KDU vs Butterfly (version 2.0)
1st half was a disaster, but that's what you get when we're 2 players down vs an 11 man Butterfly team who has better experienced than us. After we were 2-0 down, Butterfly became more encouraged to attack us deeper in our own half, most of the time we were playing in our half of the field anyways, but with the occasional long punts of the ball forward with not much effect in getting to our strikers. Chris was caught ball watching on his line a couple of times, which frustrated the back line since we were battling a losing war in keeping the attackers at bay. Samson, who thankfully came to play was an anchor of experience for us as well as a voice of composure but still, it wasn't enough to prevent the frustrations felt by Mikez, Bill and even Lam. Bill, who was deployed to run the right wing, ended up going down to the defense line to help out because Butterfly was launching onslaught after onslaught towards our goal. Half time whistle blew at a heart breaking scoreline of 3-0 to Butterfly.
2nd half was much better with the arrivals of Fery, Viet, Vic and Duc. With the team back to full strength, KDU went to the pitch determined to do something about the miserable scoreline that wasn't in our favor. Bill played well on the right wing, his made some really good runs and it was quite amazing to see him t do especially when he's thrown so much energy into his countless tackles in the 1st half. Samson did some tricks to frustrate the oppostion just so to throw them off focus a little and Viet, playing in centre midfield, never stopped running, playing out the midfield engine role superbly. Duc and Fery did well in defense too, and Vic was more composed at his right back slot (i think he did well). A-Jin, our very own Park Ji-Sung albeit as a striker, did try to make a run on goal a couple of times but the opposition defenders edged him off the ball. KDU had a LOT of chances in the 2nd half, thanks to the fact that we were predominantly controlling the game, plus, Butterfly did not have any subs on their empty bench. Lam was a Patrice Evra this time because of the bombarding runs he made on the left flank, he's small but caused quite a bit of worrying for Butterfly when he had the ball and started surging forward. Hong scored a goal and then Viet, who never stopped running, latched onto the ball to score our second after a neat exchange of football between Viet, Lam and Samson. Full time score: 4-2.
I'm sorry if i left out important details because i was also watching the Ramblers/Tamilan/Kugz+Heng+
1st half was a disaster, but that's what you get when we're 2 players down vs an 11 man Butterfly team who has better experienced than us. After we were 2-0 down, Butterfly became more encouraged to attack us deeper in our own half, most of the time we were playing in our half of the field anyways, but with the occasional long punts of the ball forward with not much effect in getting to our strikers. Chris was caught ball watching on his line a couple of times, which frustrated the back line since we were battling a losing war in keeping the attackers at bay. Samson, who thankfully came to play was an anchor of experience for us as well as a voice of composure but still, it wasn't enough to prevent the frustrations felt by Mikez, Bill and even Lam. Bill, who was deployed to run the right wing, ended up going down to the defense line to help out because Butterfly was launching onslaught after onslaught towards our goal. Half time whistle blew at a heart breaking scoreline of 3-0 to Butterfly.
2nd half was much better with the arrivals of Fery, Viet, Vic and Duc. With the team back to full strength, KDU went to the pitch determined to do something about the miserable scoreline that wasn't in our favor. Bill played well on the right wing, his made some really good runs and it was quite amazing to see him t do especially when he's thrown so much energy into his countless tackles in the 1st half. Samson did some tricks to frustrate the oppostion just so to throw them off focus a little and Viet, playing in centre midfield, never stopped running, playing out the midfield engine role superbly. Duc and Fery did well in defense too, and Vic was more composed at his right back slot (i think he did well). A-Jin, our very own Park Ji-Sung albeit as a striker, did try to make a run on goal a couple of times but the opposition defenders edged him off the ball. KDU had a LOT of chances in the 2nd half, thanks to the fact that we were predominantly controlling the game, plus, Butterfly did not have any subs on their empty bench. Lam was a Patrice Evra this time because of the bombarding runs he made on the left flank, he's small but caused quite a bit of worrying for Butterfly when he had the ball and started surging forward. Hong scored a goal and then Viet, who never stopped running, latched onto the ball to score our second after a neat exchange of football between Viet, Lam and Samson. Full time score: 4-2.
I'm sorry if i left out important details because i was also watching the Ramblers/Tamilan/Kugz+Heng+
If we started with 11 players, i think it would've been rally interesting to see what the scoreline would've been, but then, its just a friendly and besides, the boys had an important presentation and can't be fully blamed for the 3-0 in the first half. We could've won though, if our strikers had more composure on the ball, especially in the final 3rd quarter of the field in the opposition half and there are players of ours who are lacking stamina. discipline is another i'd like to mention, because without discipline, one can't achieve much or as far as one could. Positioning of the back, especially the fullbacks is also important (Vic, there's no offside rule for throw ins) and as always, midfielders or at least one must come down to help defend or protect the back 4. the first half may have been disappointing, but at least from the 2nd half we can take some positives from the game. We played to our strengths (such as a couple of pairs of fresh legs) and we dominated the 2nd half. Didn't you guys felt good after that? The Air Force game was our first win for KDU of the season, lets NOT make it the last, shall we, boys? KDU in the HOUSE Mikez 16 |
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