Scorers (assists)
Radin (Nas)
Yazier (GK)
Kevin - Andrew - Azmi - Farid
Khairul (debut) - Azman - Kelvin - Nas - Kariim
Radin
Subs:
Firdaus Masdar
Huang
Akim
Rahman
Omar
Rafeeq
Our team in D2D league
Rest of league results
Canberra Sec 3pm - Kambing FC suffered its heaviest defeat since the 0-7 loss to Outsiders FC earlier this season, in our penultimate league match against Holland Park XI (HP), a former Div 2 champions. I had faint hopes that we could lift ourselves from the foot of the table if we won our last two games against HP but this loss effectively put to bed our most disastrous season ever in D2D. Surprisingly, our opponents themselves are languishing in the bottom half of the table this season. Khairul made his debut on the right side of midfield.
HP utilized the size of the pitch to full effect and we were troubled by their speed and precise passing. Their patient probing paid off early on as they scored two early goals. Radin pulled a goal back after yet another assist from Nas to score his first ever goal for the team, after getting a second bite of the cherry in the penalty box. Our typical fighting spirit then appeared to peg HP in our best spell of the game but HP regained their 2 goal advantage after a lob from long range caught Yazier out. Going into half-time, I felt we were not totally out of the game yet.
Instead, worst was to come after the restart as we conceded another goal shortly after the restart following another HP's swift and decisive piece of attack as they took a commanding 4-1 lead. Azman then spurned the best chance of the game for us when he missed a free header from Rafeeq's delightful cross and while that miss would probably have not been costly anyway in the end, we have to be more clinical next season. Instead, HP capitalized on a calamitous defensive error to score their 5th goal. They scored 2 more goals to round up the scoreline and the manner in which they casually stroked the ball around the park highlighted the painfully obvious gulf in quality between the two teams. We were simply not good enough as we struggled to muster any serious threat against HP's defence.
We will play HP again in our last league game of the current season, and for me, it cannot end soon enough. A cup campaign is on the cards and hopefully, we will provide a stiffer test.
Akim
Rest of league results
Canberra Sec 3pm - Kambing FC suffered its heaviest defeat since the 0-7 loss to Outsiders FC earlier this season, in our penultimate league match against Holland Park XI (HP), a former Div 2 champions. I had faint hopes that we could lift ourselves from the foot of the table if we won our last two games against HP but this loss effectively put to bed our most disastrous season ever in D2D. Surprisingly, our opponents themselves are languishing in the bottom half of the table this season. Khairul made his debut on the right side of midfield.
HP utilized the size of the pitch to full effect and we were troubled by their speed and precise passing. Their patient probing paid off early on as they scored two early goals. Radin pulled a goal back after yet another assist from Nas to score his first ever goal for the team, after getting a second bite of the cherry in the penalty box. Our typical fighting spirit then appeared to peg HP in our best spell of the game but HP regained their 2 goal advantage after a lob from long range caught Yazier out. Going into half-time, I felt we were not totally out of the game yet.
Instead, worst was to come after the restart as we conceded another goal shortly after the restart following another HP's swift and decisive piece of attack as they took a commanding 4-1 lead. Azman then spurned the best chance of the game for us when he missed a free header from Rafeeq's delightful cross and while that miss would probably have not been costly anyway in the end, we have to be more clinical next season. Instead, HP capitalized on a calamitous defensive error to score their 5th goal. They scored 2 more goals to round up the scoreline and the manner in which they casually stroked the ball around the park highlighted the painfully obvious gulf in quality between the two teams. We were simply not good enough as we struggled to muster any serious threat against HP's defence.
We will play HP again in our last league game of the current season, and for me, it cannot end soon enough. A cup campaign is on the cards and hopefully, we will provide a stiffer test.
Akim