4 on the trot.

Skopet FC 3-1 Cheshire United

Skopet FC laboured to an inspiring and vital win over Cheshire United , thanks to goals from Boyboyan , Fad bear and Jiaming. Both the team went into the match knowing that only a win would allow them to keep up with the Saturday 3pm social league leaders , Team buffalo.

With playmaker Joel out, Mar was given the oppurtunity to play as a defensive playmaker and had a positive impact on the match.Both sides saw plenty of the ball in the opening exchanges without creating any clear cut chances. Cheshire tactics was predictable - They were looking for their right winger at every oppurtunity. Skopet FC man of the match , Weihong held firm and halted any attacks that came from that side. Skopet FC piled on the pressure by feeding the balls to adik sal and Syahir who used their pace to stretch the Cheschire's fullbacks and managed some dangerous crosses into the 6 yard box for the strikers to pounce on.Both Boyboyan and XY had half chances early on but despite the space on offer in midfield provided , Prem and Mar could not quite break through with their routine through balls. Syahir came close not long after the ball fell to him with only the keeper to beat after Boyboyan's mazy dribble in the box. Hard luck. Syahir's shot was saved easily by the giant Cheshire's goalkeeper.Skopet FC was gaining in confidence and attack with more intent almost exclusively through Prem who ran half the field and unleashing a menacing shot outside the penalty box but the goalkeeper was more than up to it.On the half hour mark , Jiaming got the ball into the net with a delicious shot after good interplay at the right side. Well done boy - his first goal for Skopet FC.

It was far from one-way traffic however with cheshire whipping in dangerous crosses into the Skopet's box and using their physical presence to make a nuisance out of themselves to trouble the Skopet's defence. Adik sal cleared one ball of the line from one of the multiple corners and Syaf and Jonas had to make last ditch tackles to preserve Skopet's lead.The half petered out to an uninspiring close with both teams managing to negate each other's attack easily.The first half thus ended on a 1-0 advantage to Skopet FC.

Changes were made during half time. Sop Pet replaced the exhausted but on-form Adik Sal. XY and syahir made way for Fad bear and Calvin to try increase the lead.Cheshire started the 2nd half in lively fashion forcing many corners in the opening minutes.Cheshire seemed to lack the finishing touch. However Skopet FC were not complaining and got the 2nd goal courtesy of a counter attack. Boyboyan as always exploiting his pace got to the end of a marvelous through ball at the right wing from Prem before unleashing a delicate pin-point cross that evaded everybody for Fad bear to head home.Good goal. That was supposed to settle Skopet a bit but Cheshire got none of that. Their tactics and motif to the game was still prevalent. SKopet's defensive backline was equal to Cheshire's crossings and Cheshire was venting their frustrations on the referee for all the fouls that came.Cheshire began to dictate the play from midfield and after inflicting intense pressure through the center , Cheshire got a goal back due to a lack of concentration from Rudy.For a while , Skopet looked shocked and it took a while to regroup and create some chances. The 2 goal lead was restored via a quick freekick in the middle of the pitch. Boyboyan got the better of the stagnant Cheschire back four and the offside trap.The last Cheschire defender did well to recover but Boyboyan still managed to get the ball into the back of the net thanks to one of his trademark shot from his street soccer repertoire.

Despite violent and vulgar protests for offside from Cheshire United , the goal stood. Tempers were flaring soon after the 3rd goal.Kudos to the referee who maintained his composure and kept his head literally to still have a firm control on the remainder of the game. Skopet reverted to a defensive 4-5-1 formation with the inclusion of Zai bachol, Husni and Ahmad faisal.Eventually,Skopet hung out for another satisfying victory despite Cheshire's best intentions. It was a convincing perfomance as Skopet FC continue to keep the pressure on the top of the league table.

The league website has not been updated so we are not sure about the other results of the other league games. But we can safely assume we are currently 2nd in the table from last week results.It was just one of those games we needed to win and we did just that. Well done boboys. I love u all.

Obek Man (7)