A new chapter is beginning...

haha sorry for the lack of updates!

yeah as cake said, ive been playing football manager in my free time, which isnt much to start with. and ive been feeling very tired after my matches for RI team A in the u16 competition.

yup we've been playing in this competition and first day on monday we beat CSC 28-3 or something like that. haha for this match i played first half and had no business at all didnt even make a save. then second half i let brian play and jiaolian say let them score a few goals so we obliged lor. haha give them face

second match on tuesday was against great whites. alot of familiar faces la, like aaron and pradeep (i duno how to spell his name) and benedict and jordan. haha we played quite okay against them. final score 12-2 again i played the first half for this match and i kept a cleansheet then i let brian play and unluckily for him they were resurgent after the break and managed to score two goals although he played qutie well. haha

The final score may seemed like it was an easy game for Raffles A but the game was far from one-sided. Great White gave their opposition a run for their money as they displayed grit and determination in their defence. It was only in the middle of the 1st quarter that Raffles A managed to break the duck through Koh Jian Ying in a rare counter attack move. Throughout the rest of the game, Raffles A’s counter attacking play was contained by Great White’s zone defence. Despite that, Raffles A’s fluid attacking moves in the zone formation created opportunities for shooter, Brandon Chong to deliver from the perimeter of the zone. Raffles A’s goalkeeper, Seetow, had a superb game as he was constantly barraged by the Great White attack and his line was only breached in the 3rd quarter. With this result, Raffles A tops Group A and will play the runner-up of Group B on Thursday, 2 Nov. Tomorrow’s game will see CSC play against Great White for the final spot in the winner pool.

after this we qualified for knockout round against national women's team. the winner of this tie would go into the group of top 3 while the loser would go to the group for the 4th-6th playoffs. haha and we won it 5-3. it was a really really tough match and i think we were really too complacent yet quite nervous because of the weight of the expectations. haha the women were quite good, much improved compared to start of the year, probably cos they are now coached by sai meng, our national youth u18 coach. hah hes very good la.

anyway in the match, i let in an early 1 on 1 from some woman and there went my cleansheet! argh after that i was quite angry with myself so i started playing better and i saved this close range wing shot from another woman and plucked another woman's shot out of air. haha first half we were leading 3-1. second half the ref anyhow sack people, i duno whats his problem. sack them also duno the rules. haha anyway we survived the storm and i saved alot of their shots but they still scored two but we ran out 5-3 winners. and guess who got man of the match? look no further.

Both teams were neck to neck from the start with the ladies drawing first blood in the opening minute of play through Dyan’s quick flick at close range. The Raffles boys came right back into the game and equalised with a Koh Jian Ying goal from long range. Recognising the opposition goalkeeper’s weakness in saving long range shots, Raffles A’s following 2 goals by Tom Yet and Lim Shang Cong came from beyond the 5-metres mark. With a 2-goal margin by half-time, the National Women’s fought back strongly in the 3rd quarter which saw a flurry of exclusion fouls on the Raffles boys as they desperately hung on to their slim advantage. Despite 3 consecutive man-up situations, the ladies were unable to breach the tight defence of Raffles A. The best player of the match must surely be Raffles A goalkeeper, Seetow Shiun Yong, as he continually frustrates the National Women’s attack. Raffles A will join Combined Schools and their traditional rival, ACS (I) in the gold medal playoff.

haha not bad eh? haha yay but they spell my name wrongly