match report

With many regulars out for this friendly, skopet managed to tap into our latent talent pool of usually unavailable players. The ferocious Zaly and enigmatic Aza B turned up on Saturday to complete this year's quota of appearances and extend their club membership.(friendship. lol)

Our opponent is a far cry from the SAFSA trial team of last week. The team of Chinese and Indian players looked young and not as intimidatingly organised nor technically adept. At risk of being complacent, skopet players sizing them up would be forgiven for expecting an easy win.

Nonetheless the opponents are arguably the better side in the first half with the score tied at 1-1. Their young striker rocked the crossbar late in the half with a fearsome shot that even beat Rudy. Prior to that Mahjun had scored a goal that is either a freak goal or a stroke of genius, lobbing the keeper from the right touchline in the 2/3 of the field. A brilliant solo run from their striker resulted in an equaliser which would not have gone in if AsikSal didnt "instinctively" duck from the shot.

Second half was a different story as Skopet upped the tempo. Better passing and fluid movement resulted in a second goal scored by Zaibacul, who latched onto a through ball from Syahir and coolly slot the ball past the onrushing keeper.

With that, the goals kept coming. With Zaly doing all the dirty work in midfield, Prem had the freedom to try his "hollywood" passes and initiate waves of attack. Mar and Syahir marauded the flanks and netted one each. Both scorers showed neat footwork beating at least two defenders before blasting/placing the ball home. Elsewhere Aza B made sure he was not left out of the action by typically rambutt-ing a loose ball in the penalty area into the top corner. 5-1.

At the other end, our defence held firm with Rudy following up his penalty save last week with notably 2 super saves in one-on-one situations. Rediscovering his top form, our keeper repelled all attempts by the persistent Christopher, Rizman's strike partner in the ex-jc team.

And I scored a hat-trick.

Full time, 8-1. Good workout in our last fasting match of the year.


- Fad, 80 Skopet Goals.