Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Match #23 (23 May 09): Marine Sunday Renewed Ties With Old Foes and Emerged as Kings!

Marine Sunday went on a rampage in the opening 30 minutes and we pretty much sealed the match during that period, capitalising on Kings of Dunearn’s weak goalkeeper with 3 goals that exposed his deficiency his ball handling in the air. Teck Wah set the tone with the 1st goal of the match from a freekick just outside the box. Simon followed up with another freekick, leaving the keeper again grasping for air. Teck Chye completed the keeper’s misery and embarrassment with another cross-shot from the right flank, off a short corner. We could have notched up a rugby scoreline but Mike failed to connect cleanly a cross from the left early in the match, Kian Hwa fluffed two shots just wide off the target and Teck Wah had another couple of efforts that were easily cleared by KoD’s recovering defenders. A change of keeper and match ball midway through the 1st half seemed to work wonder for KoD as they regained their composure and started to threaten us. A long shot that cannoned off the bar served as the ominous notice to us. We served a tit-for-tat as the short pitch almost made Brandon a scorer as his long drop kick left KoD’s last man and keeper fumbling but to their relief, the ball came off the upright. KoD reduced the deficit when their foreign import escaped the attention of Chung Wen and hit an angled shot into our net. 3 – 1.

Both sides found each other difficult to break down in the 2nd half. Our compact and disciplined backline did not offer them an inch to penetrate and KoD had to resort to pot shots from outside the box. On the other end, their keeper provided assurance at the back as he proved to be a safer pair of hands than the former custodian. Most of our through balls were timely mopped up by his fine reading of the game. We scored our 4th goal through a rather fortuitous decision by the referee not to judge an infringement by Teck Chye on their playmaker, James. Teck Chye laid the ball to See Chiang whose shot looked miscued and heading wide but it came off the inside of the right post to settle into the net. As KoD players continued to question the referee, See Chiang walked away a relieved and happy man.
Final score: 4 - 1
Man of The Match: Teck Chye (4 votes)
Not to be outdone by his younger sibling who scored the goal from outside the box, he put one better from a longer range and from an angle. Sibling rivalry seems to be edging him on!
“MOTM goes to Teck Chye for his good control of the midfield.”
“teck chye. he played very well in the midfield, especially tackle their playmarker in the 2nd half that allow see chiang smell and eat durian.”
“Teck Chye – A beautiful goal from a supposedly a cross which went into the top left corner of the pole.”
“motm: teck chye. was strong in holding the midfield n overall contribution to the game.”
Chor Guan put in another impressive performance to impose in defence!
“MOTM= chor guan. Rock solid at the heart of the defend and shut out many of their attacks”
“MOTM - Chor Guan” [Ed: this nominator’s attitude is a let-down, what a disappointment! Despite the reminder to substantiate his nomination, the plea went unanswered.]
“MoTM to chor guan. Cleared most of the opponents direct high balls into our box. Did not give their strikers much space and time.”
Simon had 2 votes to put him 3rd in the tally.
“MoTM is Simon. Instrumental in the center of midfield.”
“Simon – that freekick which led to our 2nd goal and when they threatened to overrun our midfield, Simon stamped his feet down to stablise the possession.”
The other 6 votes went to the following players:
“Today Rock was not the usual solid self. But we hv Sure-Footed in Kwan. Did everything cleanly without fuss.”
“Anyway, Leo played well to stop their speedy right winger in the first half.”
“MOTM- HL. Solid in defence.”
“MOM: Chiang-the only goal from open play-what a smasher”
“Motm: Ng has my vote. I thought Chwee Leng and Ng had particularly good games. Ng outjumped their strikers on headers. Stole balls. Stopped advancing wingers dead. Good stuff. “
“My MOM is for Gan. He was full of running and creating some good moves in the penalty area. He almost scored twice but the ball ran away from him each time. I think to keep his commitment to turn up and stayed so focused when he was playing , despite the worries on the home front, makes him my MOM.”

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