Match Report for LHFC vs PravinTeam (30/12/06)

30 December 2006
Las Hearutsusu 1 Pravin’s Team 5
(Samuel 1)

Starting Line-up

Line-up
Samuel, Nevin, Joel, Kai Pin, Qing An, Daryl, Jerry, Sheng Jie, Kenny, Rui Feng, Zhi Fei

It’s true that you wont get everything in life the way you want it to be. On a day when there was a perfect weather for playing soccer, sad to say, you end up playing on a pitch that look more like a swamp! Though the 1st choice XI did not turn up, we welcomed exciting new members! In came tough tackling Rui Feng, speedy Qing An and calm and composed Zhi Fei!

Kick off! With opponent starting with only 10 men, it was a great chance to get the opening goal. Instead, were pegged back in our own half and do some defending! The addition of new players into our team did show some elements that were lacking in previous games but with the lousy pitch condition, play was pretty sloppy for both teams. With Joel at his usual best, LHFC managed to survive the opponent’s on slaught but the inexperience of Kai Pin was evident as he allow their striker to slip past him and put a shot pass Samuel. 0-1!

2nd Half

With victory a real possibility, LHFC decided to experiment with some interesting tactics. In came Kai Pin as GK, Kenny as right-back and Samuel in centre-midfield. Though we were soon 0-2 down, but some nice link up between the midfielders and the strikers allow Daryl to take a shot at goal! However, the goalkeeper parried the ball only for Samuel to tap it into an open goal to make it 1-2! Morale high but the vicotry just did not materialise! Final score read 1-5, with the opponent missing a last minute penalty!

We did lost this match, but it was to a team of good individuals, not a good team! Our performance today was the best I’ve seen so far! Quite a number of opportunities created and some aggressiveness showed from players like Jerry and Daryl (all previously lacking!). And for the man-of-the-match award for LHFC, once again, it goes to Joel! Congrats Joel!

Man-of-the-Match: Joel Thong

Match Report for LHFC vs JJLeeTeam (9/12/06)

9 December 2006
Las Hearutsusu 0 JJLee Team 4

Starting Line-up

Line-up
Samuel, Nevin, Joel, Chew Teng, Jun Xiang, Daryl, Kenneth, Sheng Jie, Kenny, Kelvin, Pravin

While some of the players return for our 3rd match, a few of the guys who played in the previous match wasnt present. The team welcome back Kenny, Chew Teng and Kelvin, but absentees include Tim, Shi Jie and Jun Rong. 2 new players joined us, Pravin and Kenneth. We thought it was going to easy, but soon we’re going to be prove wrong.

The opponents were a group of staffs from DSTA (as seen from their jerseys), with a few pretty exceptional players including a “Brazilian” looking striker! Just a few minutes into the match, this “Brazilian” outrun Daryl, then Nevin, and from the slightest of angle, slot the ball into the far corner past Samuel into the net! 1-0. We knew it was going to get worse! Wave of attack by the opponents followed up and soon we were 2 nil down! A looping shot by this white hair guy dipped over and hapless Samuel to make it 2-0! And for all their attack, we could only return 1 shot on goal, courtesy of a free-kick by Pravin.

2nd Half
2nd half was the same old story! Though we did manage some better moves, and also intensive pressing into the opponent half, our lack of skill and teamwork was there for all to see! From a corner, once again, the white hair guy rose above our packed defence to head home their 3rd goal. Then a disastrou clearance from Jun Xiang allowed the opponent to snatch the 4th goal as the ball spin backwards when he attempted to clear it! However, there were some positive as Kenny made some spectacular save, inlcuding a one-handed dive to keep the scoreline low! Jun Xiang and Nevin also improved from their previous performance while Joel turn in another good performance with some important goaline clearance!

To sum it up, we could have lost more if not for the respect shown by the opponent! We need to improve, and also a more aggresive spirit towards the game! It’s time we shed off the “whipping boys” tag!

Match Report for LHFC vs NJT (25/11/06)

25 November 2006
Las Hearutsusu 1 NJ Team 5
(Tim 1)

Starting Line-up

Line-up
Samuel, Jun Rong, Nevin, Joel, Sheng Jie, Daryl, Jason, Tim, Jun Xiang (Jack), Shi Jie, Jack Moy

Not the right time to hold the match consider the number of players unavailable. With Kelvin, Yen Sun and Chew Teng out with injuries and Kenny, Raymond and Kai Pin away on duties, basically we just fielded another brand new team! In came Nevin, Shi Jie, Jack and also 2 guest players, Jason and Jack (there are 2 of them). Changes included Samuel starting as GK, Sheng Jie starting at LB and Daryl starting at DM.

1st half. As usual against the run of play, a long punt by Sheng Jie caught the opponent’s GK off guard and that allow Jack to sneak in to score into an empty net. But he was denied by a handball by their defender who deserve a red card. Instead, only a penalty was awarded and Tim converted it from the spot to give us the lead. NJ team push hard for an equaliser and they were really lucky to get it due to a misfortunate kick by Joel resulted in an own goal, after Samuel made a 1-on-1 save from the striker. Before the half end, a miskick by Nevin allow their striker to sprint through to lob the ball over Samuel to make it 2-1.

2nd half was pretty like the 1st match where the floodgate just flow open as waves and waves of attack from the NJ team made the scoreline 5-1! However, if not for the determination of Joel, it could hav been even 10 or 15-1! Therefore, Man-of-the-Match goes to Joel this time round!

Man-of-the-Match: Joel

Match Report for LHFC vs OT (15/10/06)

15 October 2006
Las Hearutsusu 2 Orange Team 7
(Kenny - 2)

Starting Line-up

Line-up
Jerry, Jun Rong, Chew Teng, Kelvin, Samuel, Raymond, Sheng Jie, Timothy, Hak Liang, Kenny, Daryl (Joel)

Our debut match. Conceded a goal within the first few minutes but some tirelessly running by KENNY up front paid off as he took advantage of the opponent’s goalkeeper mistake, taking the ball off him while the goalkeeper was trying to clear it and sidefooting it into an empty net. 1-1! 1st goal for the team! It didnt take long for the 2nd goal to come. An excellent pin-point cross by Sheng Jie from the left flank arrive at the foot of Kenny once again and somehow KENNY managed to toe-poke it into goal from a pretty difficult angle. 2-1! Morale HIGH! However, as we were heading for the halftime break, Samuel did the unthinkable of handling possession back to the opponent near our penalty box! Without making any mistake, the opponent blasted the ball pass our hapless Jerry to make it 2-2 before the break!

2nd half see the team reshuffled from 3-5-2 to 4-4-2 with Joel coming on for Daryl. However, injury to Kelvin means Daryl had to come back on and it was then when everything start to go wrong. Miscommunication between players, tiredness sinking in, the hot weather and the exposure of our team weaknesses led to the opponent going on a rampage, blasting another 5 goals past Jerry. 7-2 it ended!

Its not a bad start considering its the 1st time the players are playing together. Many positive aspect to work on and hopefully we will get it right in the next few matches.

Man-of-the-Match: KENNY ZHU