Marine Sunday’s pure grit and resilience ensured that history was not to repeat itself when we squared up against SOFA. We avenged our embarrassing whitewash suffered at their hands when we last met but only just. We were at the receiving end for the last 30 minutes of the match but our keeper, defenders and the central pair of midfielders worked their socks off to prevent another loss to them. The incessant pounding at us during the last one-third of the match yielded nothing for SOFA and they walked off the pitch with a narrow 3 – 2 loss of to us. They must have felt hard done that had their key players, No 10 & No 14, been fielded right from the whistle, they might have snatched a win instead. Their introduction into the match proved pivotal to turn the match in their favour but it was too late.
We had ourselves to blame for making life difficult for ourselves. We were lively in the opening period and were literally camping in their half. Despite that, we failed to make it count. Mike was left unmarked at the far post but was not alert to meet a fine cross from Kian Hwa on the left. That almost proved costly to us. We continue to threaten but the final touch was just lacking. Against the run of play, we were dealt with a sucker punch to concede a penalty, which Brandon was so unlucky not to have saved it. Chung Wen misjudged a high ball and that allowed their nippy winger to cut inside the box and tripped over the latter’s sticking leg. Referee pointed to the spot. The penalty was converted weakly which Brandon had it covered but somehow, he spilled the ball to allow it go over his body. Unbelievably, we found ourselves 1 – nil down.
Kian Hwa restored parity and in the process, ended his 2-months goal drought when he latched onto Mike’s interception. KH was quicker to the ball than SOFA’s keeper and lobbed over him. With the ball just bouncing rather weakly towards goal, Kian Hwa was determined that it ended up in the net and SOFA’s sweeper was equally determined to clear it that both went fully stretched to get to the ball. SOFA’s sweeper’s brave diving header got ahead of Kian Hwa’s outstretched leg but much to the relief and ecstasy of KH, the ball came off the inside of the left post to land into goal. And Kian Hwa’s momentum carried him through to almost tear down the net, 1 – 1!
SOFA stepped up two notches and gave Chung Wen a hard time down the left flank. Their left winger’s speed and close ball control was causing mayhem for our usually reliable right back. Crosses were coming in from both flanks and on one occasion, Brandon had to produce a point blank save to deny their striker’s thumping header. Just when they were enjoying the upperhand, we punctured their possession with our 2nd goal. Mark’s throw-in from the left was met by Gan’s back-header and the ball came off the bar to land at Teck Chye’s feet. No problem from less than a metre out and the simple tap-in brought us the 2 – 1 lead just before the half-time whistle went.
Teck Chye continued where he left off in the 1st half. Barely over a minute old in the 2nd half, he pounced onto a long punt from Brandon. SOFA’s 2 defenders appeared to have broken down in communication and Teck Chye punished them dearly when he slotted the ball into net after robbing the keeper. 3 – 1. Five minutes later, SOFA reduced the deficit after they broke up our attack and launched a swift counter-attack down their left flank. A couple of quick passes and a through ball allowed their striker to flip the ball past the advancing Brandon. Chung Wen’s gallant attempt to prevent the ball from going into the empty net came to no avail. 3 – 2. From then on, SOFA laid siege on our goal but our defence line, aided by the midfielders, worked overtime to keep the shape and maintain the composure to repel SOFA off. The heroics were best summed by Ng’s single act of full-blooded tackle to deny their tall striker, who was galloping past Ng towards goal, from causing damage to us. Ng’s tackle-from-behind was duly reprimanded with a yellow card but he ensured that we kept our unbeaten run going, albeit just by a hair’s skin.
Final result was a hard fought but hugely deserved 3 – 2 win for Marine Sunday.
Man of The Match: Ng (4 votes)
Both Ng and Kian Hwa tied at 4 votes each. Nobody will object if the MoTm goes to Ng…he seems to be getting better with age!
1. “Motm - The entire defence deserve a pat on their back. Played all their hearts out and contained the opponents well. To vote one of them, I will vote Ng who almost at the end of the game sacrifice his manhood just to block a shot rocketing towards the goal.”
2. “Mom: fantastic hardworking defense work from the defense during the last 20 min. In the last 5min of the game, we were caught off guard by a counter breakoff and Ng execute a critical professional tackle to the opponent to prevent a potential one on one faceoff with our goalie. NG deserved to be our man of the match!”
