Mavericks Wins Again
Date: 6th September 2008
Venue: Orchid Park Sec
Opponents: Team Nick
Kick off: 3pm
Starting line-up: Alex, Chao Xing, Clement, Seng Yew, Darran, Barry, Perry, Matthew, Jerome, Wei Long, Randy
Substitutes: Chin Yuen, Chris, Chung Wei, Amir, Chuan Ji
FT Score: 3-2 (HT Score: 2-2)
Goals: Randy ('13), Perry ('24), Amir ('72)
Assists: Wei Long, Chung Wei
MOM: Randy
At 2.45pm, Mavericks FC arrived at the Orchid Park Sec, alarmed to witness so many tall black knights with white shiny armours passing and shooting the balls among the bed of orchid flowers, oozing with this unbeatable and invincible aura.
At 3.10pm, the team manager for the day, Mr Tay Chin Yuen, counted only 9 players including himself ready to play. The rest were LATE! As he was trying to sort out the formation for the day with limited resources, 4 star players arrived - Jerome the pacy winger, Clement the forever reliable left-back, Seng Yew the creative force and Amir the goal machine. Thanks goodness! He immediately ran towards the referee to request for extra 5 minutes to allow the players to get dressed.
Mavericks started the match with the effective central midfield partnership from the last victory - Barry and Perry and also experimented with a a new strike force consisting of Randy and Wei Long. On the left wing, we have Jerome with Clement supporting him from the back. On the other side, we have Matthew (new signing) with the goal scorer of the last match, Darran supplying him with firepower from the back. In the heart of the defence, Chao Xing and Seng Yew formed the new defensive fortress (the third different combination in third match?) while the old Rearguards Chuan Ji and Jun Wei were away.
The new strike force immediately reaped results in the 13th minute, with Wei Long receiving the ball from the midfield, let through a ball into Randy's path. Randy made no mistake in slotting a low ball into the left hand corner of the goalpost with the opponent's keeper stranded. GOAL! POWER! STEADY! 1-0 to Mavericks.
The black knights were slow in the park of the midfield due to their bulky armours around their waists, allowing the quick mobile central midfielders to win the balls on the ground as well as the in the air. In the AIR? Barry and Perry were at least one head shorter than the black knights. Shame on the them! Haha. Pity that they did not join the recent Beijing 2008 high jump event, sure break Junior world records.
With the amount of possession won in the midfield, it was not surprising that the second goal will arrive soon. True enough, in the 23th, the hardworking Perry won the ball from the central defender, outpaced him with a simple cut to the left and calmly slot the ball pass the on rushing keeper into the left bottom corner of the goal mouth. 2-0 to Mavericks! First time in 10 matches getting a 2 goal lead!
However, that was not the end of the match, the black knights were shakened up by the 2 goals and started drawing out their swords and shields, gearing up for a fightback! In the 30th min, one long hair knight let fly a stinging shot just outside the penalty box at Alex (wonder who style his hair). Arrr, no problem for Alex as he dived to his right to pump the ball out to Darran. Darran immediately took the ball out of the penalty box and launched a counter attack. He dribbled past 3 opponents and passed the ball to Matthew who was awaiting along the line. He immediately supplied a cross into the central defence, but it was cleared by the central defender. The ball was trapped well by one of the opponents' central midfielders, he exchanged a few passes with his central partner and led the play into the edge of our penalty box. This time round, the long hair knight made no mistake in placing the shot in off the right post, with Alex and the defence watching in disbelief. 2-1 to Mavericks!
10 mins later, Mavericks conceded another goal despite Alex leaping into the goal to pluck the ball out. 2-2! Not good! Guess what, the referee told us at half time that he purposely let the goal stand because he believed we can win them eventually. Ha...now we know referee can made a difference. Half time!
At 2nd half, Mavericks introduced Chuan Ji in the centre of the defence with Seng yew. Matthew shifted down to right back to allowed Chris Ramos to operate on the right wing. On the left wing, Amir took his usual spot with Randy making runs down the left. In the middle of the park, Chin Yuen and Darran formed a new partnership with Chung Wei and Chao Xing upfront. In the 47th min, Chin Yuen picked out a pass from Darran and let go a kuku shot at the opponents' goal mouth with Chuan Ji kping at the back. Haha!
The Black knights introduced several changes too and it proved effective as they launched attack after attack. Chuan Ji keep shouting for offsides in an attempt to ease the defence's burden. Haha, but the referee was too good to be fooled. Mavericks sat deep and launched their own counter attacks through Chris Ramos and Amir. Darran let go a shot near the attacking third after receiving the ball from Chung Wei and it narrowly missed the top right hand corner of the goal mouth. This time round Chuan Ji cheered!
Amir and Chris Ramos kept making telling runs down the flanks, producing countless of stepovers from Amir and loads of hyena laughters from Chris as they eased past defenders. In the 72nd min, Amir received the ball from Chung wei again, cut in to the right and let fly a looping shot past the out of position keeper. 3-2! HE SCORED the winning goal again! Can someone take over his job? Is getting boring! The fans wished to see Chuan Ji scored with his juggling acts and Seng Yew from his dead balls! Come on! put them strikers next match!
Other highlights, Chao Xing had a shot cleared off the line by their short pacy left back who was the only chinese apart from the another chinese midfielder. Wei Long, Darran and Perry all had leg cramps at certain points of the match! WArm up and please do refrain from playing street soccer in the morning! Haha! Okay, tt's all for the day! Oh ya! One more thing - Chris Ramos is another Kuku, waited at the wrong venue to be picked up by clement and ended up paying 10 dollars for taxi!
Mavericks FC maintained the winning streak for the second time in a row! Good game! Keep it up!
