Match Report for LHFC vs IndianTeam (3/2/07)

3 February 2007
Las Hearutsusu 1 Indian Team 3
(Samuel 1)

Starting Line-up

Line-up
Guo Yong, Kelvin (Jun Xiang), Joel, Ci Yuan, Zhi Fei (Daryl), Yen Sun, Chew Teng, Sheng Jie, Kenny, Raymond, Tim

After a month of break from soccer, partly due to the rain lately, LHFC is back into buisness today! For the 1st time ever, we have almost the entire team available with the addition of new players. The goalkeeping department welcome a steady and reliable Guo Yong, in defence we have Ci Yuan and in midfield we have Yen Sun. With Kenny assigned as captain, the overall play was pretty organised, with chances for Raymond and Tim which unfortunately didnt end up in the back of the net. Just when the half was about to end, the opponent took advantage of a goalmouth scramble to score and we head into the half 0-1.

2nd Half

In order to give some of our players more match exposure, in came Daryl, Jun Xiang and Kai Pin while some of the key players took a break. Samuel took over from Kenny for the captain role and the 2nd half begin. A miscommunication betwen Joel and Guo Yong led to a slip up and allow the opponent to make it 0-2. And just when we thought it was our chance to steal something back, the opponent cleverly broke our offside trap to make it 0-3, making it hard for us to come back. However, with our never-say-die attitude, we made sure we didn’t went home empty-handed. A wayward cross by Samuel was picked up by Sheng Jie who send in a precise cross. With the opponent’s goalkeeper focusing on Kenny, Samuel sneak in to hand home an unmarked header to make the score 1-3, his 2nd in 2 consecutive match. With the key players returning to the pitch, LHFC pressed on but was unable to carve out any other chances. Whistle blew, a 1-3 defeat!

For a long time, LHFC have been searching for a reliable No.1 and today we seem to have found the answer. Though Guo Yong was unfortunate to allow a slip up leading to the second goal, if not for his heroics and vast experience in goalkeeping, we might have ended up with a much heavier defeat! So, on his debut, Guo Yong have been chosen as the Man-of-the-Match for LHFC! Congrats!

Man-of-the-Match: Guo Yong