3. “MOTM is Ng. his defending is simply magnificent.”
4. “Spring Chicken Ng is the one….his full-balled tackle in the dying moments against someone with a pair of legs 2 feet longer than his but not necessary with a dick half a inch longer than his summed it up what we know of Ng – he has balls of iron and cock of steel to put in that kind of tackle – the Cock of the Match!”
Maybe barely just good but not enough….
1. “MOM - KH defintely his best game in a while”
2. “MOTM for 30May = Kian Hwa. Tireless performance upfront. Set a good example by defending from front and constantly hassle the opposition defence to prevent them for building up their play. Ending his months long goal drought with a well taken goal (Almost tear down the goal posts when he charge into the net).”
3. “Motm to kh. Good brave (we don’t expect anything less, do we?) goal & plenty of pressure to squeeze sofa’s balls (in every sense).”
4. “MOTM goes to Kian Hwa. Scored a important goal to get us back into the game and his constant running at the opponents gave them little time to build up their attack. This is especially so in the second half when their last man just pumped the ball into our half without much passing and ideas. One of the worst nightmare for a defender is to be constantly harassed by fast strikers.”
Weng Kwan, for his versatility in playing various positions, came in 3rd with 2 votes:
1. “MOTM - i'll choose between Hock Leong and Weng Kuan. Both were simply fantastics, their determinations and hard works earned us a well deserved victory.Opponents have some young and skillfull players but they certainly lacked the determinations and hard works that we have ....Weng Kuan is my MOTM. I am impressed with the way he handled the tall malay striker. Well done Weng Kuan and Hock Leong! Last but not least, thank you to all who played today - i think we all did very well, we may not be skillful or fast but we make up for our teamwork and determinations!”
2. “MOTM: Weng Kwan. Offensively we delivered.. good job! I have to give my vote to defense and Weng Kwan. Weng Kwan worked his socks off. His determination and grit inspired the defensive line.”
Brandon, Mark & Teck Chye mopped up the remaining 3 votes:
1. “MOTM: It's a close call between Brandon and Kian Hwa but Brandon has my vote. He made a few point blank save, was steady in collecting the high balls and read the game well to pick up the lose ball when the defence was beaten. A very good performance.”
2. “Vote goes to Mark. Controlled the midfield, controlled the game.”
3. “MOTM. TECK CHYE. we have very good game this saturday, evrybody play very well,fight for every ball till the end of the game, vote go to teck chye mainly he score 2 goals and he did very well in harassing their defenders.”
We had ourselves to blame for making life difficult for ourselves. We were lively in the opening period and were literally camping in their half. Despite that, we failed to make it count. Mike was left unmarked at the far post but was not alert to meet a fine cross from Kian Hwa on the left. That almost proved costly to us. We continue to threaten but the final touch was just lacking. Against the run of play, we were dealt with a sucker punch to concede a penalty, which Brandon was so unlucky not to have saved it. Chung Wen misjudged a high ball and that allowed their nippy winger to cut inside the box and tripped over the latter’s sticking leg. Referee pointed to the spot. The penalty was converted weakly which Brandon had it covered but somehow, he spilled the ball to allow it go over his body. Unbelievably, we found ourselves 1 – nil down.
Kian Hwa restored parity and in the process, ended his 2-months goal drought when he latched onto Mike’s interception. KH was quicker to the ball than SOFA’s keeper and lobbed over him. With the ball just bouncing rather weakly towards goal, Kian Hwa was determined that it ended up in the net and SOFA’s sweeper was equally determined to clear it that both went fully stretched to get to the ball. SOFA’s sweeper’s brave diving header got ahead of Kian Hwa’s outstretched leg but much to the relief and ecstasy of KH, the ball came off the inside of the left post to land into goal. And Kian Hwa’s momentum carried him through to almost tear down the net, 1 – 1!
SOFA stepped up two notches and gave Chung Wen a hard time down the left flank. Their left winger’s speed and close ball control was causing mayhem for our usually reliable right back. Crosses were coming in from both flanks and on one occasion, Brandon had to produce a point blank save to deny their striker’s thumping header. Just when they were enjoying the upperhand, we punctured their possession with our 2nd goal. Mark’s throw-in from the left was met by Gan’s back-header and the ball came off the bar to land at Teck Chye’s feet. No problem from less than a metre out and the simple tap-in brought us the 2 – 1 lead just before the half-time whistle went.
