Scorers (assists)
Helmi (Kelvin)
Omar (Akim)
Man of the Match
Omar (5) - well-taken goal and was a consistent outlet for the team
Helmi (4)
Andrew (2)
Akim
Rahman - constant screaming and shouting helped us achieve a crucial win
Wilson (GK)
Yazier - Akim - Fazli - Fairuz
Shafi - Huang - Rahman - Omar
Helmi - Kelvin
Subs:
Andrew
Our team in D2D league
Rest of league results
I couldnt help but feel saddened by the results we have gotten in our last few matches so far despite it being forgivable due to the team being subject to very testing circumstances in those few matches. We could have scraped in a result here and there during Ramadan and we did come close to emerging victorious in some games had we made the extra effort that we have been putting in in most of our games for which again i must say, in the context of the circumstances we face, would require a superhuman mental strength and effort in all of us. I accept that we had done our best then, and though a bit disheartening to have come out 2nd best I can sleep soundly knowing that we had done all we can.
Fast Forward to yesterday - our first match since the league reopens (for us anyway) after Hari Raya - where we face a familiar opponent in Huat FC where head-to-head records show nothing in our favour. Its time for many of us (including some of our Chinese brothers in the team) to get rid of the Lontongs, Lodehs and all that kinda stuff OUT OF OUR SYSTEM. School, Work and Hari Raya commitments made me rather ill-prepared coming to the game and with the scare of a diarrhea attack an hour before the match, i was having my doubts.
We welcome back a few players back in the team, and I was looking forward to this match like any other. Huat FC started with 9 men initially and that they were under-strengthed was evident when we controlled the game comfortably in the first half. Their 10th player came in a few minutes later, but still Huat FC was reeling back from their own wayward passes and utter disorganisation. A swift counterattack saw Kelvin laying off a pass to Helmi on the edge of the box before Helmi executed a lovely strike aimed for the top right corner of the goal that had just enough weight to maintain course despite the interception from the gloves of the opposing keeper.
Huat FC later responded to the goal by showing more aggression with their 11th player just entering the field and they managed in a few shots at goal, but good defending on our side led to their mostly uneventful possession. Huat’s lack of organisation showed in the manner we scored our second when Omar was left free to exploit our left passage leaving the two Huat on-rushing defenders for dead before coolly slotting home the ball to the keeper’s left. We were cruising.
There was one incident later on in the half where the Huat captain, Wesley brushed me off with both his arms to dispossess me. In honest truth, it wasnt malicious, and would not be the sort of challenges i would call on for a foul if I were to be ref, but the past few matches where i was being penalised for every challenge similar to that even though tamer but it got me insinuated for a moment that the foul wasnt called. I responded with another robust challenge that yet again the referee called for. Shortly after, the whistle was blown for half time and that deprived me from another chance to embarrass myself.
2nd half was another nightmare for the team. We were obviously slacking off. Our passing was not the greatest and it looks like we were going to concede another silly goal. I was so sure i would have put my last dollar on it. That we did it later on was no surprise, when premature calls for Wilson to clear his line and deal with a long punt got him in no man’s land as the ball swerved away from him, before being lobbed into goal. 2-1 and though there were claims of offside by our defence, i think we deserved to concede and that there were NO EXCUSES. I could feel the deja vu where we let the game slip away from us, and I was more determined than ever not to let that happen. No way Jose, not on my watch at least.
I was getting real sick of our complaining attitude. If you want the win, work for it guys. No one is going to serve it to us on a silver platter. As a defender you have to get your task clear- That is to prevent the success of opponent’s attacks. You dont ever complain of a teammate’s poor pass, stop in your tracks and give up focus on the game, look away and complain. At least not while the game is still in play and there is imminent danger that the opponent might take the opportunity to rape our defence. You track back and do priority number 1 - That is, to prevent the success of opponent’s attacks.
I dont think I am the most vocal player on the pitch most times, but when push comes to shove, I will let my ‘feelings’ known there and then, on the pitch. We still have the half ahead of us and lets just focus on whatever shall we do with it. I tried my very best within my own very limited capability to walk my talk, and I know i couldnt do it alone. I needed the team to be support my motives and i was glad that for whatever reason that could be given on the pitch we slowly came together to fight off the Huat advances as a more effective unit. We were taking the game back to them, and gave them a few scares especiall so when the ever so quick and dynamic Huang wiggled away from the Huat backline to smash the ball against the frame of the post. It could have killed the game for us, but it didnt, so Huat pressured us and responded with two shots against the frame of the post in the few moments whenever we gave them a line of sight to our goal.
Huat was piling up the pressure to get their equaliser, but a spirited display of defending got us in the end to where we wanted to be. Wilson got a good hand to keep out a last minute goal opportunity, and was brave to get down and claim loose balls in the heart of goal before someone manages to knock in, accidentally or not, the ball into our goal. We had won our first game since our three Ramadan defeats, and it seems like we have broken the Kambing tradition of losing our Hari Raya games. Just know that we were lucky and that the referee had been kind to us. But then, it is our job to let refereeing decisions be the least of our concerns. We need to do our part for the win.
