YSOSRS FC 3 Rosso 1
(Dinie x2, Izwann)
For yours truly, it was a late Saturday afternoon's journey to the West. A true sense of dread but hey, who's to complain when our westside boys make their way down to the East every week without complaining. Heh. Thank god for the really generous Eric who alleviated some of that suffering though. Upon our very late arrival to the venue that had been proclaimed to be an excellent and top notch field, the late boys were very much excited. Nerve jangling anticipation would be an exaggeration I guess.
Hell but that was how I really felt man.
Anyhow, imagine the immense disappointment when we saw that the pitch was on the 2nd floor (Check), astro turf (Check), so very narrow (Not Checked) and had goalposts more suitable for a C Division game (Definitely freaking hell not checked). Quite the bummer.
Whatever the case, we were gonna be decked out in our sexy pink outfits plus of course, we had a really strong match day squad lined up. Hooyah!!
Facing a Rosso outfit whom we had played on 2 other occasions in the past, there was a sense that the results from our past meetings would count for nothing having seen their meteoric rise through the Espzen Divisions.
The game eventually kicked off with the man in black probably the fittest player on the pitch. Dennis Edwards if you guys were wondering. We passed and caressed the ball to the best of our abilities with Rosso approaching the game a tad more conservatively.
Yet the direct nature of Rosso's play saw them create the more clear cut opportunities and it was through one of those that we conceded a goal.
0-1: A quick corner from the Rosso boys saw them find their imposing ang mo, Paul who was at least a good 25-30 yards out. Striding up perfectly to the ball, he unleashed a cracker of a shot that started way out and curled into the top corner. The speed at which the connection was made left our keeper Amin with absolutely no chance. Sick ass goal lahh.
Thereafter, that feeling of deja vu crept in for we looked no where near scoring whilst the ball ping pong-ed all over the place. Special mention to the tenacious closing down from the men in yellow who were there with a game plan and they stuck to it with ferocious doggedness.
HT: 0-1 and the jokers were looking far from convincing in their season opener.
*Concern during before the half and of course, team talk ah!
Several tactical changes later and aided by the-man-no-longer-on-e-probation-list, we came out fighting in the 2nd period. A wave of pink surged all over the pitch as we began to try our best in matching Rosso physically. The intense pressuring worked for we were able to knock more furiously at the Rosso door.
1-1: That highly craved for equaliser FINALLY came when a ball out wide from the irrepressible Ubai saw flying full back Eric trod forward into space. And then came a move we had been so accustomed to in recent weeks, a peach of a ball into the penalty box saw bodies flying all over the place in an attempt to get to it. The mess eventually sorted itself out as Dinietov aka The Magician sidefooted it home gleefully past the stranded Rosso keeper. Oh yeah baby.
2-1: Riding on momentum, the jokers pushed forward in an attempt to take advantage of a shell shocked Rosso outfit who had been solid up till the equaliser. Dinietov was once again involved as he chested a high ball inside our half, swivelled, did some stuff and lofted the ball instinctively into space.
It was now a foot race between our own hotshot and newly known Peter Cockroach, Izwann with the Rosso last man. Thankfully for us, the ball was allowed to bounce once which was all that was needed for our Cockroach to power home and slam it past the exposed goalkeeper. 2 in a matter of minutes. We were in dreamland yooo.
Knowing the vulnerability of a bare 2-1 lead, the jokers pressed on to the rapturous support of the guys off the pitch. Explains why today's performance smelt alot like team spirit.
3-1: A corner from Yas was half cleared as it found its way to Jason on the left. Ignoring the calls to pass, our resident warrior swung in a right footed inswinging cross that had "head me home please" written all over it. Well, buoyed by the earlier success of the equaliser, our magician ghosted in amongst the Rosso players before expertly nodding it home. The comeback was complete.
*THAT move. And scenes of unbridled joy from the pinkies.
The remainder of the game was played out with some scares along the way but Amin dealt with it admirably for most parts. One being his gloves tearing just as he was about to throw the ball out. Oh the horror as it resulted in him dropping the ball in front of 3 Rosso players. Akin to a durian picking scene in our lovely forests. HUAT AH!! Fortunately, our goalkeeper was able to use his immense frame to hide the loose ball and prevent a messy goal.
Beep beep. Finito.
MOTM: You know who. I dont wana say it. But he knows who. The one who likes dissing the gaffer. 2 goals and an assist. A sign of things to come? Fingers crossed.
Personnel:
Amin
Farhan Eric Hafiz Huijie Hizam Jason Eugene
Mok Ws Yas
Rudee Law Ubai AhCool Mimi
Izwann Dinie
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