It was certainly one of the most satisfying wins, against a younger and technically better team. Our determination won us this match and Reds' playmaker, the No 18 with the elegant touches and commanding presence in the middle of the park, remarked likewise :)
Despite starting the match with only 8 players for the opening 5 minutes, Reds had almost 90% of possession with their movement of the ball. Ironically, we got into the lead when they had their full 11, with Woon producing an Andy Carroll's style of header to meet Teck Wah's corner on the 11th minute. 1-0. Things evened out thereafter. Reds' keeper gifted us our 2nd goal when he wrong-footed himself to let a harmless-looking freekick from Teck Wah to go past him. A nice build-up involving Mike and Teck Wah set up Teck Chye for our 3rd goal. We could have our 4th but Kian Hwa's left-footed volley was acrobatically denied by Reds' custodian. 3-0 at the break.
Reds' 3 goals in the 2nd half owed much to Kian Hwa's couple of blunders. At the kick-off for 2nd half, KH's poor giveaway let them counter-attack down their left flank and earn a free-kick, from which they opened their account, with the clock hardly registering 1 minute. Another swift counter-attack got them their 2nd goal and the half wasn't even 15-minutes old. Things looked shaky for us but we dealt them with the same medicine. A rare counter-attack freed up Gan and his pace shook off their defender and for once, Gan didn't dilly-dally and he planted a stiff grounder past their keeper. 4-2. KH then produced a Rory Delap-like throw-in that caught Reds' last man out of position and Gan lobbed over Reds' keeper for his brace.
Another horrific blunder from KH allowed them to notch their 3rd goal. KH could have cleared their corner with ease but he completely air-balled, leading to a scrambled clearance from the back. Reds' winger followed with a shot that cannoned off KH's and then Weng Kwan's backs to sail past Brandon. The resultant screaming from Weng Kwan and Teck Chye's spontaneous call for a substitution spelt the end of KH's presence on the pitch, deservedly so. We held on gallantly to deny Reds of any comeback, though. 5-3 :)
Despite starting the match with only 8 players for the opening 5 minutes, Reds had almost 90% of possession with their movement of the ball. Ironically, we got into the lead when they had their full 11, with Woon producing an Andy Carroll's style of header to meet Teck Wah's corner on the 11th minute. 1-0. Things evened out thereafter. Reds' keeper gifted us our 2nd goal when he wrong-footed himself to let a harmless-looking freekick from Teck Wah to go past him. A nice build-up involving Mike and Teck Wah set up Teck Chye for our 3rd goal. We could have our 4th but Kian Hwa's left-footed volley was acrobatically denied by Reds' custodian. 3-0 at the break.
Reds' 3 goals in the 2nd half owed much to Kian Hwa's couple of blunders. At the kick-off for 2nd half, KH's poor giveaway let them counter-attack down their left flank and earn a free-kick, from which they opened their account, with the clock hardly registering 1 minute. Another swift counter-attack got them their 2nd goal and the half wasn't even 15-minutes old. Things looked shaky for us but we dealt them with the same medicine. A rare counter-attack freed up Gan and his pace shook off their defender and for once, Gan didn't dilly-dally and he planted a stiff grounder past their keeper. 4-2. KH then produced a Rory Delap-like throw-in that caught Reds' last man out of position and Gan lobbed over Reds' keeper for his brace.
Another horrific blunder from KH allowed them to notch their 3rd goal. KH could have cleared their corner with ease but he completely air-balled, leading to a scrambled clearance from the back. Reds' winger followed with a shot that cannoned off KH's and then Weng Kwan's backs to sail past Brandon. The resultant screaming from Weng Kwan and Teck Chye's spontaneous call for a substitution spelt the end of KH's presence on the pitch, deservedly so. We held on gallantly to deny Reds of any comeback, though. 5-3 :)
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