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Saturday, July 07, 2007

SELF DESTRUCTION RUIN MUNJEN'S DAY

The atmosphere in the Munjen's camp before kick off was full of anticipation from their previous game which saw them see off their opponent 10-0. Having seen this week's opponents, the munjens finally felt this could be a game that would test their ability as a team.

Kick off followed with both teams having a comfortable possesion of the ball. However, through the first 15 minutes, shots on goal were pretty much scarce until the 17th minute.

A corner from Darius Team FC (DTFC) saw stand-in goalkeeper, Haris punching the ball away from the goal line before a DTFC player stepped up, turned in around one defender and gave a shot that slipped just under the crossbar for their first goal.

Substitution followed in the 23rd minute when goalkeeper Wee Yang stepped in for Haris before he himself, was substituted in with Taya for was to be a bold tactical change. Izzat by this time moved back to the defence line after failing to impress up front. Taya commanded the centre of the pitch while Haris now took charge up front.

It was only a minute after the substition that Haris got his first chance at goal. A nice through ball by Fir saw Haris clear on goal but his shot was agonizingly wide off the post.

Two minutes later saw a free kick from the middle by Fir after a tackle perfectly met by Haris before he cooly chips over the impending goalkeeper for a nice equaliser.

It was five minutes later that saw a nice play by Wen Xiong and Fir that led to munjen's second but sadly, last goal. Skilful and calm control down the right flank, Xiong put a through ball to Fir on the right side before cutting in and swarming in on goal with his blistering pace which saw the defenders and goalkeeper no chance at all.

The first half continued smoothly with solid defending from Azhar and Izzat and attacks poured unto DTFC goal line with superb understanding play from Taya, Fir and Terence, whose endless runs down the left flank nearly created a few openings for a couple more goals.

Half time score, MPFC 2-1 DTFC.

Second half kicked off at a much slower pace with MPFC visibly buoyed by their good play in the first half. However, a lapse of concentration saw them concede an equaliser fo DFTC in the 50th minute, this time, from a poor clearance from a corner which was easily tapped in by DFTC.

MPFC however almost shocked the visitors with an almost immediate reply when a long ball from defence by Azhar saw Haris racing down the middle channel, clipping it away from the last man, rounding the goalkeeper but failed to convert with his left foot when he was left with an open goal.

As more tactical substitions were made in a haste, MPFC's play became increasingly lost and almost inevitably pressing the self destruction button.

It didn't take long for DTFC to capitalise on MPFC's confusion play and they all wrapped up the game with two quick replies in the 74th and 78th minute when communication in the defence between Azhar and Amin failed to stop DTFC's attacks.

By now, the team morale was clearly low and the spectators grew even more impatient when MPFC's striker failed to capitalise on several one on one occasions with the goalkeeper which saw him ruining a probable 3 more goals to his tally.

Alas, a last ditch attack from MPFC saw DTFC quickly intercepting play and pushed for the last goal which left goalkeeper Wee Yang stranded for them to complete a round up trashing of MPFC by 2-5.

Full time, MPFC 2-5.

-haris

7:29 PM