Match 137 - Win

Songbo FC 7:0 Opponents


Date: 30th May 2010
Venue: Kranji Sec Sch
Jersey: Black

Starting Line-Up
Junbing(GK), H.Weijie(LB), Kenny(CB), Swee Chao(CB), Kelvin(RB), Jiaxiang(LM), Jackie(RM), Hweequan(DM), Rujia(CM), Yanshou(AM), Alvin Toh(ST)

Subtitutes:
Binghong, T.Weijie


Scores:
HT: 2-0
FT: 7-0

Summary,

Kelvin Lee

It never rains but pours. And that is an apt phrase for the deluge of goals in this one-sided encounter with our opponents.

That is not to say that we were uber-good, or that the opponents were disgracefully lousy. However, we can say that our opponent lacked professionalism as they only had 8 players to start the game. A request by them for us to only utilize 8 of our players was turned down as it made no sense for us to have 14 players available and get 6 of our adrenalin-packed players to sit on the bench because of the opponents' amateurish attitude.

The match started tentatively for Songbo as the opponents decided to play a passing game in their half with the intention to waste time and tire our players. This tactic would only work if they have players who could hold the ball and pass it well, but that was not to be. We stepped up and applied constant pressure and the result was almost instantaneous. A loose ball not well cleared by the defenders dropped to Tiger's feet, before he gave a roar and made a low curling shot past the helpless goalie's fingertips to put the ball into the net. 1-0 Songbo!

The second goal was a testament to our set-piece prowess. A typical inswinging corner by Jackie was sent to the far post where Captain Sparrow leaped like a fish to power a header to score his goal. 2-0!

However, it seems like after these 2 goals, our attackers lost their bite. Chances after chances were spurned with bad finishing and lack of composure. These wasted chances in front of goal got the defenders barking up grunts of disapproval and disappointment. At the halftime break, Captain Sparrow expressed his concern to the attackers but saved his anger to berate the defenders for not showing team spirit. As one of the defenders, I was an accomplice to crime too. Sparrow decided to shake things up by radically changing the line up. Kenny was to play LM, Chao to play AM, Kelvin to play RM, bringing out Jacky, Jeremy and Alvin to the bench, with Binghong in to be DC. Tiger was to play as GK with PapaSoh moving up to be SC. The reason for the change was to let the defenders know how difficult it is to score goals against a 9-men team.

But...the defenders, especially Kenny and Chao stepped up to the challenge.

Few minutes into the second half, Speedy Kenny latched onto a cleared ball by the defenders and stormed down the left flank leaving defenders in his wake. Without any support, he made the decision to shoot and was rewarded when his shot found the right corner of the goal and nestled sweetly at the back of the net. 3-0!

The early third goal by us totally wiped out the opponent's already wavering determination to fight back and put us in a roaring position to obtain more goals. Their defence started to clear balls aimlessly and were more intent on grabbing our player's crotch than getting the right ball. Ask BerbaTOH for his opinion on that. His was almost squeezed dry by the opponent's belligerent No 4 and their DC. The referee was also quite happy to let the fouls go unpunished as he started to go lenient on the opposition.

Chao-Ge who was playing well as the AM constantly put pressure on the defenders, and their tenacity broke when a goalmouth scramble initiated by Chao-Ge saw the loose ball picked up PapaSoh. His next action is till now, of contention, as to he walked the ball into goal ala Arsenal style, or simply the ball bounced off his foot to roll into goal. Nevertheless, 4-0 to Songbo. A goal is still a goal.

CapiTan, back from his overseas assignment, is enjoying an Indian summer looking at his recent form. Marauding defenders, breaking up defences and adding to that, assisting Kenny in his second goal, did not seem too difficult for him. A run down the right flank bypassing the oppnent's LB, Capitan cut into the penalty area and passed a low ball across goal for the sprinting Kenny to easily slot the ball past the GK and into the net. 5-0!

PapaSoh's slow but strategic running saw him adding another goal to his account. (seriously, i forgot how this 6th goal came about so I will use my creative imagination. :P) After receiving a clearance from C.Weijie, Kenny brought the ball down to his feet in a display of good control, lobanged an oncoming defender, stormed down the left flank. As he looked up, he saw PapaSoh revving his diesel-powered engine. Without delay, Kenny passed the ball to PapaSoh's feet before PapaSoh slotted the ball to the left corner of goal. 6-0! And there's still more!

RoBINGho, was bent on joining the goalmouth action even though he was playing as the CB. The scalliwag showed us landlubbers how goals should be scored with style and aplomb. The oppnents defenders must be dazed when they were wondering if they were seeing Rio Ferdinand or Robinho in the field. They were right if they thought both. Turning defence into offence, RoBINGho chose not to clear the ball and instead dribbled the ball up from our box to the other. Along the way, not forgetting to bring his buddy into the fray, he passed the ball to Jackie, who returned a sweet one-two pass to RoBINGho. Upon receiving the return pass, RoBINGho was in a goalscoring position and all he had to do was slam the goal past the kena-raped-once-and-again GK and into goal. Lucky 7-0 to Songbo!

When the final whistle was blown, the opponent's faces showed that they were relieved that their nightmare was over. Although facing an understrength team, our victory was comprehensive and anything less would be considered a failure. Well done guys!