1500 Hrs, Ang Mo Kio Sec
YSOSRS 1 Stamford 0
(Santosh x1)
Aloha folks. Here's Mokie back in the match reporting mode yo.
Ah well, the last time the jokers were on the pitch was that epic 3-3 stalemate played out with reigning champs, St Andies. Pretty sure those involved would remember every single moment of that clash. Heh heh. Coming off the back of a 2 saturday break, fast forward a good 20+ days later.... We were in for a treat yet again on this very saturday afternoon.
A top of the table clash it was with Stamford FC. And having heard about their very exciting shinanigans over the past couple of weeks, we were geared up for a battle today. Folks, a battle we got.
A smaller squad for the jokers with 14-15 players available today and a couple of new faces in the mix, we were wary of the task ahead. However, we were most definitely more than matching our opponents who incorporated the services of a couple of El Retador players. Menacing in appearance, they certainly matched it up with their aggressiveness in their play.
Tackles galore and tempers threatened to flare up on numerous occasions. Yet the best chances of the half definitely belonged to our El Capitan, Ronald who unfortunately failed to direct his shot on target from an acute angle and our Nepalese monster who had 2 one on one chances emphatically sniffed out by the very accomplished Stamford custodian.
0-0 at half time with the highlight certainly being the UK Size 7.5/8 stud pattern that found it's way onto the thighs of the joker's gaffer. Bloody hell, what sort of shielding of the ball was that. Anyhow...U guys are not gonna hear the end of it as he seeks pity from every.single.person.
The 2nd half could not have been any more different for the jokers were pegged back all too often with Stamford exerting control in the middle of the pitch. The overloading in the centre certainly created more problems and we more or less dealt with it until....
The parting of the Pink sea occurred. Miscommunication in defense resulted in their lad sauntering through before he was clipped on the return of a 1-2 by the on rushing Khai. Pelanty...
Dreading the worse, our tiny flame of hope was kept alight by the imposing figure of our young custodian. An epic dive to his right saw him keep out a powerful yet poorly directed penalty. 0-0 and we were still hanging on.
5 minutes later, madness happened. Our el Capitan got caught in a tricky situation as the tricky stamford winger smacked the ball in the direction of his face from less than a metre. Being oh-so-quick in his reflexes, the hands came up to block the impending destruction to his hunsum face. Everyone stopped, and we all sheepishly had to admit it was YET ANOTHER PELANTY given away.
Up stepped another taker and this time.... He missed. When Khai made yet another crazy ass save down to his bottom left. The rebound was well hustled out of danger and the boys were treated to a stinging reminder by the gaffer that we were riding our luck.
With time ticking down and a draw looking like a good point of the jokers, a fired up and looking somewhat crazy raging Toshie boy set off to right the wrongs of a frustrating afternoon.
1-0: All i remember was Toshie boy beating his marker who was taunting him all afternoon (I think) before he cocked his right peg and contorted his body in a weird way to.... Drive the bloody ball into the bottom left hand corner from the edge of the penalty box.
The scenes that unfolded there after was one of absolute mayhem as the boys went nuts knowing they had most certainly got the winner in a tough ass game yo. Well worth all the hard tackles and knocks we received boys. Fantastico as we move on to a month of tough fixtures to come. Hell yeah baby!!
Team:
Khai
Eric Ronald John Hafiz Isk Eugene
Jason Mok Yas
AhCool Habib Elfi Syafiq Santosh
Dinie
Ah well, the last time the jokers were on the pitch was that epic 3-3 stalemate played out with reigning champs, St Andies. Pretty sure those involved would remember every single moment of that clash. Heh heh. Coming off the back of a 2 saturday break, fast forward a good 20+ days later.... We were in for a treat yet again on this very saturday afternoon.
A top of the table clash it was with Stamford FC. And having heard about their very exciting shinanigans over the past couple of weeks, we were geared up for a battle today. Folks, a battle we got.
A smaller squad for the jokers with 14-15 players available today and a couple of new faces in the mix, we were wary of the task ahead. However, we were most definitely more than matching our opponents who incorporated the services of a couple of El Retador players. Menacing in appearance, they certainly matched it up with their aggressiveness in their play.
Tackles galore and tempers threatened to flare up on numerous occasions. Yet the best chances of the half definitely belonged to our El Capitan, Ronald who unfortunately failed to direct his shot on target from an acute angle and our Nepalese monster who had 2 one on one chances emphatically sniffed out by the very accomplished Stamford custodian.
0-0 at half time with the highlight certainly being the UK Size 7.5/8 stud pattern that found it's way onto the thighs of the joker's gaffer. Bloody hell, what sort of shielding of the ball was that. Anyhow...U guys are not gonna hear the end of it as he seeks pity from every.single.person.
The 2nd half could not have been any more different for the jokers were pegged back all too often with Stamford exerting control in the middle of the pitch. The overloading in the centre certainly created more problems and we more or less dealt with it until....
The parting of the Pink sea occurred. Miscommunication in defense resulted in their lad sauntering through before he was clipped on the return of a 1-2 by the on rushing Khai. Pelanty...
Dreading the worse, our tiny flame of hope was kept alight by the imposing figure of our young custodian. An epic dive to his right saw him keep out a powerful yet poorly directed penalty. 0-0 and we were still hanging on.
5 minutes later, madness happened. Our el Capitan got caught in a tricky situation as the tricky stamford winger smacked the ball in the direction of his face from less than a metre. Being oh-so-quick in his reflexes, the hands came up to block the impending destruction to his hunsum face. Everyone stopped, and we all sheepishly had to admit it was YET ANOTHER PELANTY given away.
Up stepped another taker and this time.... He missed. When Khai made yet another crazy ass save down to his bottom left. The rebound was well hustled out of danger and the boys were treated to a stinging reminder by the gaffer that we were riding our luck.
With time ticking down and a draw looking like a good point of the jokers, a fired up and looking somewhat crazy raging Toshie boy set off to right the wrongs of a frustrating afternoon.
1-0: All i remember was Toshie boy beating his marker who was taunting him all afternoon (I think) before he cocked his right peg and contorted his body in a weird way to.... Drive the bloody ball into the bottom left hand corner from the edge of the penalty box.
The scenes that unfolded there after was one of absolute mayhem as the boys went nuts knowing they had most certainly got the winner in a tough ass game yo. Well worth all the hard tackles and knocks we received boys. Fantastico as we move on to a month of tough fixtures to come. Hell yeah baby!!
Team:
Khai
Eric Ronald John Hafiz Isk Eugene
Jason Mok Yas
AhCool Habib Elfi Syafiq Santosh
Dinie
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