Monday, October 3, 2011

Match #39 (2 Oct 11): Unbeaten Streak Ended by Incompetent Referee

The incompetent referee robbed us of a win against SJI Old Boys. Instead we had to settle for a 1-2 loss, a result which we did not deserve. And SJI Old Boys knew they had gotten away with the match. Their opening goal came from a blatantly offside position which the myopic referee overlooked.   Then, for no reason, he denied Kian Hwa of a perfectly legitimate goal, which he nodded in from the corner delivered by Teck Wah. Even SJI Old Boys were bemused why the goal was disallowed. Another contentious moment came when their keeper managed to claw out the ball that appeared to have just crossed the line but again, referee turned a deaf ear to our appeal.

SJI Old Boys, boosted by more than a handful of young players who are hardly in their early 20s, made use of their young lungs to full advantage and their 2nd goal came in the 2nd half from their speedy (relative to us) winger down the right who squared in a low ball for their striker to turn See Chiang before planting the ball beyond Brandon.

We battled hard to win a penalty which Simon duly converted but counting the number of chances we created and our disallowed goal, we simply had a day that nothing went for us.

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