Soccer Fellowship Report [24th April]

It was a sweltering Easter Sunday, with the sun making its presence very clearly known to Singapore. However, that didn't stop the dedicated members of the PMC fellowship. 22 players matched the sun's enthusiasm yard for yard as two evenly matched teams served up a 4-2 thriller.

The blues, which comprised of players from the agape team, had a youthful feel to the team while the reds featured mostly experience veterans. The game started at a breakneck pace, with both sides trying to seize the initiative. The reds preferred to soak up the pressure as the blues probed the reds' defence for the opener, but to no avail. Finally, the breakthrough came when Daniel smashed the ball home from 25 yards out with a brilliant curling effort. 1-o to the blues.

However, Jeremy pulled one back for the reds in emphatic fashion, guiding a header into the far corner. The blues regained the lead soon after, Daniel latched on to a through ball and slotted it past Joel calmly.

The second half started at a slower pace, with the sun taking its toll on everyone. However, the quality of play was still impressive as both teams preferring to play the ball on the ground and build up patiently. The blues got rewarded for their constant probing as Jingzhong released Dominic with a brilliant crossfield ball and he guided the ball past the onrushing Mike from 10 yards out. 3-1 to the reds. However, the red never gave the game up as Jeremy pulled them back with a thumping strike from a narrow angle, which was more laudable given that Marcus was hassling him.

The game was on the edge even right till the end. Sean and Michael pulled off several good saves to keep the scoreline intact until the last play of the game, when Dominic tapped in the ball after playing a 1-2 with daniel in the penalty box. It was a throughly good work out for everyone and a great way to mark Easter Sunday.