SUFI FC 3 VNNTU FC 0
(Yasin x1, AhCool x1, Mahdi x1)
Hey all, I'm a little shag from the day's events even though i hardly played much of the game, sigh... Aging body indeed. Hopefully you guys are feeling much better than I am though.
Anyways, the scoreline does not say it all as it was a day of footie which wasn't pretty. And im assuming that this will not be the last of it. The sluggish monster in us threatened to make a cameo performance at times however this time round, we overcame it by being much more disciplined and spirited. Perhaps it was the added incentive of this being a competitive game that played with our minds or as unlikely as it could have been, it was the change in cheer at half time that spurred us on. *Let's be serious* It shall be from now on.
A couple of main events from the game were as such:
It was a largely uneventful 1st half although AhCool could have obtained a penalty after he was felled sometime during the 1st half hour. Our vietnamese friends hardly threatened though it must be said and we were relatively comfortable for most of the half. The closest we came to scoring though was when my floated freekick was palmed against the bar by the keeper and Dinietov narrowly headed wide from the resulting corner.
The 2nd half was where lady luck decided to hop on the SUFI bandwagon. However, luck was certainly not needed when Yasin who had been fighting hard to keep the boys in yellow afloat in the midfield battle throughout the game thus far pounced on a loose ball just outside the box. Taking a touch, he subsequently produced a peach of a shot that moved all over and beat the bewildered keeper all ends up. A stunning goal worthy of being a match winner on any day.
Our second came when a booming drop kick from phileo was unfortunately headed back by the VNNTU defender to his keeper. The unfortunate part being the fact that the power of the header back caught the keeper unaware and it lobbed over his despairing dive. AhCool who still seemed to be suffering from his power-balance melt down called upon the opportunist in him and showed astounding pace to catch up with the bouncing ball that was destined for the empty goal before slamming it in from 2 yards. A goal nonetheless and hopefully it gives the man much confidence. We are looking forward to him hitting the goal trail again during the league as it can only bode well for our title hopes. Credit though has to be given to Phileo for one hell of a kick. Boy did that fly!
The icing on the cake came when a swift counter attack down the left broke down but was revived when a lackluster clearance from our opponents gifted Ahcool with a chance to play Mahdi in on goal with a simple through pass. The finish was made to look easy by the man which is hopefully a sign of things to come from our pocket wizard. It has to be said that it is a true honour that we have seemingly got help from the magical world as well with a magician in dinietov and a pocket wizard in Mahdi. Kudos to you guys.
MOTM: Needless to say, fabreyas as he would love to be known as, covered every blade of astro turf at his old stomping ground. A top notch performance of will and skill capped off with a stunning goal. A class act in my eyes. Well done bro.
I would also like to laud the performances of our returning lucio and our magician dinietov who both showed much aggression in fighting for the cause of the team. Finally, to the guys who were part of this victory, do know that it is amazing what a win can do to team morale. After having seen a stagnation in recent weeks, today's result definitely was sweet. Well done for contributing to this result and with hope, we can carry this momentum into our next big clash on the coming saturday against TeamCuzz at Temasek Sec.
And also just so you know, for our victory in today's cup game, we have been rewarded with a big clash against FC Armanis in the next round who were 2-0 victors today as well. The game will be scheduled for the 27th of Feb so mark it down on your calendars! This is a game where we will definitely be underdogs and hopefully we will be able to prove that fairy tales do exist. Rest well peeps.
Team:
Phileo
Farhan, HG, Jason, Huijie, Ronald, Alaric, Hizam
Rudee, AhCool, ZL, Mahdi, Mok, Yas, Vic, WS
Dinie, Juf
P.S: Thanks to our small entourage of fans for taking time off to come support the boys. And also to fadilah for the photos.
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