Venue: Orchid Park Sec
Opponents: Team Nick
Kick off: 3pm
Starting line-up: Alex, Chao Xing, Clement, Seng Yew, Darran, Barry, Perry, Matthew, Jerome, Wei Long, Randy
Substitutes: Chin Yuen, Chris, Chung Wei, Amir, Chuan Ji
FT Score: 3-2 (HT Score: 2-2)
Goals: Randy ('13), Perry ('24), Amir ('72)
Assists: Wei Long, Chung Wei
MOM: Randy
At 2.45pm, Mavericks FC arrived at the Orchid Park Sec, alarmed to witness so many tall black knights with white shiny armours passing and shooting the balls among the bed of orchid flowers, oozing with this unbeatable and invincible aura.
At 3.10pm, the team manager for the day, Mr Tay Chin Yuen, counted only 9 players including himself ready to play. The rest were LATE! As he was trying to sort out the formation for the day with limited resources, 4 star players arrived - Jerome the pacy winger, Clement the forever reliable left-back, Seng Yew the creative force and Amir the goal machine. Thanks goodness! He immediately ran towards the referee to request for extra 5 minutes to allow the players to get dressed.
Mavericks started the match with the effective central midfield partnership from the last victory - Barry and Perry and also experimented with a a new strike force consisting of Randy and Wei Long. On the left wing, we have Jerome with Clement supporting him from the back. On the other side, we have Matthew (new signing) with the goal scorer of the last match, Darran supplying him with firepower from the back. In the heart of the defence, Chao Xing and Seng Yew formed the new defensive fortress (the third different combination in third match?) while the old Rearguards Chuan Ji and Jun Wei were away.
The new strike force immediately reaped results in the 13th minute, with Wei Long receiving the ball from the midfield, let through a ball into Randy's path. Randy made no mistake in slotting a low ball into the left hand corner of the goalpost with the opponent's keeper stranded. GOAL! POWER! STEADY! 1-0 to Mavericks.
The black knights were slow in the park of the midfield due to their bulky armours around their waists, allowing the quick mobile central midfielders to win the balls on the ground as well as the in the air. In the AIR? Barry and Perry were at least one head shorter than the black knights. Shame on the them! Haha. Pity that they did not join the recent Beijing 2008 high jump event, sure break Junior world records.
With the amount of possession won in the midfield, it was not surprising that the second goal will arrive soon. True enough, in the 23th, the hardworking Perry won the ball from the central defender, outpaced him with a simple cut to the left and calmly slot the ball pass the on rushing keeper into the left bottom corner of the goal mouth. 2-0 to Mavericks! First time in 10 matches getting a 2 goal lead!
However, that was not the end of the match, the black knights were shakened up by the 2 goals and started drawing out their swords and shields, gearing up for a fightback! In the 30th min, one long hair knight let fly a stinging shot just outside the penalty box at Alex (wonder who style his hair). Arrr, no problem for Alex as he dived to his right to pump the ball out to Darran. Darran immediately took the ball out of the penalty box and launched a counter attack. He dribbled past 3 opponents and passed the ball to Matthew who was awaiting along the line. He immediately supplied a cross into the central defence, but it was cleared by the central defender. The ball was trapped well by one of the opponents' central midfielders, he exchanged a few passes with his central partner and led the play into the edge of our penalty box. This time round, the long hair knight made no mistake in placing the shot in off the right post, with Alex and the defence watching in disbelief. 2-1 to Mavericks!
10 mins later, Mavericks conceded another goal despite Alex leaping into the goal to pluck the ball out. 2-2! Not good! Guess what, the referee told us at half time that he purposely let the goal stand because he believed we can win them eventually. Ha...now we know referee can made a difference. Half time!
At 2nd half, Mavericks introduced Chuan Ji in the centre of the defence with Seng yew. Matthew shifted down to right back to allowed Chris Ramos to operate on the right wing. On the left wing, Amir took his usual spot with Randy making runs down the left. In the middle of the park, Chin Yuen and Darran formed a new partnership with Chung Wei and Chao Xing upfront. In the 47th min, Chin Yuen picked out a pass from Darran and let go a kuku shot at the opponents' goal mouth with Chuan Ji kping at the back. Haha!
The Black knights introduced several changes too and it proved effective as they launched attack after attack. Chuan Ji keep shouting for offsides in an attempt to ease the defence's burden. Haha, but the referee was too good to be fooled. Mavericks sat deep and launched their own counter attacks through Chris Ramos and Amir. Darran let go a shot near the attacking third after receiving the ball from Chung Wei and it narrowly missed the top right hand corner of the goal mouth. This time round Chuan Ji cheered!
Amir and Chris Ramos kept making telling runs down the flanks, producing countless of stepovers from Amir and loads of hyena laughters from Chris as they eased past defenders. In the 72nd min, Amir received the ball from Chung wei again, cut in to the right and let fly a looping shot past the out of position keeper. 3-2! HE SCORED the winning goal again! Can someone take over his job? Is getting boring! The fans wished to see Chuan Ji scored with his juggling acts and Seng Yew from his dead balls! Come on! put them strikers next match!
Other highlights, Chao Xing had a shot cleared off the line by their short pacy left back who was the only chinese apart from the another chinese midfielder. Wei Long, Darran and Perry all had leg cramps at certain points of the match! WArm up and please do refrain from playing street soccer in the morning! Haha! Okay, tt's all for the day! Oh ya! One more thing - Chris Ramos is another Kuku, waited at the wrong venue to be picked up by clement and ended up paying 10 dollars for taxi!
Mavericks FC maintained the winning streak for the second time in a row! Good game! Keep it up!
posted by The Outsider at
7:45 PM
