Before devotion even started, the players were greeted by temporary rains as it marked the second Soccer Fellowship of 2013. Again, there were many new faces and they did some brief introductions to the rest of the community. Jacob shared his thoughts after reading the book "Where is God when it hurts" by Philip Yancey and encouraged all to live out the truth of John 9: "Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the work of God might be displayed in his life."
With an overwhelming number of 26 players, we were able to start the game over the full field with Whites (WS) against Other Colours (OC). The game started brightly for the OC who consisted of generally more experienced players as they organised the team well from the start. The OC looked to threaten the WS using their flanks and within 5mins, they opened the scoring when a nicely-placed cross from the right was headed in by Samuel with ease. By then, the rain had stopped and the weather had become increasingly hot. However, the OC did not intend to stop adding pressure to WS defence. The WS left huge spaces in the middle of the park and that resulted more and more possession for the OC. By half time, the score was 5-0 to the OC.
After a quick water break, WS looked to reorganise the team and they had managed to keep the possession well for the first 10mins. But that simply did not discourage the OC from scoring more goals as Samuel had claimed his first hat-trick of the year! Eventually, Yijun did get back a consolation goal for the WS through a 'gift' from the opponent goalie and the final score should be OC 10 : 1 WS.
It was a good run for all as the team looked to regain their fitness and also in preparation of our first friendly game of the year in 2 weeks' time. Ronnie closed the session in prayer.
Players taking a breather at half-time.
Some of the 26 players who turned up.
Kris and Jeremy catching up during the break.
With an overwhelming number of 26 players, we were able to start the game over the full field with Whites (WS) against Other Colours (OC). The game started brightly for the OC who consisted of generally more experienced players as they organised the team well from the start. The OC looked to threaten the WS using their flanks and within 5mins, they opened the scoring when a nicely-placed cross from the right was headed in by Samuel with ease. By then, the rain had stopped and the weather had become increasingly hot. However, the OC did not intend to stop adding pressure to WS defence. The WS left huge spaces in the middle of the park and that resulted more and more possession for the OC. By half time, the score was 5-0 to the OC.
After a quick water break, WS looked to reorganise the team and they had managed to keep the possession well for the first 10mins. But that simply did not discourage the OC from scoring more goals as Samuel had claimed his first hat-trick of the year! Eventually, Yijun did get back a consolation goal for the WS through a 'gift' from the opponent goalie and the final score should be OC 10 : 1 WS.
It was a good run for all as the team looked to regain their fitness and also in preparation of our first friendly game of the year in 2 weeks' time. Ronnie closed the session in prayer.
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