It was a very warm afternoon over at Pasir Ris Secondary School as some players arrived late. As only 8 of Kampong Kapor Methodist Church's players turned up, 3 of PMC's senior players took the place of KKMC's team to make it 11 a piece.
Both side had a fair share of possession, before Daniel played a nice throughball over KKMC's defence and Jingzhong latched onto the ball and slot it pass the keeper for a 1-0 lead.
Not long after, the Galacticos made some good passes in the midfield and the ball was played to Lincoln who then released a through-ball. Yi Jun made a perfect timed run from deep to lose his marker to slot it home for 2-0.
The third goal came when Jingzhong received the ball from the left wing and played a through ball for Lincoln to finish it for a 3-0 lead.
The forth goal came within 5 minutes when Kee Min got the ball from the left flank and shrug off 2 defenders to roll the ball past the keeper and into the net.
Half time. The Galacticos played a steady half to earn a 4-0 lead.
Second half, KKMC were holding a lot more possession and started to tear the Galacticos apart through miscommunications.
The fifth goal came after Galacticos keeper Joel made a long goalkick where the ball went out at the side of KKMC's penalty box. KKMC player made the throw-in to the keeper, only to be pressured by 3 attackers in that area including the thrower. KKMC keeper showed some inexperience after he handled the ball just outside the 6-yard area which resulted in an indirect penalty to Galacticos. Referee rushed to the spot and KKMC were organising their wall when Lincoln told the referee he didnt want a wall and made a pass to Kee Min where he took a pot-shot and scored into the top-right corner.
Galacticos sixth goal came when Rusydi received the ball from a clearance and he dribbled past 3 players from the halfway line and into the penalty box only to be held up unfairly which resulted in a penalty. After the long burst from midfield, Rusydi maintained composure to convert the penalty into the right side of the goal.
Being sixth goal down, KKMC threw all out in their attack which won them a goal when a poor clearance on the right provided KKMC's winger a chance to get a quick cross in whom their striker's had lots of time to blast past Joel.
Their 2nd goals arrived when KKMC was awarded a freekick when their striker was stopped unfairly. The freekick flew over Galacticos keeper, who was on the edge of the 6 yard box.
Final score, Galacticos 6 - 2 KKMC.
It was a good training game for Galacticos and it showed there is a lot more areas to improve on where early in the first half, the Galacticos earned three goals from through balls, which show the importance of more passing in midfield to open up the opponent's defence. In the second half, when most of us are tired, we were still playing through balls and did not switch the ball to opposite flanks when it's congested. We should play more passes to the feet so we can minimize the waste of energy. Switch the flanks more often to open up play.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Soccer Fellowship Report [20th Feb]
It was a nice cool afternoon as players gathered for this session. It wasn't as hot as previous weeks, but the field looked like the lack of rain had taken its toll on it. Players kitted up and got ready before John ushered us in for devotion. We welcomed Dave from the UK, who has only been in Singapore for 4 weeks. John shared on the topic of carrying one another's burdens, using a number of illustrations to show how helping one another can encourage people and also please God. This is so true on the soccer field, when all of us have different strengths, weaknesses, experience and fitness levels. Working together as a team helps make us all stronger!
As everyone who turned up would be involved in this year's Agape Cup, the Galacticos in Red/White faced off against the Veterans in Blue. The match started quite evenly but soon, the pace of the Galacticos' counter-attacking game caught the Veterans out on a number of occasions, although no goals were scored yet. During this time, the clear-cut chances actually fell at the feet of the Veterans but neither Steve, Andy or Kevin was able to break the deadlock. This wastefulness on goal was to frustrate the Veterans as the Galacticos were 3-0 up in no time, with only 3 shots on goal. All goals came from counter-attacks when the Veterans committed too many players forward. Yi Jun, Timothy and Marcus were the gleeful scorers of the goals. It was only after some tactical re-organisation and the arrival of Yuen Wai and Justin that the Veterans scored their first goal. A neat move saw the ball move from Andy to Justin before Steve scored from the right of the 18-yard box. It was surprising that the Veterans did not capitalise on this change of fortunes, again allowing the Galacticos to spring a quick counter-attack where Damien (who had come on mid-way through the 1st half) to blast a left-foot shot pass Michael Chua in goal. It was 4-1 to the Galacticos at the half!
