10 February 2007
Las Hearutsusu 2 DSTA Team 2
(Samuel 1, Kenny 1)
Starting Line-up
Line-up
Before we could even have our game, our guys had an even harder time trying to locate where the Tanglin pitch was. And so, on this secluded field, we had our 6th game, and it was up against one of our previous opponents, the DSTA team. However, it was an under-strength team as they turned up with only 9 men (with the 10th guy appearing at half-time). Easy match you think hah? Well, you’re wrong!
Las Hearutsusu welcome a new cnetre-back, Kelvin Lin, and also another new utility player, Lim Jia Yinn in this match. We started aggressively, trying our best to make our numbers count. Chance after chance came in but the deadlock was not broken. Then came the undesired! After a couple of corner kicks by the opponents, they finally made one count as their player caught Samuel sleeping away and nod home from the near post. 0-1! That served as a wake up call as we went in search of our goals and it didnt took too long as a cross from the unmarked Kelvin was about to reach Kenny. With 2 defenders on him, the pressure paid off as Kenny failed to made connection with the ball but it went to Samuel instead and he volleyed home to make it 1-1!
2nd half, with the opponent coming up with one more player, breaking down their defence wasnt easy. Wave and wave of attack fail to materialise as players were caught off-sides time and again and tiredness was starting to set in. So, with LHFC losing our concentration midway through the 2nd half, the opponent’s striker sneak in behind the defence and lob over Guo Yong. 1-2! To make matters worse, our key player Sheng Jie had to be “stretchered off” due to an injury. Thumbs up to him though as he insist on playing though he have already suffered from a muscle pull previously. With the clock ticking down and the prospect of another defeat looming, our never-say-die attitude came to our rescue again! A long punt from defence found Samuel as he went 1-on-1 with the opponent’s goalkeeper. His failed attempt to lob resulted in Kenny having the task of sending the ball into an empty net. 2-2! And so the whistle went off!
Well, everyone put in their effort for this match but performance was not up to standard as we didnt made full use of the extra players we have. So, for the man-of-the-match award, it isnt going to Samuel, nor Kenny, nor Kelvin, instead, its going to the REFEREE! No, you’re not seeing the wrong word, its the REFEREE! Thanks to him, we were able to allow our play to flow at times and also thank him for his useful advices.
Man-of-the-Match: Referee
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