Old Jurong Stadium, 1500hrs
SUFI FC 4 FC Hospitality 0(Juf x1, Wong x1, AhCool x1, Syafiq x1)
Hey peeps, the joy behind our victory today has been slightly dampened by the horrible collapse that man utd suffered at west brom today. Do allow me a moment or 2 to search for the pride I felt towards our team after the game.
Back to the events of the day. The boys in blue in what would likely be our last game in our 1st ever spanking blue Thorb jersey, entered the arena-like atmosphere of Jurong Stadium. The jokers gathered early and were well prepared even before the stipulated 3pm kick-off time. The pristine (judged by local conditions) field was the perfect stage for us to showcase our passing skills.
The game kicked off with SianWei in goal, aided ably by Farhan and Jason, our new acquisition at the full back positions together with Ronald and captain Hizam in the middle of defense. Mok acted as the defensive shield as Syafiq and Law provided the midfield guile. The speedsters at the wings were Rudee and Wong as they provided the necessary ammunition for our goal machine, Juf. The game was rather stop-start at times as the jokers took time to adapt to the size of the pitch. However, we did have a goal chalked off inside 5 minutes, when the referee decided to blow for a phantom offside when Juf tucked home from 6 yards after a tantalising run by Wong down the left.
After some more sparring with our opponents who had been flying high in the Espzen division 3 in recent weeks, the break through goal eventually came after an exquisite floated ball over the defense by Player of the Year, Syafiq found our goal machine whose subtle dink over the keeper made it 1-0. After a couple of attacks which almost led to our 2nd goal that included Rudee smashing straight at the keeper after being put through on goal as well as Dinie missing narrowly with a diving header, we finally put more distance between us and our opponents. A fake by Dinie to lose his man before he released wong with a sweet side-rule pass to put the speedster in a promising position. Wong then went on one of his rampaging runs from the left as he skinned his disillusioned markers with ease before finishing with the ruthlessness of a predator. 2-0 was how it finished at the half.
After a series of changes, the jokers resumed the game, hungry for more. And they were duly rewarded after a poor clearance by the Hospitality backline found AhCool. According to the man, he took a touch to set himself up before he smashed the ball that arrowed in from around 25-30 yards straight into the back of the net. Unstoppable and what a beauty it was. Definitely the goal of the day. Sorry wong! Haha.
With space opening up all over the pitch and the Hospitality guys energy got consumed with the afternoon heat, the jokers ran rampant. We were attacking from all angles and contrary to what was perhaps believed, I felt our ball movement was good and incisive leaving our opponents chasing shadows on many a time. But for some indifferent finishing in front of goal that included Benjamin, another pre-season signing, hitting the post after some devastating passing to put him through, Rudee missing twice from good positions which was rather surprising from the man as he had set the bar so high with his performances last season, and Ronald, the scoreline would probably have been larger. However, Syafiq did cap off another fine performance in the middle of the park with a lung bursting run from the central areas before finishing from the tightest of angles to beat the keeper. This rounded off the scoring for the day as it finished 4-0.
My M.O.M: Law. Ozil was everyone in his new position as a central midfielder. His hustling unsettled our opponents and his direct running left our opponents in knots as they desperately tried to stop him. Tireless in defense and yet incisive in attack. Top class dude. And i hope your head does not swell after this.
Thoughts by the gaffer: Im loving the team spirit folks. You guys are all giving me selection headaches with your excellent performances. Special mention to Dinie who was top notch with his devastating close control and amazing range of passing in his time on the field. Your performance probably deserved a goal and I'm sure u will get it soon. Patience bro. From front to back, we stuck to our jobs and did what we could. I'm not going to go to great lengths to praise everyone but although it may just have been a pre-season friendly, we played the way we should and I'm proud of you guys. Keep on rolling man.
Anyway, look forward to next saturday, 23rd Oct as we have back to back games from 3-5pm against Jotos FC and 5pm-7pm against an unknown team. Both games will be at the astro turf of Queenstown Sec. We will rotate the guys and perfect our formation. This will also allow everyone to have sufficient game time and to also fully utilise our team jerseys. Talking about that, we should be wearing our new SUFI FC jerseys by the next 2 games if nothing goes wrong. Team photos will be taken then as well so I hope that everyone will turn up.
Pics of today are up on our facebook group. If u haven't joined, just search under SUFI FC and request to join please!
Personnel:
SianWei
Farhan, Jason, Alaric, HG, Ronald, Hizam, HuiJie
AhCool, Wong, Rudee, Law, Mok, Dinie, Syafiq
Juf, Benjamin
Fans in attendance:
Fadilah (Thanks for coming and taking pics too!), Allan (Injured but still very much involved with the team)
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