Friendly Match Report: PMC vs BENS (14th June)

Both teams arrived early at Ang Mo Kio Secondary School, anticipating the friendly to start on time. However, the match had to start 40mins late as our CRC long-serving referee Shah went 'AWOL' searching for his whistle and cards.

PMC line-up:

David Lim

Joel - Jem - Daniel Chen - Eddie

Sheldon - Ernest

Matthew - Wee Long - Chin Kai 

Jeremy Tan

PMC started the match with our usual 4-2-3-1 formation. Eddie returns from a prolonged injury and almost got himself onto the scoresheet when he expertly collected a PMC corner but his goal-bound shot was blocked by the opponent defender. Shel and Ernest managed the middle decently with Ernest stealing possession no less than 3 times on the park. David Lim had to make a dive to keep PMC levelled when a BENS counter-attack caught PMC off-guarded. At 30th minute, Damien came in for Eddie, David Sng for Jem, Kee for Ernest, Malcolm for Matthew, JZ for Chin Kai and lastly Jacob for Jeremy. Kee immediately caught in action when he managed to steal the ball away from the runaway BENS forward. Bob came in late in the first half and his lateral runs often drew 2-3 PMC players, but the team contained him well. First half ended with PMC 0:0 BENS.

PMC made a few changes to the second-half line-up:

David Lim

Sam - David Sng - Daniel Chen - Damien

Sheldon - Kee

Matthew - Malcolm - JZ 

Jacob

PMC started the second half brightly with the team pressing high-up for an opening goal. Malcolm was put through 2 times in succession but could not find past the BENS keeper. A long ball from David Lim also sent Jacob through 1-on-1 but the BENS defender was quick to recover after Jacob headed the ball past the on-rushing keeper. The goal finally came when Malcolm sent a through-ball to Jacob, who made no mistake from close-range. PMC had to sit back during the last 15mins to withstand heavy pressure from BENS. Chin Kai had 2 half chances late on when he came on as CF for PMC. Second half ended with PMC 1:0 BENS.

It has been awhile since PMC kept our last cleansheet and surely the match has motivated the team to continue our good-run when we meet Salvation Army next Sunday. Jacob closed in prayer.