/S on a winning run!

A potential defensive crisis awaited /S as both regular centrebacks Hanwei and John were MIA. But it was also an opportunity for /S to blood ‘new’ talents such as Az, Weiming and Daniel. The game started around half an hour late but the field was in good condition.

The opposing team scored early from a freekick played to the near post. 1-0 to Team Navy. The fat Indian referee proved to be quite the wussy when it came to shoulder charges and both teams suffered from such poor decisions. First half ended at 1-0. Notable incidents included a Maldini-like tackle by Seah and the lack of good shots at goal. Also, the opposition’s backline was observed to be staying very high up.

2nd half substitutions were as such : Kerk for Junyi, Daniel for Az, Leon for Seah. /S switched to a offensive 4-3-3 in an attempt to score. Foong could only shoot straight at the keeper after turning his marker and Kerk’s gosu trapping of a high ball was wasted by his inability to beat the right back. Yuda’s repeated bursts down the right wing were unrewarded as he couldn’t see a good target to aim his crosses at.

The game-defining moment was when Seah signalled for Kerk to sub Choo in goal. With Choo upfront, more muscle was added to the frontline. Yuda made a lung-bursting run down the right flank and crossed hard and low to Ky who equalized. 1-1.

/S continued their aggressive offensive efforts and were rewarded with a goal by Choo after some confusion on the left flank. 2-1 to /S. The last moments of the game were pretty tense and Team Navy mustered a low shot on target which was saved by Kerk. Daniel made sure of the result with a nice defensive header as the referee blew for full time. Yet another comeback victory for /S as our never-say-die spirit came through.

Post-match analysis

Foong is staking his claim as centremid after /S won both matches with him in that position, something which no one could have seen coming from our dribble king. Our strikers have to learn to time their runs effectively to exploit opponents who play high offside-traps. Our top priorities now are finding/training a goalkeeper and a target man in attack.

Anyway, the jerseys are currently being printed at Raymond’s shop and should be available for our next match. Hope the /S fourth generation Jersey brings us good luck!

Kerk