Teck Chye continued where he left off in the 1st half. Barely over a minute old in the 2nd half, he pounced onto a long punt from Brandon. SOFA’s 2 defenders appeared to have broken down in communication and Teck Chye punished them dearly when he slotted the ball into net after robbing the keeper. 3 – 1. Five minutes later, SOFA reduced the deficit after they broke up our attack and launched a swift counter-attack down their left flank. A couple of quick passes and a through ball allowed their striker to flip the ball past the advancing Brandon. Chung Wen’s gallant attempt to prevent the ball from going into the empty net came to no avail. 3 – 2. From then on, SOFA laid siege on our goal but our defence line, aided by the midfielders, worked overtime to keep the shape and maintain the composure to repel SOFA off. The heroics were best summed by Ng’s single act of full-blooded tackle to deny their tall striker, who was galloping past Ng towards goal, from causing damage to us. Ng’s tackle-from-behind was duly reprimanded with a yellow card but he ensured that we kept our unbeaten run going, albeit just by a hair’s skin.
Final result was a hard fought but hugely deserved 3 – 2 win for Marine Sunday.
Man of The Match: Ng (4 votes)
Both Ng and Kian Hwa tied at 4 votes each. Nobody will object if the MoTm goes to Ng…he seems to be getting better with age!
1. “Motm - The entire defence deserve a pat on their back. Played all their hearts out and contained the opponents well. To vote one of them, I will vote Ng who almost at the end of the game sacrifice his manhood just to block a shot rocketing towards the goal.”
2. “Mom: fantastic hardworking defense work from the defense during the last 20 min. In the last 5min of the game, we were caught off guard by a counter breakoff and Ng execute a critical professional tackle to the opponent to prevent a potential one on one faceoff with our goalie. NG deserved to be our man of the match!”
3. “MOTM is Ng. his defending is simply magnificent.”
4. “Spring Chicken Ng is the one….his full-balled tackle in the dying moments against someone with a pair of legs 2 feet longer than his but not necessary with a dick half a inch longer than his summed it up what we know of Ng – he has balls of iron and cock of steel to put in that kind of tackle – the Cock of the Match!”
Maybe barely just good but not enough….
1. “MOM - KH defintely his best game in a while”
2. “MOTM for 30May = Kian Hwa. Tireless performance upfront. Set a good example by defending from front and constantly hassle the opposition defence to prevent them for building up their play. Ending his months long goal drought with a well taken goal (Almost tear down the goal posts when he charge into the net).”
3. “Motm to kh. Good brave (we don’t expect anything less, do we?) goal & plenty of pressure to squeeze sofa’s balls (in every sense).”
4. “MOTM goes to Kian Hwa. Scored a important goal to get us back into the game and his constant running at the opponents gave them little time to build up their attack. This is especially so in the second half when their last man just pumped the ball into our half without much passing and ideas. One of the worst nightmare for a defender is to be constantly harassed by fast strikers.”
Weng Kwan, for his versatility in playing various positions, came in 3rd with 2 votes:
1. “MOTM - i'll choose between Hock Leong and Weng Kuan. Both were simply fantastics, their determinations and hard works earned us a well deserved victory.Opponents have some young and skillfull players but they certainly lacked the determinations and hard works that we have ....Weng Kuan is my MOTM. I am impressed with the way he handled the tall malay striker. Well done Weng Kuan and Hock Leong! Last but not least, thank you to all who played today - i think we all did very well, we may not be skillful or fast but we make up for our teamwork and determinations!”
2. “MOTM: Weng Kwan. Offensively we delivered.. good job! I have to give my vote to defense and Weng Kwan. Weng Kwan worked his socks off. His determination and grit inspired the defensive line.”
Brandon, Mark & Teck Chye mopped up the remaining 3 votes:
1. “MOTM: It's a close call between Brandon and Kian Hwa but Brandon has my vote. He made a few point blank save, was steady in collecting the high balls and read the game well to pick up the lose ball when the defence was beaten. A very good performance.”
2. “Vote goes to Mark. Controlled the midfield, controlled the game.”
3. “MOTM. TECK CHYE. we have very good game this saturday, evrybody play very well,fight for every ball till the end of the game, vote go to teck chye mainly he score 2 goals and he did very well in harassing their defenders.”
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