Jurong West Sec, 1500 Hrs
Classique Futbol Clube 2 YSOSRS FC 1
(Dinie x1)
Spirits were high on a day in which one of our own was to be united with his partner in matrimony. However as fate would have it, the boys underestimated the task at hand and were undone by a poor start to the game that unfortunately left us with a mountain to climb.
2 poor poor goals were let in during the 1st 20 minutes of the game in which the entire team were all at sea and seemingly incapable of stringing together more than 3 passes. Frustration was an understatement. Yet, having eventually calmed our nerves and got our act together, it began to gradually look like our "superior fitness" would play a significant role in the outcome of the game as our opponents tired and sat back deeper into their half.
Chance after chance after chance went begging. It would probably take too long to type it all out in detail but it would be no exaggeration to say that we had our opponents on the ropes for the entire 2nd half. Classique did however use every trick in the book, and were unlucky when they had a goal chalked off for offside in the 2nd half.
Aside from that foray into our half, the jokers set up camp within the opposing half and laid siege. On another day, we would have seen ourselves go home with a different scoreline but the one moment which sealed our fate was when Khai unwittingly blasted over, 5 yards from goal with a gaping goal. It was just one of those moments and one of those days for us.
Thankfully though, we did add some respectability to the scoreline (clutching at straws here) when Dinie marauded forward before finishing with a cute finish into the bottom right hand corner of the unsighted stand in goalkeeper. It was sadly, far too late as the referee soon blew for the final whistle, much to the disappointment of the jokers.
Well, we live to fight another day despite being knocked into the plate tournament. It has been an awful month of results as the jokers have failed to register a win in the last 4 games. 1 draw and 3 defeats would be our current form.
The gaffer is under no illusions of the difficult task at hand to rally his troops however in some odd reverse psychology, he believes that the difficulty of the upcoming game against Retador could spark off some fight in the boys and perhaps, just perhaps this awful run may be ended against the most unlikely of opponents. Let's see.
When you are in a rut, no one can get you back up on your feet but yourself. Have heart and keep the faith. Till next week.
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