Match #32 (3 August 08): Drab Draw

i forgot to ask someone to write the report before start of match. it wouldn't have mattered. scorching 3pm sun, a pitch hard as stone and young over-enthusiastic opponents (the youngest of SJI alumni, probably) meant pinball football and an inevitable stalemate. no one really got control of the ball or the situation. some got the better of themselves - a tumbling kiss-the-floor act by kh was matched by leng's exquisite air-kicking ballerina twirl. i suppose these are the moments that make the day more palatable. still, it is necessary to include the fact that we created the greater threats throughout the match despite having to adapt to a 4-5-1 formation in the second half for tactical shrewdness. that both kumar and seah kept clean sheets (yes, we're so frugal that we gave them only one half each) and were never seriously troubled spoke of the team's compactness and opponent's lack of ideas. the final statistic was however not lost on wen, who noted that 2 of our rare stalemates over the last 2 yrs had occured at SJI. perhaps SJI (International) next time.