Match 95 - Win

Date : 18-Jan-09
Venue : Hua Yi SS.
Jersy : Black

Score FT : 3 - 0 (Jiaxiang[Rujia], Jeremy[Jiaxiang], Jeremy[Jackie])
Score HT : 1 - 0

Starting Lineup
GK. : Junbing
Def. (L-R) : H.Weijie[Kelvin], Kenny, Suichao, Kaiseng
Mid. (L-R) : Jackie, Alvin Cai, Sybian[Rujia], Hweequan, T.Weijie[Jeremy]
Front (L-R) : Jiaxiang[Mervin]

Match Summary
Sorry for the late report guys. The writer behind the scene was actually a out of job discourage worker who is so bored with life that he could not focus on the “task” of spicing up the Blog. Anyway things are done eventually and we shall look at the last competitive match before we go on a fun match and our Chinese New Year.
SongBo Fc records a rare clean Sheet
Clean sheet are hard to come by for Songbo Fc despite having one of the best defensive centre pairing in the west side of local footballers. But on the return leg of the match-up against the uncles (real uncles ) in fact some could actually be your parent’s childhood friends, SB won 3-0. In fact the score could actually be much bigger if not for some wasteful finishing and over confidence by the strikers and a particular winger. In the first leg which was played at fuhua sec SB lost 2-1 to a late goal by Botak whom had a relatively good scoring record against SB. In the wake of the 2-1 defeat SB FC started the match cautiously at Hua Yi Sec. Their morale were boasted when Uncle FC star player Angmo was not in the team bus for the match. But to the surprise of everyone SB star striker was not in the starting line up too. It seems like benitez is tinkering with the squad again. Only eight starters who had started that 1st leg retained their position. In usual fashion SB packed the centre with only KTV king up as a lone striker. Despite the fact that he actually started the last match as a lone striker it is open to all he is not one out and out striker, his strengths in the game which is his energy level and direct style of taking on players one V.S one is not fully utilized. But for once instance his work rate pay off, a relatively harmless ball was place down the right corner flag. KTV king chase the ball and won it off a defender, under pressure he send in a cross over to the near post. The GK put out his right hand in an attempt to parry the cross out but to the disgust of the uncles GK best efforts was to palm in into his own net! What on earth was he actually thinking about? It was later found out by paparazzi that the night before KTV king and the Gk actually had a late night out playing a different ball game. Even after the lucky break the match fails to sparkle. Passes from both sides would astray. Everyone seems to be waiting for the halftime whistle to come. In between the goal and the start whistle it is noted that SB tanker(sulk) went down with an ankle injury and was sub with sparrow. It is believe that his ankles cannot support his body weight at this alarming rate he is growing.
Finally the whistle came. Benitez seems to use more effort talking and motivating SB than on pitch. He noted that the midfielders are taking far too much time on the ball always trying hard to get the prefect ball for the KTV king. The game plan is simple get the ball down the line and KTV king would do his part in chasing the ball down. We are not liverfool’s Simi Alonso or Steven Jialet. We are just SB FC a weekend team. Watching too much EPL is killing us. Just do things the SB way keep organize and play the ball down the line any set piece or mistakes from the opponent would be enough to kill the game off.
The whistle goes off SB march into the pitch with the usual Huat rally. Kelvin comes on for thief and Jeremy for Cap Tan. In a tactical reshuffle Jeremy (goal machine) moves up to the lone striker which our KTV King moves to the left and Jackie Chan to the right. But the second half starts off in the same fashion as the first half. The match is all in midfield as both teams based more on organization than individual skills. But it took a moment of magic to actually alter the score line. Lamps lay a ball back to wayang who in turn played a defense splitting pass which even Simi Alonso would be proud off to set KTV King down the left side . KTV did what was required of him when he put in a left foot 1st time cross into the danger zone. Goal machine who was so starve of service that when something so delicious come in how could he not take? He finished the move with a well place header to corner of the net. Great football by SB FC! All it takes is 4 touches from center midfield to the left line into the net. That has to be a contender for the goal of season for such a build-up.
After the goal SB with their heads up play much better. But to the limitations of the players as usual they could not put more than 8 passes together. But that did not deter SB to score a 3rd goal. This time round jackie played a ball into the area for machine to put into the net. How many times have we actually seen this combination work? Countless! The two seems to have a great understanding on the pitch. Mervin came on for KTV king soon after as KTV King seems running out of steam after a good and efficient performance. Wayang went down with cramps with 10 mins to go. It seems quite long he haven been down on cramps when in the past he could actually go down on cramps for 4-5 straight matches. It was rumored that he was not at home the previous night. Cap tan came on for wayang. 5 Sec made a decent save at his goal line (the reporter did not see) which he proclaim to be great. But what is new everything that 5 sec does is always a top drawer (self proclaimed). With the time running down SB still got time to actually get a prefect chance to increase the tally. Jackie set on a 50 m run beating 2 players in the process. When he closes in on goal he send a powerful cross for machine to head towards goal but machine could not get a clean contact on the ball. The finish went off target but to the amazement of everyone the 2 of them exchanging high five after that play as if they scored a goal. But credit should given to Jackie that near the end of the game he could still embark on a fifty m run which spells a lot of his stamina. When the final whistle sounds SB celebrated they managed to get a win over an opponent which just beat them a week back. It was a good and efficient effort by SB FC.

Reported by Wayang