Match Brief #2 (13 Jan 2013): The OBE [Almost] Shredded Old United Apart

We admire the humility of our opponent today. They are generally at least 10 years younger than us but they name themselves Old United. We decided to let them understand the meaning of old with OBE - not the Order of British Empire but Older But Exhilarating. By 75th minutes, we went 6-0 up and we thought we could do better than our opening match but the real meaning of old crept into us. The late morning heat and lack of standby limbs took a toll on us and allowed OU to come back strongly at us. They managed to salvage some pride with 2 late consolation goals. 6- 2 was the final score.

Mike opened the scoring with a cool and well-taken shot before providing an assist for Teck Wah to notch his opening goal of the season. Kok Hock floated in a delightful left-footed curler from a free-kick just on the edge of the penalty box for our 3rd goal. Mike's persistence forced a goalmouth melee and Gan pounced on the loose ball to establish a 4-0 lead at the break. Mike, in rich vein of form, latched onto Teck Wah's pass to beat the keeper at near post. Teck Wah was then on the receiving end of Gan's cross to put the issue beyond doubt with his 2nd and our 6th goal. We thought we were home and dry before the late onslaught from OU took away some shine of the win.

Still, a 6-2 scoreline against a bunch of not-so-old was impressive! :)