The Veterans did more re-organisation after the break, most notably moving Ronnie further upfield, after he had spent the 1st half as right-back. This paid dividends immediately as he orchestrated a number of moves which pushed the Veterans goalwards. A number of these resulted in offside decisions, but the intent was clear. The breakthrough finally came when a one-two found Ronnie spring the offside trap to slot the ball pass Joel in goal. A few more good moves saw Justin and Dave score to level the match at 4-4. It was all to play for at this stage, and the Veterans turned out to be the hungrier ones. Ronnie led the charge with a slalom run through the Galacticos' defence, faking the last defender Marcus before slotting the ball pass Joel. In a few minutes, Ronnie completed his hat-trick when he showed good close control in the box to fire the Veterans up 6-4. The Galacticos had lost control of the match in midfield and many of their chances were hopeful punts. It was only at the last kick of the game when they managed to capitalise on the complacency of the Veterans to break through on goal and have Jingzhong score by lobbing Yuen Wai in goal. It was a most entertaining goal-ful session.
Ronnie gave the post-match de-brief and encouraged all to work on their fitness, first-touch and composure. He and Steve also encouraged the Galacticos to work on their team-work, instead of playing individually, and to not be discouraged when things don't go their way. Yuen Wai closed us in prayer and thanked God for keeping all of us injury-free.
As everyone who turned up would be involved in this year's Agape Cup, the Galacticos in Red/White faced off against the Veterans in Blue. The match started quite evenly but soon, the pace of the Galacticos' counter-attacking game caught the Veterans out on a number of occasions, although no goals were scored yet. During this time, the clear-cut chances actually fell at the feet of the Veterans but neither Steve, Andy or Kevin was able to break the deadlock. This wastefulness on goal was to frustrate the Veterans as the Galacticos were 3-0 up in no time, with only 3 shots on goal. All goals came from counter-attacks when the Veterans committed too many players forward. Yi Jun, Timothy and Marcus were the gleeful scorers of the goals. It was only after some tactical re-organisation and the arrival of Yuen Wai and Justin that the Veterans scored their first goal. A neat move saw the ball move from Andy to Justin before Steve scored from the right of the 18-yard box. It was surprising that the Veterans did not capitalise on this change of fortunes, again allowing the Galacticos to spring a quick counter-attack where Damien (who had come on mid-way through the 1st half) to blast a left-foot shot pass Michael Chua in goal. It was 4-1 to the Galacticos at the half!
The Veterans did more re-organisation after the break, most notably moving Ronnie further upfield, after he had spent the 1st half as right-back. This paid dividends immediately as he orchestrated a number of moves which pushed the Veterans goalwards. A number of these resulted in offside decisions, but the intent was clear. The breakthrough finally came when a one-two found Ronnie spring the offside trap to slot the ball pass Joel in goal. A few more good moves saw Justin and Dave score to level the match at 4-4. It was all to play for at this stage, and the Veterans turned out to be the hungrier ones. Ronnie led the charge with a slalom run through the Galacticos' defence, faking the last defender Marcus before slotting the ball pass Joel. In a few minutes, Ronnie completed his hat-trick when he showed good close control in the box to fire the Veterans up 6-4. The Galacticos had lost control of the match in midfield and many of their chances were hopeful punts. It was only at the last kick of the game when they managed to capitalise on the complacency of the Veterans to break through on goal and have Jingzhong score by lobbing Yuen Wai in goal. It was a most entertaining goal-ful session.
