Tampines Secondary School, 1500 Hrs
YSOSRS FC 5 Real Suspects 0
(Mahdi, Rudee, Law, Dinie, Mimi)
After a quiet night by our terms for the jokers in which we settled for a nice, cosy and really sweaty dinner at the Vintage Delicafe, it is now time to get in and about the activities on the pitch earlier in the day.
Falling into the plate tournament for Espzen after surprisingly being ousted by giant killing Classique Futbol Clube in the earlier round, the jokers were raring to go again. There was an air of "pre-season calm" before this particular game at Tampines Sec however that was quickly dispelled by the absolutely crazy afternoon sun.
Welcoming old boys Mahdi and Yas back into the foil for the upcoming season, the jokers lined up against their physically more imposing Real Suspect opponents who interestingly enough consisted of the likes of Uday Joshie and another of his fellow Espn Newcasters. Public figures of a different sort but still a sight nonetheless.
As we cranked our engine into action, the initial moments perhaps gave RSFC much to be buoyed by. Our passing was sloppy and players were feeling the frustration. Thankfully for us, it all eventually settled down and we gradually enjoyed our increasingly frequent forays into the RSFC half with some incisive and neat passing.
1-0: New old boy, the non too mercurial dragon hair boy, Di found himself in space just outside the box. With some really decent off the ball running by Yas that drew the defenders away, it was left to the man to finish a piledriver of a shot that whistled through the roof of the net. It wasn't easy, but the man made it look oh so very.
2-0: Yet more huffing and puffing with RSFC attempting to impose themselves in the game through physical means. Thankfully us jokers were able to hold on ground and eventually found a priceless 2nd midway through the half when Di went on a merry dance which unsettled all of the RSFC defense. He eventually laid of a ball for the ever young flying winger Dee to comfortably tap into an empty net. Young and old combine. Positive signs aplenty.
So that was the way it ended at the half. Decent enough lead with a performance that really could have been alot better.
3-0: Past weeks had seen the calls for Law to take our penalties grow with every pre and post match practise. Well, the opportunity eventually came when the man himself had a goal bound header emphatically cleared off the line by an RSFC hand. *Cue Huijie's epic Suarez moment* Well anyway, Law confidently stood up and even more surprisingly outwitted the keeper and passed it into the back of the net. Hell, you could've gotten pretty high odds on that happening. Lest he makes noise when he reads this, yes it was a better pen than that of the gaffer just the week before. Booo.
4-0: Our dominance in the game was apparent with the boys growing into their strides and stroking the ball all around with consummate ease. Even our keeper got in on the action which was quite the sight. One such move saw a ball sent low into the box from out wide to our magician's feet. Dancing and turning and mambo-ing his way into a yard of space, he unleashed a vicious enough shot that took a deflection (?) and found it's way past the beleaguered keeper. A goal of just rewards for the dance moves shown.
5-0: After several one on one misses, the gaffer's emphatic touchline cries to shoot when in space was finally heeded by the twinkle toed Mimi. Cutting in past 2 defenders and finding ample amount of space and time due to the efficient off the ball running by our defender/ace striker Huijie (I was personally reminded of this by the man), Mimi finally thumped another home with almost the final kick of the game. A sweet ending to what remains a work in progress.
Fantastico boys and hopefully our league starts next Saturday. Adios amigos.
Falling into the plate tournament for Espzen after surprisingly being ousted by giant killing Classique Futbol Clube in the earlier round, the jokers were raring to go again. There was an air of "pre-season calm" before this particular game at Tampines Sec however that was quickly dispelled by the absolutely crazy afternoon sun.
Welcoming old boys Mahdi and Yas back into the foil for the upcoming season, the jokers lined up against their physically more imposing Real Suspect opponents who interestingly enough consisted of the likes of Uday Joshie and another of his fellow Espn Newcasters. Public figures of a different sort but still a sight nonetheless.
As we cranked our engine into action, the initial moments perhaps gave RSFC much to be buoyed by. Our passing was sloppy and players were feeling the frustration. Thankfully for us, it all eventually settled down and we gradually enjoyed our increasingly frequent forays into the RSFC half with some incisive and neat passing.
1-0: New old boy, the non too mercurial dragon hair boy, Di found himself in space just outside the box. With some really decent off the ball running by Yas that drew the defenders away, it was left to the man to finish a piledriver of a shot that whistled through the roof of the net. It wasn't easy, but the man made it look oh so very.
2-0: Yet more huffing and puffing with RSFC attempting to impose themselves in the game through physical means. Thankfully us jokers were able to hold on ground and eventually found a priceless 2nd midway through the half when Di went on a merry dance which unsettled all of the RSFC defense. He eventually laid of a ball for the ever young flying winger Dee to comfortably tap into an empty net. Young and old combine. Positive signs aplenty.
So that was the way it ended at the half. Decent enough lead with a performance that really could have been alot better.
3-0: Past weeks had seen the calls for Law to take our penalties grow with every pre and post match practise. Well, the opportunity eventually came when the man himself had a goal bound header emphatically cleared off the line by an RSFC hand. *Cue Huijie's epic Suarez moment* Well anyway, Law confidently stood up and even more surprisingly outwitted the keeper and passed it into the back of the net. Hell, you could've gotten pretty high odds on that happening. Lest he makes noise when he reads this, yes it was a better pen than that of the gaffer just the week before. Booo.
4-0: Our dominance in the game was apparent with the boys growing into their strides and stroking the ball all around with consummate ease. Even our keeper got in on the action which was quite the sight. One such move saw a ball sent low into the box from out wide to our magician's feet. Dancing and turning and mambo-ing his way into a yard of space, he unleashed a vicious enough shot that took a deflection (?) and found it's way past the beleaguered keeper. A goal of just rewards for the dance moves shown.
5-0: After several one on one misses, the gaffer's emphatic touchline cries to shoot when in space was finally heeded by the twinkle toed Mimi. Cutting in past 2 defenders and finding ample amount of space and time due to the efficient off the ball running by our defender/ace striker Huijie (I was personally reminded of this by the man), Mimi finally thumped another home with almost the final kick of the game. A sweet ending to what remains a work in progress.
Fantastico boys and hopefully our league starts next Saturday. Adios amigos.
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