Our relatively small squad (13 players) turned up eagerly anticipating a good game. We almost couldn't field a full team until Glenn and John decided to turn up almost straight from their overseas work commitments! KKMC turned up a fair bit late and did not have enough to field a team, so we generously donated (or did he generously volunteer his services?) Justin to them.
We started the match with a 4-1-4-1 formation and the moment the match kicked off, we realised a few things. Our opponents were much younger, faster, fitter and more skillful than we were. With an average age of 25, they were running the roost, especially in the middle of the park where we were struggling to cope with the pace and space they created for their offence. It wasn't long before we were a goal down after some goal mouth action when we failed to clear the ball from our own box. The only consolation- it was Justin who scored and not one of our 'real' opponents! The rest of the 1st half carried on with us unable to find an equaliser although Jingzhong did come close on 1 occasion, sidefooting his shot barely wide of the upright.
The 2nd half started very promisingly. Through a more ambitious 4-4-2 formation, we pressed forward with some bright attacking play and soon, were rewarded by John's moment of 'Ronaldinho'-like genius- a lob that left the opposition keeper wondering how the ball ended up in the back of his net. However, things came undone for the team again when in a 15 minute spell, KKMC attacked with a vengeance and managed to score 3 times, making the score 4-1 and leaving us flat out for the rest of the match. Before long, they had scored twice more before the match ended with a final score of 6-1 in favour of the visitors.
The match certainly gave us an opportunity to practice our defending! and perhaps to start thinking of options on our system and style of play, especially when we face much younger, fitter, faster and more skillful opponents.
PMC Squad
1. Maurice Lim 4. Kevin Ang 5. Peter Yeo
We started the match with a 4-1-4-1 formation and the moment the match kicked off, we realised a few things. Our opponents were much younger, faster, fitter and more skillful than we were. With an average age of 25, they were running the roost, especially in the middle of the park where we were struggling to cope with the pace and space they created for their offence. It wasn't long before we were a goal down after some goal mouth action when we failed to clear the ball from our own box. The only consolation- it was Justin who scored and not one of our 'real' opponents! The rest of the 1st half carried on with us unable to find an equaliser although Jingzhong did come close on 1 occasion, sidefooting his shot barely wide of the upright.
The 2nd half started very promisingly. Through a more ambitious 4-4-2 formation, we pressed forward with some bright attacking play and soon, were rewarded by John's moment of 'Ronaldinho'-like genius- a lob that left the opposition keeper wondering how the ball ended up in the back of his net. However, things came undone for the team again when in a 15 minute spell, KKMC attacked with a vengeance and managed to score 3 times, making the score 4-1 and leaving us flat out for the rest of the match. Before long, they had scored twice more before the match ended with a final score of 6-1 in favour of the visitors.
The match certainly gave us an opportunity to practice our defending! and perhaps to start thinking of options on our system and style of play, especially when we face much younger, fitter, faster and more skillful opponents.
PMC Squad
1. Maurice Lim 4. Kevin Ang 5. Peter Yeo
12. John Chia 13. Samuel Eyo 14. Glenn See Toh
15. Kris Chen 19. Adrian Phuah 20. Michael Chua
15. Kris Chen 19. Adrian Phuah 20. Michael Chua
21. Samuel Pang 25. Choo Jingzhong 34. David Teong
[John Chia- the scorer of PMC's solitary goal]
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Those guys ran riot! Thank goodness we didn't get the hair dryer treatment from Glen
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