16 May 2007

Dunmanians 2002 : Bedok South Secondary School (Kengs’s Students) Team

Score - 0 : 1

Dunmanians Class of 2002 faced yet another adversity in their quest for victory against a side of 16 year old juveniles on the soccer pitch of Pasir Ris Crest Secondary School. In other words, there was a huge hurdle to overcome in the form of fatigue brought upon by previous night hardcore Texas Hold’em action in Aranda, whereby Dricsy tio owned deep deep by Cech Zhirong., It was clearly evident that the Dunmanians had to cook up a spectacular platter of Tze Char instead of being overly confident and complacent against BSSSS (Bedok South Secondary School side).

A strong line-up was put up by our Special Tinkerman Jason. Black Panther turned Pink Panther (due to absence of gloves) Cech Zhirong as GK, 21 yr old Yao Chen as LB, Benny Tongz as RB and the two CBs (not cheese piez) were Ho Chuan and YZ. CMs as usual were Kengs and Jason whilst wingers include Dricsy (left) and Boon Wee (right). Kenny played in the role of withdrawn striker (similar to Looney) and Zan Rui as bulldozer forward ala Julio Baptista who can only tyco score 4 goals against Liverpool in dunno FA or League Cup. Subs warming bench include Bangwei, Wenguang as well as an unknown player wearing jersey No. 22. Who is he? Kaka or Waihin? That player was kaKAWAIhin !! So kawai & cute in his lame trick so that he can hit Zan Rui at least like not 5 times.

Too much of a digression. Back on a serious note, there were presence of a teaspoon of fighting spirit, a tablespoon of teamwork and a pinch of creativity and luck. The key ingredients were there but were the recipe for success on its way? Would the baked end product from the oven be a delicious victory fruitcake or an overcooked SM mess for the DHS kias?

The answer was clearly apparent the minute the match kicked off. Astonishingly, it was the opponent who committed a blunder in the 1^st minute. The opposition keeper donning a grey no. 41 jersey spotting a transformers logo fumbled upon his first touch of the ball. He exhibited a clear display of butter fingers and dropped the ball upon his catch. However with Zan Rui showing a lack of composure, he failed capitalise and put the ball into the empty net and the keeper recovered by getting a firm grip of the ball once again.

The next chance of the match occurred in the 5^th minute. It came in the form of Kenny using his silky skills to shield the ball. This time he was going for placing by trying to chip the ball into the right hand top corner of the net but it was blasted over the crossbar instead. A good chance went begging.

A series of events happened following Kenny’s spurned chance and since it’s overly action packed, they are summarised as follows:

10^th min – Zan Rui pressurises the defence. Opponent buai tahan, so brings Zan Rui down by tugging his famous maroon-gold jersey. Najip gives freekick as offset package. Keng Yang bending it like Beckham but keeper saves the ball easily.

15^th min – A mess in opponent’s penalty area. Boon Wee finds his way in opponent’s penalty area. His shot is blocked by Tevez Fatty John wearing No. 11 Jersey.

17^th min – Swee Swee cross by Benny. However, Zan Rui goes AWOL and no one heads the ball in.

21^th min – A chance to score. A shot by player manager goes slightly over the bar.

26^th min - Oppenent scores! A shocker. Czech Zhirong fumbles on the ball and the opponent passes ball into net. Next time we should change our tagline from “SM” to “wake up”.

26.5^th minute – Poor Ho Chuan tio scapegoat as he was subbed out for the introduction of Bangwei.

33^th min – Yet another chance to score. A strong Kengs’s shot goes pass the left hand post

39^th min – Benny does a bending high cross. Zan Rui attempts to apply superb finishing to the ball. But it results in innelastic collision between opponent and Zan Rui. Zan Rui feels his chest beri pain but his own teammates felt that he was playacting. Keeper gets the ball and referee rules no foul since Zan Rui was also offside.

6^th min, 13^th min, 22th min,38^th min, 42th min -> BSSSS foul throw. MIB Najip was spot on. =)

47^th min (2 minutes added for injury time) – First half ends.

In the interval, there was pep talk so as to pick Dunmanians 2002 from the doldrums as well as restore fighting spirit. As such, Yan Zhang gave way for supersub kaKAWAIhin22. Wenguang was Day 3 after his Atten B status and played his familiar role of left winger. That left Yan Zhang, Dricsy and Ho Chuan on a threesome on the bench.

Second half commenced as Najip blew the whistle. It was a tremendous paradox to the first half. Dunmanians pushed up and were constantly seeking opportunities to equalise.

Moreover it was tedious since BSSSS packed their defence and adopted a 10 men behind the ball strategy. They were practically parking their magic school bus in front of their goalpost. Siala!

Zan Rui was a huge disappointment as he blew 2 golden chances to score. The 1^st chance came in the 50^th minute whereby Kenny dribbled the ball to the byline and cut back the ball to Zan Rui. Poor first touch of the ball and the opponent earned a goalkick. The 2^nd chance when Boon Wee did a through pass to him. It was a sitter but he spurned the chance. As such, he was subbed out in the 60^th minute for the reintroduction of Dricsysy.

There were numerous shots by Dunmanians that came close to going into the net that left the fans sighing. These include shots by Jason, Boon Wee, Bangwei, Kenny, Keng Yang. Notable efforts include the plentiful runs that wingers Wenguang and Bonn Wee executed. These threatened the opponent’s Spartan like defence greatly but still ain’t enough.

One of the critical moments of the match occurred in the 55^th minute whereby DHS 2002 earned a corner kick. Wenguang executed an inswinging corner kick and the opponent’s defence were in sixes and sevens. In the scramble, Zan Rui managed in flick the ball back for Jason to head the ball in. The celebration ended before it even began as it deemed disallowed goal by the Men In Black (Referee) given that Zan Rui was judged to be in an offside position.

Dunmanians were getting more and more desperate to try to secure a good result to end their disappointing spell in maroon-goal jerseys. The whole team push up so much to the point that Cech Zhirong was very close to the halfway line. In the dying minutes, Dricsy attempted a banana kick that was atrocious. What was he thinking?

A last ditch attempt from Jason was in the form of a half volley that seemed destined for goal. Moreover in the last split second, the opponent’s goalkeeper dived gracefully to save the ball.

That sums up all. The opponent was here for a result and did not adhere to the beautiful game, it was saddening but nevertheless they achieved their objective. In retrospect, Dunmanians did not play the beautiful game too since Dunmanians Class of 2002 did not play to full potential. Neither was lady luck on their side.

Man of the match: Initially awarded to Cech Zhirong for his performance and excellent form in texas. But reawarded to Najip since he’s back (bo bian he Man in Black lar lol...) and because Zhirong had fumbled the ball to allow opponent to score in the 26^th minute.

Quotes of the day:
Benny to Dricsy: “You wanna fall down, fall down harder!!!”

Benny to Zan Rui: “You wanna kick, kick harder!!!”

Dricsy proudly saying to whole team: “Just now I did a superb BANANA kick!!!”

Boo-boo: Ganasai goalkicks by the opponent.

Red Card: Goalkeeper wasted 5 minutes by changing his boots during the second half

Courtesy of the Thirsty Traveller Zhou Xing Xing , now on holiday with Da Shu to scout for fruit juices as he is running out of creative juices for match leports. He wants to convey his message to Dunmanians: “Everyday is not Sunday la, you think play soccer so easy to win meh? Next match on June 24, it’s a Sunday sia!! Buy Dunmanians give half ball consperm got chance sia!”