KDU College 1 vs 3 Dalat School
A dire performance by KDU College - however Heng & I went to play for the opposition! I even managed to score one too!!
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Eight Goal Thriller
KDU vs OSA
Tony
Vincent - Chan - Muneer - Julius
Michael - Jason - Samson - Neoh
Derek - Mahir
Half Time: KDU College 4 vs 2 OSA
Final Score: KDU College 4 vs 4 OSA
Tony
Vincent - Chan - Muneer - Julius
Michael - Jason - Samson - Neoh
Derek - Mahir
A very eventful match which kicked off late featured a strong KDU line up with Muneer, Chan, Derek, Neoh and Mahir (along with imported players: Tony (keeper) & Jason). With such a strong spine, I was confident of getting a good result against a good OSA team despite the fact that we had no substitutes. Actually we only started with 10 players until Samson borrowed a pair of shorts and a shirt from Jason and my astroturf boots - that's how short we were! It'd never happen at Chelsea.
It seemed my confidence was not misplaced as we raced into a 4-2 half time lead. Mahir scored a stunning first goal with a lightening turn and shot from such an acute angle that it stunned everyone apart from him. OSA were limited to playing long balls from midfield and defence to their willing strikers but Mahir and Tony the goalkeeper were not caused many problems. Indeed I scored the second with my trusty left foot to increase our lead before they pulled one back.
OSA then tried to attack Julius and Vincent (who were playing as full backs) but they were struck by swift counterattacks as Mahir rounded the goalkeeper twice to walk the ball into the net to complete his hat trick. However this was not to be the end of the goal feast as OSA scored from a dubious penalty - dubious because their goalkeeper caught the ball five yards outside his own penalty area 20 seconds before they got their penalty. When will video evidence be available on the polo field?
It seemed my confidence was not misplaced as we raced into a 4-2 half time lead. Mahir scored a stunning first goal with a lightening turn and shot from such an acute angle that it stunned everyone apart from him. OSA were limited to playing long balls from midfield and defence to their willing strikers but Mahir and Tony the goalkeeper were not caused many problems. Indeed I scored the second with my trusty left foot to increase our lead before they pulled one back.
OSA then tried to attack Julius and Vincent (who were playing as full backs) but they were struck by swift counterattacks as Mahir rounded the goalkeeper twice to walk the ball into the net to complete his hat trick. However this was not to be the end of the goal feast as OSA scored from a dubious penalty - dubious because their goalkeeper caught the ball five yards outside his own penalty area 20 seconds before they got their penalty. When will video evidence be available on the polo field?
Half Time: KDU College 4 vs 2 OSA
Normally at half time, I spend most of the time worrying about substitutes but I spent most of half time trying not to vomit as I was feeling rather ill. My managerial mind was also concerned with the fact that several of our players (Samson, Neoh, Chan, Derek) were playing their 3 third full game in 4 days & Muneer and Mahir were fasting - could we keep up the energy levels to control the midfield and thus hang onto the win?
The second half was very different from the first as OSA dominated the possession and forced most of the play into our half with a determination not seen normally in friendlies. We were unable to keep the ball as well as we did in the first half and it was from our mistake in midfield that they secured the ball and scored in a counterattack. Then a strategic move by the manager to swap Julius with myself helped make the defence a little more solid. Indeed our best chance of the half came down the left as Neoh latched onto a lofted pass and danced around 3 players before shooting narrowly wide. Neoh was also the victim of a 8 metre sliding tackle from a rather tubby midfielder - ouch.
Sadly KDU College were unable to hang onto the lead as they were caught on the break. Derek tried to play offside, the linesman wasn't having it and Tony could only tip the ball into the far corner as OSA caught an equalising goal in the dying seconds of the game. I was gutted but overall it was probably a fair result as they had battered us to submission after dominating midfield in the second 35 minutes. It was strange to think that 7 hours later, Spurs would rescue a match in similar circumstances against Aston Villa.
The second half was very different from the first as OSA dominated the possession and forced most of the play into our half with a determination not seen normally in friendlies. We were unable to keep the ball as well as we did in the first half and it was from our mistake in midfield that they secured the ball and scored in a counterattack. Then a strategic move by the manager to swap Julius with myself helped make the defence a little more solid. Indeed our best chance of the half came down the left as Neoh latched onto a lofted pass and danced around 3 players before shooting narrowly wide. Neoh was also the victim of a 8 metre sliding tackle from a rather tubby midfielder - ouch.
Sadly KDU College were unable to hang onto the lead as they were caught on the break. Derek tried to play offside, the linesman wasn't having it and Tony could only tip the ball into the far corner as OSA caught an equalising goal in the dying seconds of the game. I was gutted but overall it was probably a fair result as they had battered us to submission after dominating midfield in the second 35 minutes. It was strange to think that 7 hours later, Spurs would rescue a match in similar circumstances against Aston Villa.
Final Score: KDU College 4 vs 4 OSA
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