15mins of Hell!

Team Goat 2 Big Belly FC 4

(Jackson X1, Omar X1)

A crazy 15mins in the first half had cost Team Goat the game. At the 15th min mark all hell broke lose as our goal was constant under treat. Due to lack of closing down from the midfield or centre back, opp was given 1 too many chances to unleash a shot and one eventually found its way to the bottom right corner. But it was actually my fault, as i could have dealt better with it.

Moving on, another shot from outside the "18 yard box" (more like 14) swerve and hit the left post and went into the net. 3rd goal was due to a mis-comm between me and omar which have led to an easy tap in. (i have learnt from this and i would not elaborate more on what actually happened.) The last happened when their left winger rounded our right back and eventually put in a low cross to the far post. The opp cool-ly placed the ball into the net despite kahwoon putting in a last ditch tackle.
(Yes this all happened in that 15minutes.)

The 2nd half started promising for us as we re-shuffled the team and place 2 dogs (kw and benny) in the middle of the park to make sure no space is given to the opp. With the opp sitting back to secure the lead, the ball was majority on our side. Pushing for a goal, it soon came with jackson finding an open net when danial put in a low cross into the box. Than it was quiet till the last 10minutes when manfred put in a beautiful free-kick towards goal. Although the ball hit the woodwork, omar was there to collect the rebound and put it in. 4-2. However it was seen too late for us to get a draw out of this game. Although a late penalty by yiwen could have made the scoreline better looking. 1st shot was a goal but was disallowed as omar and manfred step into the box too early. The re-take was blasted wide. It would not have made much of a difference either as the penalty was the last kick of the game.

Motm - Manfred
Today's team hasn't been great like last week. But Manfred's performance this weekend has been good. Despite the loss, he constantly chase the ball down and pushing for an equaliser. He also set up a goal today which rounded up his performance. Though he seldom win awards from the team, but he is like an unsung hero who keeps battling hard for the team! Kudos to Manfred!

Despite the loss, however i saw a determine Goat battling hard in the 2nd half. The addition of Yat and Danial to the team have been great to the bunch of players we already have. Now we just need to sync them into the team and we will definitely be better than before.

Also, having lost 2 our 3 games already in the start of the season, it looks like deja vu all over again from last season. Nevertheless the next game will be key to us, to lose another game so soon, it will definitely remove our chances to be a title challenger for this season. So lets work hard in our next game and win it!

Kambeng
Jeff