Ramblers missed a great chance to consolidate their 3rd place position when they allowed FBN to come back from 3-nil down to tie the scores at 3-3. Starting with only 8 men on the field, FBN looked to be in for a mauling by Ramblers, but the all-blacks somehow failed to capitalize on the numerical advantage and FBN held on until they had a full 11 players on the field. By then it still seemed impossible that FBN would provide any kind of resistance especially when Heng scored a brace, Poay bamboozled their defence for his 9th goal of the tournament after a fantastic lay-off from Wei, and Keon had rattled the bar!
But Ramblers looked complacent and FBN pulled a goal back when a shot from out of the box flew past the outstretched arms of Rambler's stand-in keeper, Chard. And they added another just after the break as a fightback was now seriously possible. A simple strike after their forward was left totally unmarked in the centre of the defence gave the custodian no chance and reduced their deficit to 3-2. Ramblers were now feeling the heat as they tried desperately to wrap up the game but found heavy resistance through FBN's towering, hulking foreign import manning their defence!
Then against the run of play, FBN scored again as their striker lobbed Chard from the edge of the area to tie the scores at 3-3 after some slack defending. Ramblers then responded by pushing just about everyone forward in an attempt to secure a win after all the good work in the first half had been undone in the second. But try as they may they just couldn't get the win they needed going into the last match this coming Sunday against high-riding Macallum.
Final Score:
Ramblers 3 - FBN 3
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