UKRV had a good game yesterday evening, 8th November 2009 and we had a good turnout of players too. Initially I thought we'll face the same problem we had playing against MBPJ when several players could not make it to the game for health reasons and other last minute turn of events that caused them to be unavailable for the match that night. But I was relieved when UKRV players started to trickle in after 5 pm. As usual, Christian was the first to arrive. He was already there at 4.30pm. Me and Garrett tiba pukul 4.50pm and soon after the rest. Our opponent, Kumpulan Perubatan Johor Ampang Putri Hospital (KPJ APH), also arrived late and by 5.30pm they had only 9 players. They managed to get a complete team just before the match started, while the others arrived after the game started.
We played on the same field we played against Maybank Vet. However this time around, the field was set-up with a rugby goalpost. Fortunately with Azhar's initiative, we had all the players to help replace the rugby goalpost with the football goal post on both ends of the field before the start of the game.
The game kick-off at 5.45pm and due to the lack of time, we only managed to complete 2 halves of play in 80 minutes with a ten minute break. The referee blew the final whistle at 7pm as soon as the Azan was heard from the nearby mosque.
Play was fast and furious in the 1st ten minutes and mostly concentrated on the left flank and the middle of the park. I could say that we had about 60% possession of the ball but could have had more goals scored in the second half if we had converted the opportunities presented to us on at least 3 or 4 occasion. Yes, Krish missed converting a penalty for the second time in his "profeesional" career with UKRV. Next time kena suruh dia pumping 20 kali depan goal post. "Dia orang sudah "bomoh" pintu gol-lah bang!" says Krish when asked why he missed the penalty ........... we had a good laugh (see some photos (lepas saya uploaded nanti) on the other two goals he missed, satu sebelah kiri and the other one sebelah kanan).
Shah gave us the lead after 10 minutes of play with a nice lob of the ball into the right hand corner of the opponents goal post after receiving a beautiful pass from Amin. On the 15th minute of play Shah returned Amin's favour and Amin scored through a well struck ball into the goal leaving the goalkeeper wondering where the ball went.
We seems to have relaxed a bit and slowed the paced of the game after scoring the two goals. KPJ APH players took advantage of the situation and launched several penetrating attack from the left and right flanks. Our central defender Hafiz, left back Meizi and Shariff "Roberto Carlos" managed to keep them at bay. However we weren't able to keep up with the pace of the attack .... nampak "injin dah mula berasap" (macam kereta F1 before the injin meletup ... keluar asap biru). Pusing punya pusing, Shariff terlepas bola and the opponent took advantage of the situation to score their first and only goal of the match.
After the break, we had an almost complete change of players with Garrett marshalling the defense back four, Krish and Nik providing the firepower up front with Ali and Raja on the left and right flanks. We had Bab playing in the middle of the field. The second set of players played very well and Nik Aziz kept a clean sheet in the second half making a couple of good saves, thus denying the strikers of the opposing team from scoring. He clearly frustrated them with some fine good saves of the ball on the goal line. We made some changes towards the end of the second half with Adzrin coming in for Jinggo and Azrul Kenit replacing Ammar. Azrul was presented with a goal scoring opportunity a couple of minutes after coming in and he added his name to the scoring list.
It was evident from this game that we were able to play against a much younger opponents, given that there are enough players for substitution, say between 17 to 19 players with the key players forming the backbone of the team. Tapi we have to be cautious too; not to run ourselves to the ground. Ingat tu, especially those that have crossed 40 and have not gone for a yearly complete check-up yet. We need to know our limits too. Let's enjoy the game.
You guys have to wait for the photos to be uploaded as I can only get them from Bab this weekend. Itu pun kalau dia tak lupa download the photos on a thumb drive for me. Sekali lagi, thank you to all the players who managed to turn up for the game. The following are the list of players who managed to play yesterday:
1. Azhar (captain for the match)
2. Ammar
3. Christian
4. Amin
5. Nik Zainuddin
6. Azrin
7. Azrul Nizam
8. Ravin
9. Krishnan
10. Shah
11. Nik Aziz
12. Meizi
13. Bab "Veron"
14. Raja Radzmi
15. Shariff "Roberto Carlos"
16. Garrett
17. Ali Hanafiah
18. Hafiz (new team member)
19. Jinggo (new team member)
Till the next game ....... stay healthy. Enjoy the photos at the following link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157622683076149/
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