Galacticos vs Hiding Place

The first competitive match for the youths, including some new strong additions from KKMC. All of us headed to the venue knowing our opponents will be tough and experienced.

Daniel, leading Team Galacticos for the game, discussed some important team strategies and instructions before kick-off.

Both side had about 10mins of fair share of possession before Hiding Place got the upper hand through a lack of inexperience in defending. The defence tried to push up but one defender played the corner-taker onsite which he easily made an early tap into the box slightly slow in played the corner-taker which resulted a ball being play onsite while the defence is pushing up.

The second goal came when a mistake when the ball was played through the middle where no one but the opponent picked up the loose ball and saw the inexperienced defence line, played a simple through ball only to Damien clear off the line but the striker finished it to seal the second goal.

Within a span of 5 minutes, Hiding Place's third goal came when the Galacticos midfield lost the ball, only to have Hiding Place's no.9 show a class of brilliance to blast the ball from far past the keeper.

With less than a minute left in the first half, Galacticos made a substitution to bring on Rusydi to replace Justin.

Half time. Team talk, players got a chance to point out the need to change certain ways in how they play. The team were more determined to fight the battle, fight for 50-50 challenges.

Hiding Place continued to pressure and press on, but after a couple of attacks, the Galacticos' opportunity came when Rusydi's run down the wing got cleared out into touch. The resulting throw-in to Rusydi was controlled down and tapped on for Kee Min who brought it well and make a good square pass across the box, where Jingzhong made a good run into the box to volley it past the keeper to bring one back.

Then after, Hiding Place brought on a fresh leg, replacing a midfielder for a defender where they easily cleared more of Galacticos' attacks.

The Galacticos continue to press on for more goals and one good opportunity was a through ball from the right across to Jingzhong where his 1-on-1 attempt on goal was saved brilliantly by the keeper. Yi Jun was then replaced by Lincoln.

Attacks continued to be thrown forward by the Galacticos, only to have poor final ball to end some attacks. After a couple of crosses were made by Rusydi, Hiding Place made a substitution to bring on a fresh leg to their left-wing to put more pressure on him.

The last good chance of the game came when Rusydi whipped in a corner where Yi Jun got to the ball, but only to have the keeper do enough to put him off.

Final score, Galacticos 1 - 3 Hiding Place.

It was definitely a good game for the Galacticos, considering that they lose 3-0 in first half, and to win the second half battle 1-0.