High five

Skopet FC 2-0 Sing Ming Spiders

Skopet FC comfortably saw off Sing Ming Spiders in the 6th league match in a win that proved more comfortable than the final score suggests. XY linked superbly with Boyboyan to allow the speedy striker to open the scoring with a well-placed header and XY himself doubled the advantage with an intelligent goal to grab all the 3 points.

Sing Ming Spiders started brightly and they should perhaps given themselves the lead after Sk0pet FC failed to clear the ball out of the box from a corner. One of the lurking Sing Ming Spiders's midfielder had half a yard of space and steered his ferocious shot on goal but was repelled by a terrific instinctive body block by Zai Bacol who immediately subbed himself out due to the pain. However, despite the sluggish start and horrible afternoon heat , it was all Skopet with their attacking players making their intentions known with all the through balls and wing play. Boyboyan ,supplied by Adik Sal on the right flank , delivered a cross towards Fad who got himself free of the defenders only to fumble the chance at the last second. Skopet moved up a gear and within minutes almost find the breakthrough. Zai bacol released the ball early after a crucial interception in the middle of the park to reach Boyboyan who squandered the glorious chance by shooting wide with his weaker left foot. Syahir was as his usual self at the left flank but was quickly shut down by the impressive Sing Ming's defence.

After creating next to nothing in the exhanges that followed , Sing Ming Spiders controlled the last 10 minutes of the first period with plenty of possession football only to be occasionally disrupted by Skopet attacking players to get to the end of Rudy's drop kicks. The half drifted to a tame conclusion and the score was locked at 0-0.

It was an altogether a more dangerous offensive Skopet FC that took to the field for the 2nd half with Fad bear introducing Sop and debutant Fariz at the break to stimulate the attacking talent of the team. Prem led the characteristic break forward and fed Fariz on the right. His cross found only BoyBoyan who managed to skip past 2 defenders and sent his effort straight at Sing Ming goalkeeper. Boyboyan was in rampaging form down the right using his pace and trickery to get a yard of space away from the defender and smashed the ball goalwards only to see it rattled the crossbar. He got himself another opportunity moments later but woeful finishing let him down again.

Skopet enjoyed a significant spell of pressure and XY got a good break at the left side but he was superbly denied by the Sing Ming Spider's goalkeeper at his near post. Sing Ming Spiders could not get their rythm and was on the backfoot to try contain Skopet's onslaught.Fariz and Sop thrived at the wings as Mar protected the backfour and Prem calmed the game down with his intelligence. It was not long before the deadlock was broken. Fariz embarked on a fine run at right side taking on a defender before releasing the ball to XY. He delivered a pinpoint cross to the misfiring Boyboyan in the box who headed the ball home. Skopet raised their game even more after the goal by laying siege on Sing Ming's backfour. Prem's vision enabled him to float a delightful through ball over the left side and beyond the reach of Sing Ming's rightback to send the hardworking Weihong through on goal. However he failed to see the incoming strikers in the box and instead tried to poke the ball at the near post but his ball was comfortably parried away by the goalkeeper for a corner.

Waves of Skopet attacks continued to break against the Sing Ming's defensive wall. Sop's dancing feet created space on the left side again , bustled into the box and striked a low crisp shot with his favourite right foot but the ever-busy Sing Ming goalkeeper was equal to it. The killer goal came with only a few minutes remaining. Adik sal surged through the middle and found XY free on the right side. XY brought the ball into the box and spotting the goalkeeper way off the line , calmly sent his shot to the back of the net. Good goal. Well done.

With the win , Skopet FC extended their unbeaten run in the league to 5 games and got themselves their 3rd clean sheet. Much appreciation goes to Rudy and co (Syafii ,Montero , Jonas , Weihong and Jiaming ) for keeping the skopet defence tight and solid .Everyone is incredible so far in the league. Its a team effort as everybody especially the midfielders who diligently track back to support the defence and at the same time complement the strikers when we go on the offensive. And lastly credit to the strikers who have done an exceptional job to get the goals.What can I say? I love u all. haha.

Obek man (7)
- sincere apologies for the last match preview. Was trying to be 'pro' in the post and instead got a tougue lashing from frens and teammates alike.The post was deemed arrogant and overconfident. Sorry again. Bual world gone wrong hahaha. maaf ye.