Rahman
Rest of league results
I couldnt help but feel saddened by the results we have gotten in our last few matches so far despite it being forgivable due to the team being subject to very testing circumstances in those few matches. We could have scraped in a result here and there during Ramadan and we did come close to emerging victorious in some games had we made the extra effort that we have been putting in in most of our games for which again i must say, in the context of the circumstances we face, would require a superhuman mental strength and effort in all of us. I accept that we had done our best then, and though a bit disheartening to have come out 2nd best I can sleep soundly knowing that we had done all we can.
Fast Forward to yesterday - our first match since the league reopens (for us anyway) after Hari Raya - where we face a familiar opponent in Huat FC where head-to-head records show nothing in our favour. Its time for many of us (including some of our Chinese brothers in the team) to get rid of the Lontongs, Lodehs and all that kinda stuff OUT OF OUR SYSTEM. School, Work and Hari Raya commitments made me rather ill-prepared coming to the game and with the scare of a diarrhea attack an hour before the match, i was having my doubts.
We welcome back a few players back in the team, and I was looking forward to this match like any other. Huat FC started with 9 men initially and that they were under-strengthed was evident when we controlled the game comfortably in the first half. Their 10th player came in a few minutes later, but still Huat FC was reeling back from their own wayward passes and utter disorganisation. A swift counterattack saw Kelvin laying off a pass to Helmi on the edge of the box before Helmi executed a lovely strike aimed for the top right corner of the goal that had just enough weight to maintain course despite the interception from the gloves of the opposing keeper.
Huat FC later responded to the goal by showing more aggression with their 11th player just entering the field and they managed in a few shots at goal, but good defending on our side led to their mostly uneventful possession. Huat’s lack of organisation showed in the manner we scored our second when Omar was left free to exploit our left passage leaving the two Huat on-rushing defenders for dead before coolly slotting home the ball to the keeper’s left. We were cruising.
There was one incident later on in the half where the Huat captain, Wesley brushed me off with both his arms to dispossess me. In honest truth, it wasnt malicious, and would not be the sort of challenges i would call on for a foul if I were to be ref, but the past few matches where i was being penalised for every challenge similar to that even though tamer but it got me insinuated for a moment that the foul wasnt called. I responded with another robust challenge that yet again the referee called for. Shortly after, the whistle was blown for half time and that deprived me from another chance to embarrass myself.
2nd half was another nightmare for the team. We were obviously slacking off. Our passing was not the greatest and it looks like we were going to concede another silly goal. I was so sure i would have put my last dollar on it. That we did it later on was no surprise, when premature calls for Wilson to clear his line and deal with a long punt got him in no man’s land as the ball swerved away from him, before being lobbed into goal. 2-1 and though there were claims of offside by our defence, i think we deserved to concede and that there were NO EXCUSES. I could feel the deja vu where we let the game slip away from us, and I was more determined than ever not to let that happen. No way Jose, not on my watch at least.
I was getting real sick of our complaining attitude. If you want the win, work for it guys. No one is going to serve it to us on a silver platter. As a defender you have to get your task clear- That is to prevent the success of opponent’s attacks. You dont ever complain of a teammate’s poor pass, stop in your tracks and give up focus on the game, look away and complain. At least not while the game is still in play and there is imminent danger that the opponent might take the opportunity to rape our defence. You track back and do priority number 1 - That is, to prevent the success of opponent’s attacks.
I dont think I am the most vocal player on the pitch most times, but when push comes to shove, I will let my ‘feelings’ known there and then, on the pitch. We still have the half ahead of us and lets just focus on whatever shall we do with it. I tried my very best within my own very limited capability to walk my talk, and I know i couldnt do it alone. I needed the team to be support my motives and i was glad that for whatever reason that could be given on the pitch we slowly came together to fight off the Huat advances as a more effective unit. We were taking the game back to them, and gave them a few scares especiall so when the ever so quick and dynamic Huang wiggled away from the Huat backline to smash the ball against the frame of the post. It could have killed the game for us, but it didnt, so Huat pressured us and responded with two shots against the frame of the post in the few moments whenever we gave them a line of sight to our goal.
Huat was piling up the pressure to get their equaliser, but a spirited display of defending got us in the end to where we wanted to be. Wilson got a good hand to keep out a last minute goal opportunity, and was brave to get down and claim loose balls in the heart of goal before someone manages to knock in, accidentally or not, the ball into our goal. We had won our first game since our three Ramadan defeats, and it seems like we have broken the Kambing tradition of losing our Hari Raya games. Just know that we were lucky and that the referee had been kind to us. But then, it is our job to let refereeing decisions be the least of our concerns. We need to do our part for the win.
Rahman