PMC gathered at Damai Secondary for the
first game of the new year 2015. As this was a last minute invite by CBC, a combination
of PMC and TCPC players were brought together to play against CBC. Much rustiness was
expected from many of us as the last competitive game PMC arranged was back in
30 Nov 14, so this was just nice a light game to slowly ease ourselves back into
fitness. Rain soaked up the pitch the night before so conditions on the pitch
was pretty sleek and muddy in large portion of the field.
To line up the starting-11, the mix of players were
split and paired up to the positions they can play. These positions were then shared throughout the 90 minutes with rolling substitution. I am not very good
with names so I will name “TCPC” below should i not recall the names.
First-half line-up:
Kevin
Chester
(TCPC) – Jem – Daniel – TCPC
Ernest
(TCPC) – Sam – Ali (BENS) – Keemin – Isaac
TCPC
CBC kicked off the game and the opening minutes were filled with scrappy loose passes from both sides. PMC took quite awhile to settle down, largely due to the infamiliarity of a couple of new team mates. First 15 minutes was just made up of multiple changing of possession in the middle, and when the ball did reach the final third, the ball was either over ran, or through ball and delivery to the strikers never reached anyone. PMC soon settled in and was able to string a couple of passes together and dominate possession. Brilliant link up play was usually built up down PMC left flank, with Isaac seeing lots of the ball. When possession do turnover, CBC noticed the weakness down PMC right, as Chester is often robbed off the ball. CBC got the first goal first when possession was won in the middle of the park. A through ball was slid behind the defence and an unlucky slipped by me allowed the striker through to slot the ball passed Kevin. JZ then come on for Ernest, TCPC striker for TCPC striker and Joel came on Chester. PMC looked stronger with more familiarity on the field now and started to bombard CBC's goal. Equaliser came when a defence splitting ball from the middle sent Isaac through and he made no mistake in slotting the ball in.
HT: PMC 1 CBC 1
Second-half line-up:
Chester
Joel
– Jem – Ashley – Daniel
JZ –
Sam – Ali – Isaac
Kevin
TCPC
PMC kicked off the second half, with TCPC Chester in goal, and Kevin now outfield. CBC sensed the weakness in PMC is now the goal keeper, and thus attempted shots at every possible chance. PMC's defence were able to manage easily CBC direct runs, however, are not able to stop CBC from eventually scoring from Chester's gift to them. After a scramble from a corner, Chester is able to retain possession of the ball in the box. While PMC team was moving out into position, Chester launched the ball straight into the CBC striker, who gladly control the ball and with a couple more advancing touches, shoot at the near post which Chester did not even move. A third followed soon after a shot which seemed like a comfortable catch was misjudged and went into the goal. I have seen enough of that and requested for Joel to go into goal and Chester to be outfield. KeeMin came back on and the late arrival of Jacob brought all possession to PMC. PMC began to launched waves after waves of attack. PMC's second came went Ali spread a ball down the right to Jacob, who controlled and sent in a teasing cross into the penalty box. CBC failed to deal with it and Keemin was at the right place at the right time to put the ball into goal. PMC had several more attempts, with Jacob, Kevin and Isaac having their shots went wide of goal.
FT: PMC 2 CBC 3
The PMC Team after the match
Overall there is not much that separate both sides, and everyone is definitely glad to put on the boots and kick some balls again!
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