After devotion, Choon Heng and Ronnie proceeded to captain the Blues and Whites respectively. With subs waiting to come onto the field from the sidelines, all the players were ready to give their all during their time on the pitch. The match started very brightly with good moves on the part of both teams. The standard of play and quality of passing looked to have improve over the course of the year and there was much more fluidity in the play as compared to some of the earlier matches during the year. Most of the play was contained in midfield with Kee Min doing the hard running and tackling and Ronnie stringing some good passes for the Whites. For the Blues, it was direct running from the wingers that gave the Whites trouble. However, most of the danger was snuffed out by very able defenders of the day- Adrian and Jeremy Sin for the Blues and Mark and Kevin for the Whites. When they were called upon to work, both goalkeepers, Michael Chua and Yuen Wai, were also in fine form. It was only past the mid-way mark of the first half that the 1st goal came. A move from the left wing by Damien found the ball making its way to the middle, where Ronnie was able to beat the last man and shoot past Michael Chua into the far corner of the goal. Damien and Daniel Low were in fine form for the Whites and in a rampaging move on the right, Daniel Low's cross found John with only Michael Chua to beat to put the Whites 2-0 up.
The 2nd half started very positively for the Blues. Even though it was the Whites who kicked off, a pass to the feet of Mark ended being intercepted by Jeremy Sin who turned Yuen Wai to pull 1 goal back for the Blues. Sensing a fight back from the Blues, the Whites pressed to extend their lead by pressuring the Blues on every free kick and corner until a corner from the right found Leong Loo open to fire the ball onto the horizontal and back down into goal. The 2 goal cushion had been restored for the Whites. With some substitutions mid-way into the 2nd half, Leong Loo found himself the hero on the other end. Having beaten Kevin for pace, Jingzhong raced down the left flank with only Leong Loo to beat, but the former PMC #1 raced out of early enough to smother the ball with his body and clear the danger. However, Jingzhong was not to be denied and a good through ball sprung the Whites' offside trap and Jingzhong cooly turned Leong Loo to slide the ball into an empty net. Both sides continued to press for another goal, but there were none left in it. Final score-
Whites 3
[Scorers- Ronnie, John & Leong Loo]
Blues 2
[Scorers- Jeremy Sin & Jingzhong]
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