Match #10 (13 Mar 11): A case of old wine is ......

The scorching 3pm sun would have melted everyone on the plastic pitch but our cohesiveness ruled the day after a difficult 1st half trying to get adjusted to the heat and contain Feca.FC, another bunch of young and energetic players. Feca registered their intent right from the start. Their playmaker, No 33, unleashed a scorching shot that Brandon managed to tip it onto the bar. Both sides made use of the narrow pitch to benefit from the throw-in to score their the 1st goal. Gan knocked down a throw-in onto the path of Simon, whose miscued shot travelled nicely to KH for him to head the ball past Feca's keeper. 1-0. Feca then produced a copycat when their throw-in put Brandon under tremendous pressure and he lost out in the tussle with Feca's striker who headed the ball into the net. Feca then won everything in the midfleld that had our resolute defence stretching to their limit. We also produced a handful of chances but apart from producing some scares for their keeper, nothing was on target. We managed to hold out 1-1 at half-time.
2nd half was a sheer case of our grit vs their guille. Whilst they have a few players comfortable to move with ball, we moved the ball around better. Strangely, they opted to play a high defence line when we proved in the 1st half we could breach it. They paid dearly for it. Teck Wah did everything right except finding the target - hitting the post, effort just over the bar, goal-bound effort cleared off the line. But he set up both Gan's goals. He first aimed his free-kick at the post for Gan to be perfectly positioned to receive the rebound. 2-1 up. He then beat their high defence line to receive a high ball and spray a cross-field pass that had Gan sliding the ball past the off-positioned keeper. In between Gan's goals, Simon breached their static high line to receive another through ball to register his goal. 4 - 1!