Date: 10th Oct 2009
Venue: Hua Yi Sec Sch
Jersey: Black
Starting Line-Up
Junbing(GK), H.Weijie(LB), Swee Chao(CB), Kenny(CB), Kaiseng(RB), Jackie(LM), Alvin Cai(CM), Rujia(CM), Kelvin(RM), Yanshou(ST), Jeremy(ST)
Subtitutes:
Kaiseng
Scores:
HT: 2-2
FT: 2-3
Typically Songbo FC always recovers slowly from any round of testimonial match. Just after a 5-0 mauling in last week’s testimonial match, Songbo FC remains very much to be in holiday mood and playing pre-season football.
The day did not get off to the best of start when SSC sort of screw up and had no one to open up the field. After an impatient wait, a lumbering man finally turned up to open the field at half past nine.
Worse still, the opponents Songbo were facing in this match were a bunch of new fit and energized Non-Chinese. They seemed to have brought along their whole families for the match, judging by the amount of noise heard from the sidelines.
Songbo was hit with a mini injury crisis with Wayang Quan injured over the meaningless testimonial match and Mervin suffering from a strained hamstring. The long-term hernia injury of Sybian and the absence of JX and ComTan meant that Songbo came into the match with only 12 players. The day which 17 players turned up for a match didn’t seem too long ago though. Instructions for the match were clear: stay healthy to last the full match and use aerial balls to attack the opponents.
The match started on a fast pace as the opponents seem to settle in very quickly and started to dominate the game. It was all too apparent that Songbo was overwhelmed and intimidated by the sheer noise and style of the opponents. It was no surprise that given a quarter of the match gone, the opponents capitalized on a mix-up in the last line of defence and its striker coolly slotted the ball home in an one-on-one situation. 1-0!
Songbo had their heads hung low and the holiday mood didn’t seem to go off after last week’s match. However, they were constantly reminded that the opponents were not as strong as they seem. Against a run of play, El Nino planted a firm header to the back of the net from a corner and Songbo appeared to be right back into the match. 1-1!
Hopes were starting to pick up but it did not take long before another lapse in concentration allowed the opponents to break free and regained their lead with a simple finish. 1-2!
Songbo has been known in recent times for their tenacity in coming back from behind. The team quickly re-organised and out of a mistake by the opponent’s defence, El Nino broke free and put Songbo back on level terms. 2-2!
The entertaining and topsy-turvy first half soon came to a close and once again, Songbo was reminded to attack its opponents with aerial balls and pressuring their wobbly defenders into making mistakes.
The second half started as the pattern of the first half, with Songbo being forced back to defend its goal. However, the attacks weren’t exactly threatening and the score remained. Chances were few and far between and it became evident that either a moment of magic or a mistake would change the scoreline.
Unfortunately, the latter came true and out of a harmless-looking long ball into Songbo’s penalty area, Papasoh, who were to be crowned as Player of the Year, slipped and allowed the opponent to tap into an empty net. Songbo was left dejected as they had finally succumbed to the incessant pressure. In all fairness, Songbo did not deserve anything out of this match, given their lacklustre performance.
On hindsight, it would have been a better move to reward Papasoh with a new pair of boots instead of a set of gloves, given his costly. Or it might probably been the curse of the award, Player of the Year, which Kenny can bear real life testaments to its adverse effects. Is Papasoh being the ‘cursed’ one for this season? It shall remain to be seen and it can be assured that Papasoh would be closely scrutinized in the upcoming matches.
Summary by,
Captain Sparrow
The day did not get off to the best of start when SSC sort of screw up and had no one to open up the field. After an impatient wait, a lumbering man finally turned up to open the field at half past nine.
Worse still, the opponents Songbo were facing in this match were a bunch of new fit and energized Non-Chinese. They seemed to have brought along their whole families for the match, judging by the amount of noise heard from the sidelines.
Songbo was hit with a mini injury crisis with Wayang Quan injured over the meaningless testimonial match and Mervin suffering from a strained hamstring. The long-term hernia injury of Sybian and the absence of JX and ComTan meant that Songbo came into the match with only 12 players. The day which 17 players turned up for a match didn’t seem too long ago though. Instructions for the match were clear: stay healthy to last the full match and use aerial balls to attack the opponents.
The match started on a fast pace as the opponents seem to settle in very quickly and started to dominate the game. It was all too apparent that Songbo was overwhelmed and intimidated by the sheer noise and style of the opponents. It was no surprise that given a quarter of the match gone, the opponents capitalized on a mix-up in the last line of defence and its striker coolly slotted the ball home in an one-on-one situation. 1-0!
Songbo had their heads hung low and the holiday mood didn’t seem to go off after last week’s match. However, they were constantly reminded that the opponents were not as strong as they seem. Against a run of play, El Nino planted a firm header to the back of the net from a corner and Songbo appeared to be right back into the match. 1-1!
Hopes were starting to pick up but it did not take long before another lapse in concentration allowed the opponents to break free and regained their lead with a simple finish. 1-2!
Songbo has been known in recent times for their tenacity in coming back from behind. The team quickly re-organised and out of a mistake by the opponent’s defence, El Nino broke free and put Songbo back on level terms. 2-2!
The entertaining and topsy-turvy first half soon came to a close and once again, Songbo was reminded to attack its opponents with aerial balls and pressuring their wobbly defenders into making mistakes.
The second half started as the pattern of the first half, with Songbo being forced back to defend its goal. However, the attacks weren’t exactly threatening and the score remained. Chances were few and far between and it became evident that either a moment of magic or a mistake would change the scoreline.
Unfortunately, the latter came true and out of a harmless-looking long ball into Songbo’s penalty area, Papasoh, who were to be crowned as Player of the Year, slipped and allowed the opponent to tap into an empty net. Songbo was left dejected as they had finally succumbed to the incessant pressure. In all fairness, Songbo did not deserve anything out of this match, given their lacklustre performance.
On hindsight, it would have been a better move to reward Papasoh with a new pair of boots instead of a set of gloves, given his costly. Or it might probably been the curse of the award, Player of the Year, which Kenny can bear real life testaments to its adverse effects. Is Papasoh being the ‘cursed’ one for this season? It shall remain to be seen and it can be assured that Papasoh would be closely scrutinized in the upcoming matches.
Summary by,
Captain Sparrow
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