The guys must be glad that it was timely that KH relinquished or, depending on which version of the story you choose to believe, had been relived of the on-pitch captaincy. Throwing away a healthy half-time 3-0 lead to barely survive the match with a 3-3 draw, one needs no imagination to anticipate what would have come out from KH's acidic tongue. But the team is now blessed with a cool head in the mould of The Rock, who calmly claimed that having assumed the armband after a long period of absence, he thought he was skipper only for the 1st Half. Now, that was the utlimate art of leadership :)
The scoreline served to reiterate the importance of midfielders to track back to defend. We scored our goals through our left-sided players - KH (2) and his replacement, Teck Wah in the 1st half. Each time, Dell's right midfielder failed to track back to cover KH or Teck Wah. Though Kok Hock had a large part to account for Dell's equalising goal after he lost possession at the mid-line, it might have been different if KH had tracked back to block Dell's scorer as the latter pulled wide right to receive the through ball before shooting from a tight angle to beat Brandon. Instead, KH was guilty of ball-watching.
Scintillating football in the first 40 minutes of the match. Thereafter, complacency set in and we were duly punished by the fervent effort of Dell. Within 5 minutes after the break, Dell notched a couple of goals, courtesy of our players in the midst of their late afternoon siesta. They thoroughly deserved to win the match but Brandon's brilliant reflex save at the dying seconds of the match kept the score respectable for us.
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