Ronnie gave the post-match de-brief and encouraged all to work on their fitness, first-touch and composure. He and Steve also encouraged the Galacticos to work on their team-work, instead of playing individually, and to not be discouraged when things don't go their way. Yuen Wai closed us in prayer and thanked God for keeping all of us injury-free.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Soccer Fellowship [20th Feb]
Welcome back from the Chinese New Year break. We hope you've had a good time catching up with family & friends. Soccer Fellowship is on this Saturday, 20th February at Pasir Ris Secondary School*. The session will be from 3 - 5 pm.
We will split the teams according to DARK and BRIGHT jerseys for this session , so please bring BOTH just in case we need to balance the teams out.
See you on Saturday and please pray for good weather!
*The address of Pasir Ris Secondary School is 390 Tampines Street 21. The car park nearest to the school field is along block 253. The map of the area around the school can be viewed HERE.
We will split the teams according to DARK and BRIGHT jerseys for this session , so please bring BOTH just in case we need to balance the teams out.
See you on Saturday and please pray for good weather!
*The address of Pasir Ris Secondary School is 390 Tampines Street 21. The car park nearest to the school field is along block 253. The map of the area around the school can be viewed HERE.
Monday, February 08, 2010
Soccer Fellowship Report [6th Feb]
Like previous weeks, the weather was ferociously scorching hot at 3pm. But it didn’t deter too many of our usual soccer enthusiasts and about 20 people had arrived within the first ten minutes. After some warming up and kicking around, Justin gathered everyone to start with a short devotion from Ecclesiastes 3:1 on how God created the unique seasons in nature and in our lives. He shared how these seasons work together to bring about God’s will for each one of us and encouraged us to look to the God of the seasons to make sense of wherever we are at in our personal lives.
As usual, the teams split into the reds/whites and the blues with the whites dominated mainly by our younger players while the blues were obviously more senior. With only 10 a side at this stage, play was free flowing and it was the blues who started off more promisingly with many well strung plays but were let down by their finishing. Hitting on a quick counter-attack, the reds/whites scored first with Choon Heng taking a stiff shot from the right. Blues keeper Kelvin couldn’t do much as the ball slipped under him.
With Michael and Kevin taking the field for each team, the blues finally made one of their attacks count with a brilliant in-swinging shot from Kevin just outside the penalty box on the left to level it 1-1 for the blues. A loose ball went over the fence and play stopped for half-time.
The second half sprung to life with a total of five goals. The first of the five was a result of a good move down the left flank by blues Daniel Chen cutting in pass the defenders and the miscommunication between him and Justin confused the approaching reds/whites keeper Nigel who let the ball roll right under him and into the goal, 2-1. The reds/whites bounced back rather quickly, this time courtesy of Damian Chee who placed the ball in the right corner from a decent move down the left flank. Here on out, the play was mostly dominated by the blues who managed 3 more goals by Ramon, Steve and Daniel Chen in the last minute.
Final score – Blues 5, Reds/Whites 2.
Overall, it was a good run-out for everyone and thank God no one passed out from the heat!
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Soccer Fellowship [6th Feb]
Soccer Fellowship is on this Saturday, 6th February at Pasir Ris Secondary School*. The session will be from 3 - 5 pm.
We will split the teams according to DARK and BRIGHT jerseys for this session , so please bring BOTH just in case we need to balance the teams out.
See you on Saturday and please pray for good weather!
*The address of Pasir Ris Secondary School is 390 Tampines Street 21. The car park nearest to the school field is along block 253. The map of the area around the school can be viewed HERE.
We will split the teams according to DARK and BRIGHT jerseys for this session , so please bring BOTH just in case we need to balance the teams out.
See you on Saturday and please pray for good weather!
*The address of Pasir Ris Secondary School is 390 Tampines Street 21. The car park nearest to the school field is along block 253. The map of the area around the school can be viewed HERE.
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