the keeper instead before placing the ball in the net for the last-grasp equaliser. A point gained but it looked more like 2 points lost for Marine Sunday, as we continued to sing our winless blues.
I could have drawn parallel with Liverpool's result against Hull on same day.
Liverpool should have won but drew. Like us.
They came from behind to snatch a draw. Like us.
That matched ended 2 - 2. Like us.
Their skipper, Gerrard, scored both goals. Like us.
But such report will draw flaks form you readers, especially from a certain Chwee Leng, whose ego has been bruised incessantly by this reporter-cum-editor.
The other option is to continue highlighting our winless streak. Against last Saturday's opponent, AC Milan Version N, we could and should have won but we threw the game away. Perhaps, we have forgotten what it is like to win. Perhaps, we have lost the winning feeling. Perhaps, we are no longer thrilled to win. So, we might as well continue the winless run. But this theme is wearing thin on the pitiful few readers.
A third option is to keep zooming our radar on the form of one fellow. Putting the result aside, what had us worried was the continuing bluntness of our only remaining predator. Why only remaining? How about KH? Forget him, a pale shadow of his old self. Chwee Leng? Not even a shadow! Gan? Considering that he has scored well in bedroom (he's gearing up for fatherhood, mind you), his lack of pace, slow-mo action on the pitch is forgiveable. But Teck Wah?
At the rate TW is going, we will soon have no more strikers. For the second successive match, he missed the goal from his trademark lob. Based on this empirical evidence, the Council of Highest Order, made up entirely of Elders > 40 years of age, deduced that his off-pitch new-found whatever might have blunted his on-pitch conversion, although we reluctantly (and gleefully) agreed that if we had the same "firing field" like he has, we would probably be spending our time "charging the mountains, engaging in bush warfare and doing a lot of river crossing"! But not everything is bleak. We are at least encouraged that his intensive "commando" training has enhanced his mental sharpness and brightness, given how his quick-mindedness created our first goal.
We had to again sign two players on-loan for this match - Benny and Kok Hock, only for the attendance to be further boosted by last-minute responses from Mark, Melvin (yes, that round one from Down Under) and Hock Leong. From hardly able to assemble 13, including 2 on-loan players, to suddenly 16 players created some selection headache.
1st half was largely an even affair. Both sides created a couple of scoring opportunities but none really threated each other's goal. The big pitch further stretched the physical constraints of our players as we were too cautious not to be caught out by committing ourselves in too advanced positions. The half was coming to an end when a fantastic piece of play starting from the defence broke the deadlock. Brandon, tenative when he first came into play, was brilliant in robbing the ball from ACMVX's left winger and quickly passed the ball to Melvin on the right. From the mid line, Melvin attempted to rekindle his college intimate link with Yong Chua on football field when he sent in a long ball to the latter just outside the box. ACMVX's keeper was quick off the line to pluck the high ball from the air before YC could do any damage but his right foot landed just outside the penalty box, resulting in an indirect freekick for us. Teck Wah's awareness prompted him to take a quick free kick and rolled the ball back to Kian Hwa, whose left-footed shot floated the ball over the bewildered ACMVX's players and sailed into the unguarded goal. They had no complaints against our goal as it was legitimately executed to perfection. Superb work from the defender (Brandon) to midfielder (Melvin) to forward (Teck Wah)! 1 - 0 to our advantage at half-time.
We were caught out by 2 sloppy defending in the 2nd half, allowing them to reverse the deficit. But we could have extended the lead beyond any issue before that. Yet, we missed 2 glorious scoring opportunities. First was TW's miss. After being put through, he executed his perfect lob over the advancing keeper, only to see the ball bouncing agonisingly 2 cm wide off the left upright! Then, it was Gan who emulated TW's earlier miss. Similarly put through to face the keeper, Gan chose to shoot instead of lobbing the keeper, and the keeper parried the stiff shot away for a corner, but not before the ball hitting the post.
ACMVX duly punished us. Their first real attack of the half resulted in the equaliser. Ng and Mark failed to clear the ball cleanly and that moment of hesitation allowed their forward to nip in and squared the ball across the box for a tap-in. Then, a speculative shot from the right caught our defence by surprise and Seah could do nothing to prevent the goal, despite his outstretched arm in the air. From 1 - 0 up to 1 - 2 down!
All looked too familiar again until KH re-entered into play and beat the offside line to receive Weng Khong's brilliant reverse pass that fooled ACMVX rearguard. KH did not choose to lob the keeper or shoot at goal but rounded the keeper instead before placing the ball in the net for the last-grasp equaliser. A point gained but it looked more like 2 points lost for Marine Sunday, as we continued to sing our winless blues.
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