1st Toa Payoh Sec, 1500 Hrs
YSOSRS FC 1 Hiadis 0
(Law x1)
Back to writing duties after a long hiatus, this is Mokie in the house peeps. For the ones who missed me, heyya. For the ones who hate me, loveya anyway.
After last week's rain off at the half in an intense-filled (pardon the lousy pun) friendly game against Intense, we faced off against reigning Div 5 champions, Hiadis FC. As we have become accustomed to, we were slow in preparing for the start and our decision to change our formation was badly scuppered by the sudden massive downpour that engulfed our poor bodies just prior to kickoff.
It showed as we kicked off a chaotic first 20 minutes in which the pinkies hardly had a touch of the ball and we were literally chasing shadows. Buoyed by the success they were having in outpassing us, Hiadis grew in confidence and attempted to put us to the sword. There were a couple of occasions in which we tried out best to supply them with the final through ball to put them in on goal. Thank goodness, none were converted.
True enough, we started to churn out a couple of really decent chances after the change back to our usual formation as we regained our foothold in the midfield. Our best chance in a maddening 1st half fell to midfield general, Del Syafiqo who thumped a loose ball in the penalty area agonizingly against the crossbar. It would have been harsh on an impressive Hiadis side but boy have we grew used to eeking it out during our lacklustre moments.
2nd half and with renewed vigour and a couple of fresh faces, a series of corners saw an old combination brought back to life yo!. A literal blast from the past as oldie, Rudee Tudee swung a delightful corner that was met emphatically by the head of our returning Law. (D2D days yo) Bottom corner and we were 1-0 to the good. Set piece delight. The ensuing celebratory scenes were filled with awkwardness as Law attempted to celebrate his goal with the gf yet ended up in a belated embrace with Rudee. Sorry dee, u were the back up plan in his celebrations. Heh. (More of the same next time and im sure emphatic celebratory scenes with the gf can be expected yo!)
Anyhow, we huffed and puffed but neither side really showed enough cutting edge to score another goal. Though we did have a clear cry for a penalty when Law dispossessed the opposing keeper, rounded him and was upended in the penalty box. Funnily enough, a freekick was awarded on the edge of the box to us and... Thats that.
Plenty of things to work on but also positives aplenty. The pinkies enjoyed their run out amidst tough conditions and I guess our little machine will hopefully creak into action once our league campaign begins. We out folks!
