PeriSai KoMuniTi ®™

Once again the unconventional 3-5-2 was applied, and proved to be another success story..Just as we thaught, it would be very different from the Brunei game, as the Lions have a significant physical advantage.. If there's one thing that we learnt from this game, it would be, 'in football, it takes more than just physical prowess to play the game..' Despite all the shortcomings especially in terms of size, we showed one strength that we have, and to me, this is why we won..CHARACTER..

We were nervous at the start as the Lions were roaring from the very first minute.. The defence as usual, did a brilliant job to contain the flows of their attacks.. A good job by a debutant of this week, Izmir (in defence)..

Singapore opened the goal feast from a set piece situation (oh yee.. diorang poyo nak mampus, asal kick off je, ingat nak shoot, nak je tepuk dahi diorang..!) They got a free kick 35 yards from the goal.. The guy wearing number 10 for them stood up and sent a curling ball over the wall to beat the keeper, although in my opinion the keeper should've done better..no worries..We kept cool and replied quickly with a goal.. Remy surprised their defence as he lobbed the ball to anas from a free kick in the middle of the park.. Aware of anas' run, it was too late for their defenders as anas was already one on one with the keeper, a Henry-like finish then followed, it went past the left hand side of the goalie..

It was a defensive mistake that lead to their second goal (nasib je ni..kasi chan).. Body miss judged a bounce and it was Fariq who stood behind him and instead of kicking it, he miss kicked it and the striker delighfuly ran with the ball and attempted a weak shot past the keeper's right hand.. (a fluke i'd say)..

The first half also saw some exchange of words between us (wan and izmir, cayalah izmir! straight into the action) and 'the Macha'..Aku tension ngan dia nih, asyik2 dia je yg gaduh, takde org lain lah! I wouldn't entirely throw the blame on him, maybe he just hasn't had that enough attention at home with his mom.. I dunno what the fuck was the Macha thinking about.. Remember the last meeting? Nak gaduh ngan NAVIN! elok lah tu.. Macha bongok (bongok, mengikut dewan bahasa pustaka bererti; terlalu gemuk sehingga tidak dapat mengawal keseimbangan badan kerana tidak sepadan dengan ketinggian)..

Second half was a total domination from us.. the second goal came early.. from a throw in from zariq who spotted my run in the box.. i shrugged off a marker and gave a left foot looping cross to anas (gandingan adik beradik menyerlah..hehe..) anas beat all the towering defenders in the air and nod in our second goal..well done my brother, all of those years coaching you, i knew it wouldn't be wasted..haha..I came close to scoring the third with a shot from outside the box which went agonisingly wide (bilenye aku nak score nih).. Our third goal came from a set piece situation, after someone was brought down on the left flank, adnan took this chance to provide a wonderful cross to the unmarked man (somehow he always seem to be in a good position at a perfect time).. another headed goal by man.. We finally lead them, and to put icing on the cake, edwin was sent thru by my pass and ran a good 20 yards before releasing a thunderous shot which deflected the keeper's hand and went in the right hand post of the goal..

Highlight of the match: we went from a goal down to finish 2 goals up..well done, a true show of our character..never give up, stay positive..

Downside of the match: 'the Macha'..why macha why?? definitely a mood spoiler.. wish Navin was there with us today..

Quote of the match: "Onside! Onside!" lesson number one, a linesman shouldn't ever shout that! of course the ref thought he shouted 'offside' and denied us a fifth goal..

Man of the match: my blogmate hehe, turned up in a trademark outfit again..well done manager/linesman..

Toyota Play of the day: Repetition of Mohsin being offside..! hehe..he's too good at this..

-AMAR™-