Match Report

Yes, yes, after some delay... the match report.

Shuaiji 3 Blue 0

It was a homeground match for the semb guys, 5pm at semb sec. SJ was expecting the now usual opponents, gnks. To our surprise , our opponents were chinese. Also for the first time, SJ had a selection dilemma, or rather the bobian captain Ahli. After some serious thought, ahli decided that the jj's would nt start ahead of guest amin n juff. This lineup is prob the strongest in SJ history. Guest juff turned up, as well as normal guest Amin. First 11 lineup, Engsiang as keeper, louis n chan the LB n RB, kiam n siong the centre backs. in midfield amin n juff in centre controllin the game, diyar n hongkeat on the wings. Beng was pushed up to the striker position w ahli. Weather looks good, even the ref was doin warmup.

The game started lively, not without a few hiccups in defence. Siong the ever stable centre back was making small errors, while kiam still thinks he can beat siong at headers, clashin a few times. As the game progresses, the defence became more composed. Louis n chan put in some impressive defensive work, reducing the opp threat to a min. Chan in particular uses his chest to clear off the line after some sloppy play by SJ. The first time headers were won comfortably by the centre backs and midfield. Amin and juff was winning the tackles in the centre, juff in particular was fustratin the opponents w his trickery, often invitin two or three opp players closin him. One opp in particular was constantly foulin, the normallly calm juff got a yellow card for 'accidentally' kicking an opp when he tried to get a loose ball. Diyar was constantly released on the left by juff and came close to scoring a few times on several occasions only to be saved by the keeper. On one particular occasion, amin threaded the ball to hongkeat, who delivered a pin point ball to ahli, who tried to control w his chest but the ball fell backwards instead. a wasted opportunity. Beng was holdin the drogba role, constantly holdin off defenders and turning them. Another occasion diyar did well to hold off two players in the penalty area for ahli to cut in n shoot...... but it just miss the far post. chances were created, n it seems ahli will finally break his duck, esp when ahli was bought down in the penalty box. Ahli misses again w the keeper savin comfortably. Not ahli's day it seems.

Second half started w some adjustments. Peace loving beng decide to bring on jj junior for hongkeat. Juff switched to the left wing, while diyar played upfront w ahli, Beng pulled back into midfield. Amin continued his pirlo role. SJ kickoff, JJ junior immed got involved in the action. but he was closed down quickly by the opps, leadin to a goal chase for the opp and a last ditch track back by siong. phew. almost... Juff once again tormented the opp defence, doin his usual fakes n feints, linkin up well w amin n diyar w some clever runs. SJ was dominating possession but score was still level at 0-0. Finally SJ went one up, when ahli received a pass from beng, n managed to nutmeg a defender before sending it goalwards. opp keeper paried the shot, n oncoming chan followed up w a weak shot, which the opp defender manages to block and cleared to the far post. diyar was lurking, and tapped in the ball. Goal! 1-0. Finally. The opp were dejected, the gates were suddenly opened.

It was not long before Beng made it 2-0 . juff swing in a corner, beng ran in unmarked and headed the ball. Goal! 2-0. louis came on for Ahli in the last 15mins. juff continued to torment the opp, and send in a inviting cross to be met by diyar at the far post. Diyar rose to meet the ball, w everyone anticipating a thunderous header. ball makes contact w his nose instead, and totally faked the outrushing keeper fifa style. Goal! 3-0. Doesnt matter how its done, its still a goal. In the closing mins, tempers were rising among the opp. Beng caught the opp shin when he went to prevent the opponent from clearing. This immed invited a pool of blues around beng. Blues were not happy w the challenge and angry words were exchanged. The game continued despite the tension. Beng got a yellow for catchin an opp shin again when he track back to tackle. This time, one blue was so agitated that he wants to pick a fight. Scenes of secondary school times flowed vividly into our memories, where ppl like to pick fights. Beep beep beep, Fulltime. So much for passionate defending.

MoM: Two goal hero diyar is a serious contender, but guest Juff also impresses w his trickery n assist. So its now for SJ to decide.

Ahli
ps: i'm not captain
pps: i hate doing shit job.