Destiny

Destiny?

Our college team is destined never to win a friendly.

We had possibly one of our strongest teams out yet we still managed to lose 2 nil to a quite average team. Although we probably didn't create many clear cut chances, the dominance of KDU over Macullum Street would have made the ProZone analysts blush at such a one sided game. They scored from their one and only shot - a free kick from 25 yards out that Cherno was unable to fist away. So how did they score a second goal with only one shot? That could have something to do with our goalkeeper pushing the ball straight to their striker despite having no pressure on him whatsoever which allowed him to walk it into an unguarded net.

KDU had a few shots but were unable to keep them on target and the one chance Samson made us jump off our seats (well the two substitutes anyway), the goalkeeper managed to jump too and push the ball over. The second half was even more one sided as we poured towards their goal but we were unable to develop any clear cut chances. I can't decide if that was due to their resolute defending or our lack of crossing by Lloyd (who had the ball so many times I felt quite sorry for Goo on the left).

We also lacked a strong leading striker - we had 5 to pick from (Mahir, Samson, Kee Khong, Q and myself) and elected to go with Kee Khong and Samson up front with Q behind them and Mahir in umm defence. I think next time we are in this situation, I will go with a more physical presence up front (like Mahir or even Muneer) at a late stage in the game.

But we lost again. I swear that's 8 friendlies in a row now and it's making a mockery of my coaching statistics...