Temasek Sec School, 1500 Hrs
YSOSRS FC 4 TeamCuzz 2
(Law x1, Santosh x3)
Wounds from a difficult battle.
So lets see... Where should I start... Temasek Sec + Teamcuzz = Probably the most difficult combination for the jokers with one being our bogey ground, and the other being our bogey team. That's what you would call a double whammy of epic proportions especially when the details for the game were made known.
To the gaffers surprise, Cuzz were geared up and all ready super early on. Apparently, the word was that they met at the venue at 2pm to go over their tactical stuff in detail. Holy shit. Upon hearing this, I was both pleasantly surprised that they wanted to beat us so badly yet charged up at the impending battle.
Ohhh a battle it was as much of the play focused within the congested central areas of the Temasek Sec field. Credit to Cuzz as under the leadership of a new gaffer (?), they attempted to spread the ball around and truly kept it neat with their play. We however, took some time to settle down. Thankfully it did not take too long before our old-man winger started to cause trouble down his flank with some really smart interchange of passes with his buddy Juffie boy.
1-0: One such interchange of passes saw Juf release Dee down the right and into a whole lot of space! Run gazelle run! Our old man then really delivered as he sent in a peach of a ball that was beyond the entire Cuzz backline and in an area where the Cuzz keeper couldnt come. Beckham-esque indeed! And lo and behold, sliding in at the far post after keeping track with the move was our effervescent Law who knocked home that beauty of a cross to put us 1 up. Weeet weeet!!
Well, we then proceeded to almost double our lead when Law and then Juf both failed to finish a similar move which eventually ended with our hotshot striking the base of the post. As the shit luck of this field would have it, we conceded an equaliser after a superb whipping cross from the corner that allowed their player to head the ball home from under the bar. Tsk. 1-1 it was at the half with plenty of the game left.
2-1: Plenty of huffing and puffing with neither sides really threatening... The floodgates for both sides decided to open all of a sudden in the last 15 minutes of the game. Santosh who had been quiet for much of the game finally found some space down the left as he embarked on one of his trademark runs that bamboozled the right fullback, and the centreback. Zoning in on goal, our man calmly slammed the ball home to the bottom right corner of the net as the boys swamped him in delight. A truly magnificent goal.
Lets see, we however decided to make things difficult for ourselves as the tricky Cuzz winger danced his way round Han who had been defending stoutly all game thus far and Syafiq to put in a cross that was knocked home really well by their winger on the other side. 2-2 with 10 minutes of the game remaining and the curse of Temasek seemingly striking again.
3-2: Narrowly missing with a lobbed shot over the keeper just seconds earlier, our boy wonder decided to replicate his winning formula that allowed him to score his 1st goal again. I could literally copy and paste the description for our 2nd goal here as Santosh took matters into his own hands by bursting past his fullback and the same centreback again before finishing in the same corner. Holy moly, what a run and a truly special goal for the boy. 5 minutes to go and for us, the finishing line was in sight for a sweet sweet victory.
4-2: Alright cliches are overrated i must say. Lightning never strikes at the same place thrice yah. Well, the nepalese boy did just that. Facing up to his beleaguered markers in the fullback and the same centreback again, our boy/man seemingly did an instant replay of his earlier 2 goals by running the length of the half and finishing in that VERY SAME CORNER AGAIN! Oh you beauty....!!!!! And that was how it ended.
MOTM: All right, after all that praise for our boy wonder... It may prove a little of an anti climax but my man of the match today was Huijie. He was a defensive rock at the back as his tackles were timed to perfection and with our captain Zam stuck down by a flu bug, Huijie took over the role of organising the lads. His confidence and desire to win the game rubbed off on his fellow defenders as Farhan and Habib who played in an unorthodox full back position both stood out for me in some really awesome performances. Special mention goes to Law, Fiq and Chi who were dogged and tenacious which prevented Cuzz from stamping their authority in the middle. Well of course, Santosh as well who proved that if used correctly, the boy is a game winner. For us, we truly hope he continues his goalscoring form till the end of the season.
Gaffers Words: Superb. A result we really wanted and we delivered with some truly inspiring individual performances. The fact that our boys sacrificed themselves in unfamiliar positions (Bib and Farhan) plus of course plenty of other really heartwarming acts from the guys today made me very proud of the team. It's that team spirit which ensures that we are still right up there in the division. 4 tough ass games remain with 2 visits to ISA, one to FM and one more of our ang mo friends. Let's approach each of these games one at a time but the boys who pull on the white jersey of YSOSRS next week should aim to replicate this spirited performance again. Kudos lads. And enjoy the week ahead.
Personnel: 15
Allan
Bib, Farhan Hizam, Huijie, Jason
Santosh, Rudee, AhCool, Law, Mok, WS, Syafiq, LQ
Juf
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