A spirited Paya Terubong side was cut down by goals from Heng, Ming, Au, and Ah Or in a friendly match that was anything but vintage Ramblers. Although the opponents gave us quite a fight, hitting 2 goals past Chris, they were powerless to stop a rampaging forward line out to prove themselves in the absence of several first-team regulars. Heng (pic) got the ball roll
ing by thumping a low left-foot shot into the bottom corner of the post to give us the lead in the first half. However, with CRC's Siu Keong on their left-wing, Paya Terubong mounted several promising attacks of their own, but sadly with despairing results. The back-line of Tee Oon, Michael, Adrian and Keong held firm throughout with Chris virtually impenetrable in goal. Their only real threat was when Chris failed to hold on to a low shot, letting it squirm under his body to roll towards goal only for Adrian to recover and clear of the line.
In the second half, with desperation on their faces, Paya Terubong attacked from the get-go. The raids were coming in thick and fast on our right. But with Keong (Max called him Mad Dog/Seow Kau in Hokkien) "unleashed", Paya Terubong's only real threat was nullified. However, they did pull a goal back to tie the game when their midfielder floated in a ball from out on the right, with Adrian vertically challenged and failing to head out the danger, the opposing striker cooly chested the ball down and placed his shot low to Chris' right. 1-1.
But our response was swift as it was deadly. A free-kick won on the left allowed Ming to step up and put the ball into the net to restore order ala Christiano Ronaldo. Then minutes later, Au, taking a pass from Ah Or, and making his first appearance in nearly a month, volleyed a sweet 20 yarder into the top corner to make it 3-1. And yet Paya Terubong refused to throw in the towel. With Rambler's back-line flat-footed and flagging for off-side, their substitute striker raced towards Chris' goal and slotted their 2nd goal past him. At this point, Max was getting annoyed. Rallying his troops, Ramblers continued pressing forward to try and end the contest. And Ah Or responded with aplomb.
Final Score:
Ramblers 4 - Paya Terubong 2
ing by thumping a low left-foot shot into the bottom corner of the post to give us the lead in the first half. However, with CRC's Siu Keong on their left-wing, Paya Terubong mounted several promising attacks of their own, but sadly with despairing results. The back-line of Tee Oon, Michael, Adrian and Keong held firm throughout with Chris virtually impenetrable in goal. Their only real threat was when Chris failed to hold on to a low shot, letting it squirm under his body to roll towards goal only for Adrian to recover and clear of the line.In the second half, with desperation on their faces, Paya Terubong attacked from the get-go. The raids were coming in thick and fast on our right. But with Keong (Max called him Mad Dog/Seow Kau in Hokkien) "unleashed", Paya Terubong's only real threat was nullified. However, they did pull a goal back to tie the game when their midfielder floated in a ball from out on the right, with Adrian vertically challenged and failing to head out the danger, the opposing striker cooly chested the ball down and placed his shot low to Chris' right. 1-1.
But our response was swift as it was deadly. A free-kick won on the left allowed Ming to step up and put the ball into the net to restore order ala Christiano Ronaldo. Then minutes later, Au, taking a pass from Ah Or, and making his first appearance in nearly a month, volleyed a sweet 20 yarder into the top corner to make it 3-1. And yet Paya Terubong refused to throw in the towel. With Rambler's back-line flat-footed and flagging for off-side, their substitute striker raced towards Chris' goal and slotted their 2nd goal past him. At this point, Max was getting annoyed. Rallying his troops, Ramblers continued pressing forward to try and end the contest. And Ah Or responded with aplomb.
Final Score:
Ramblers 4 - Paya Terubong 2
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4 comments:
What happened to goalscoring legend and hat trick hero Michael Chang? Why was he not playing?
The fans DEMAND an answer!
if Ming's goal ala Christiano Ronaldo then my goal ma ala Steven Gerard? Hahaha
Michael was unavailable that day (and we aint talking about the one from Newcastle). He had a dinner appointment. But he will be back to terrorize opposition defences and his own next week.
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