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