Tuesday, December 30, 2003

Wei Liang put up an amazing performance during this match, but that was not enough to prevent X-S FC from losing 2-0 against a team comprises of JC and poly students. The opponent started the match offenseively and tested the back four early on. In previous matches, the defence was as solid as the berlin wall, but this time they were up against a more aggresive bunch of players. It took the giant hands of Wei Liang to keep the strikers at bay, as he pounded on every shots that came to him. THe moment of panic came when a striker penetrated the defence line and was ready to fire his shot. Incredibly, Wei Liang dived to his right n punched the ball away, much to the delights of the X-S FC team and especially the defence who had let the striker slipped from their grasp. The sloppy defence was once again the culpritin another move made by the opponent, but this time, Wei Liang was showing why he is the number 1 in the team. A shot drilled by The Singh was deflected, but Wei Liang was quick to change his direction n pounded the ball away. However the defence was not quick enough to clear the danger and the lose ball was collected by the opponent who tried another shot. Miraculously(how to spell siol??!!) Wei Liang was quick to recover and diverted the danger. Another follow up shot was drilled in before he could breath a sigh of relief as the ball sailed right to his grasping hand. X-S FC survived the onslaught once again and because of the fantastic display by Wei Liang, the scoreline remain nil nil at half time.

During the first half not even a single shot on target was produced by X-S FC, so changes were made to the team. The 2 full backs were given priority to roam up and down the field and providing the extra man up front. The tactics proved to be successful as X-S FC began dominating the proceedings during the second half. But the attack failed to penetrate the centre backs of MJC. The attack looked blunt went Huda had to limped off injured after he was tackled down by the keeper.

THe first goal scored was scored through a set piece. In a rather unfashionable way, the ball rebounded off Farrell's thigh and went in. But the drama didnt just end there. The Manutd jersey player tauted the defenders out of nowhere an made blood boiled, especially Farrell's. In a rather unprofessional way, the Manutd player kicked the ball away.

The second goal came when Nizar lost the ball down the left flank and Xavier made full use of the mistake by slotting the ball byond the reach of Wei Liang. Its game over for X-S FC as they struggled to even test the keeper. Shahrul came close to pulled 1 back , but his shot landed on the wrong side of the post.

Even though X-S FC put up a brave performance, they were still lagging behind in terms of teamwork and experience. They had finally tasted defeat after a long winning streak. This should be a match the team have to look back and ponder...what went wrong???

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