Report contributed by Mike
Ah…..the smell of grass greeted us as we strolled into Bendemeer Secondary on a cool Saturday evening. Some of us were glad because grass/mud will be kinder to our old knees. Others were secretly hoping that this change from a plastic pitch would bring about a change of fortune.
Opponents were MYJIA Family F.C (NEW PAPER Feb 07), a young team whose members are sort of related to each other in some way. Their records this year before meeting us: P5, W4, L1 (they played fortnightly). On paper, they are better. But football can be funny sometimes. One week shit, another week unbeatable. On the pitch, this week, it was MS that played more like a family unit.
Hock Leong was back at defense, showing none of the effects of a recent injury. He completely shut out their beefly striker who has caused us problems in previous games. In midfield, Chor Guan’s energy and tenacity reminded us that we were once young. The whole team seemed different from last week’s. Confidence perhaps? Discipline and tactical positioning? Who knows? That’s why we love football so much.
Teck Wah gave us an early lead when he displayed clinical finishing by lobbing the keeper after a high ball into the box from Leo. Next, Gan was put through by a long ball, showed some fancy footwork to dance past the keeper, and picked the ball up after it crossed the goal line. Another assist from Leo when his clearance reached Teck Wah whose first time volley (his specialty?) went high into the roof of the net, 3-0.
MYJIA just have no answer to our compact defense. But seconds before half time, their best midfield player found space on the left side of the box, dribbled in skillfully and placed a low shot just inside Seah’s left upright.
After the break, Myjia had most of the possession but we had the better chances when we counterattack with fast breaks. One resulted in a disallowed goal for offside and Teck Chye, uncharacteristically blasted another one over. See Chiang had two spectacular falls, but still managed to hold on to the ball. Perhaps, he is still getting into grips with grass as he was playing in the mud in the first half.
Off another fast break, Simon our playmaker, lifted a ball to the left for Mike to run in and placed a lucky shot through the keeper’s legs for goal No.4. Leo got his hattrick of assists when his strong run to the left byline resulted in a simple tap in for Teck Wah to claim his hattrick. Last kick of the game belong to Teck Chye. After a nice one-two with Simon on the right, he again blasted over. Maybe Teck Chye prefers to play on plastic.
Opponents were MYJIA Family F.C (NEW PAPER Feb 07), a young team whose members are sort of related to each other in some way. Their records this year before meeting us: P5, W4, L1 (they played fortnightly). On paper, they are better. But football can be funny sometimes. One week shit, another week unbeatable. On the pitch, this week, it was MS that played more like a family unit.
Hock Leong was back at defense, showing none of the effects of a recent injury. He completely shut out their beefly striker who has caused us problems in previous games. In midfield, Chor Guan’s energy and tenacity reminded us that we were once young. The whole team seemed different from last week’s. Confidence perhaps? Discipline and tactical positioning? Who knows? That’s why we love football so much.
Teck Wah gave us an early lead when he displayed clinical finishing by lobbing the keeper after a high ball into the box from Leo. Next, Gan was put through by a long ball, showed some fancy footwork to dance past the keeper, and picked the ball up after it crossed the goal line. Another assist from Leo when his clearance reached Teck Wah whose first time volley (his specialty?) went high into the roof of the net, 3-0.
MYJIA just have no answer to our compact defense. But seconds before half time, their best midfield player found space on the left side of the box, dribbled in skillfully and placed a low shot just inside Seah’s left upright.
After the break, Myjia had most of the possession but we had the better chances when we counterattack with fast breaks. One resulted in a disallowed goal for offside and Teck Chye, uncharacteristically blasted another one over. See Chiang had two spectacular falls, but still managed to hold on to the ball. Perhaps, he is still getting into grips with grass as he was playing in the mud in the first half.
Off another fast break, Simon our playmaker, lifted a ball to the left for Mike to run in and placed a lucky shot through the keeper’s legs for goal No.4. Leo got his hattrick of assists when his strong run to the left byline resulted in a simple tap in for Teck Wah to claim his hattrick. Last kick of the game belong to Teck Chye. After a nice one-two with Simon on the right, he again blasted over. Maybe Teck Chye prefers to play on plastic.
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