MATCH RESULT

Syabas & Congratulation to Captain Fauzi & OM for the brilliant & gritty performance to overcome our opponents from KKM and win by a comfortable margin of 6 goals to 3.



We led 2 nil in the 1st half with two goals from Shah, which brought his goal tally to thirteen for the season. The 1st goal came early in the first half when Shah picked-up a through pass from OM down the middle of the field and the other amidst some confusion in the opponents defense. We were very much in control of the game in the 1st half and play was very much concentrated in the opponent's half of the field. Our defense were marshaled by OM & Nik, while Azhar dictated play in the middle of the field. Shah and Azmi provided the fire power up front. The game ended with UKRV leading 2 goals to nil.

A new sets of 11 players came in to play in the 2nd half led by Captain Fauzi. KKM made some changes to their line-up too with the addition of some fast running young players to their team. KKM came back strongly and they were very much in control of the game in the second half launching attack after attacked which led them to score 3 goals in the second half. The first was a result of a free kick from just outside UKRV's penalty box. The free-kick was very well taken and the ball floated pass the defensive wall and into the right-hand corner of the goal post.

The equalizer resulted in KKM playing more cohesively as a team and made our defense worked overtime to breakdown their attack. They soon equalised through a series of well mounted attacks which left of defense in disarray. KKM then scored their third goal which gave them a well deserved 3 - 2 lead. The goal was a result of an individual effort; the player made a run from about 30 yards, dribbling past a couple of UKRV players before blasting the ball into the goal mouth.

Meanwhile UKRV could not make any headway in the middle of the park with Karuna having to play very much on his own due to lack of support. Upfront, UKRV's forward were always caught in off-side positions as KKM pushed their defense line up to the halfway line. UKRV should have used the flanks, but unfortunately did not. Azmi Kelate would have made the difference upfront with his fast running down the flanks, especially if he can control the ball. With KKM goalkeeper having this habit of getting off his line often, we should have scored enough goals from lobs from 20 to 30 yards. Azrul made proved this point when he scored the equalizer when UKRV was down 3 goals to 2. He brought the ball from the half way line and worked the left flank and struck the ball high from about 20 yards to beat the goalkeeper who was well out of his line then.



UKRV had their best team playing in the third half and were very much in control of the game. Nik Aziz gave us the lead early in the 3rd half before Amin, who only came in in the last 15 minutes of the game settled the score at 6 - 3 with 2 brilliantly taken goals. One was a result of one-to-one situation with the goalkeeper as a result of a through ball be Azhar down the middle of the field and the other a header

UKRV played well and made amends when they were a goal down. Even though the players do not get to play that often together, the players proved that experience do matters. Once again we had a very good turn-out of players, 23 in all and everybody had a chance to play, at least for 25 minutes. Thank you for all your support to the team. We will try to arrange another game before the Chinese New Year.

Meanwhile, you can view some of the photos taken during the match at this link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157623209861137/

Note: This blog is best viewed with a 19" widescreen LCD display monitor.

PERINGATAN - FRIENDLY GAME

UKRV akan bermain perlawanan persahabatan yang ke 17 bagi sessi 2009/2010 pada hari Ahad, 31st January 2010. The following are the details:

Match Opponent: Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia(tukar opponent because MELAWATI FC tak dapat gather enough players for the game)
Match day : Ahad 31st January 2010
Match Kick-off time: 5.00 pm (petang)
Venue : Padang Bolasepak DBKL, Sekysen 4 Wangsa Maju, Kuala Lumpur.

Harap maklum.

GAME CANCELLATION

Kepada pemain2 yang telah datang ke padang DBKL di Brickfields malam ini, thank you very much for turning up. Unfortunately game kena cancel kerana hujan telah menyebabkan keadaan padang tidak mengizinkan pemainan diadakan.

Tapi gambar tetap ada, ni some players tengah makan & minum di kedai Naga di Brickfield (yang lain tu telah ke Doraisamy):


Mi Kelate muram .... tak dapat tambah jaringan gol malam ni!



Tapi tak pa. Next game minggu depan, Ahad 31st January 2010 di padang DBKL Seksyen 4 Wangsa Maju, insyallah (god willing).

GAME ANNOUNCEMENT

UKRV will be playing its 17th game of the 2009/2010 season on Sunday 24th January 2010. The following are the details:

Match Opponent: Telekom Malacca (ex-players)
Match day : Ahad 24th January 2010
Match Kick-off time: 9.00 pm (malam)
Venue : Padang Bolasepak Kelab Sukan DBKL, Jalan Tun Sambanthan 1, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur.

GAME ANNOUNCEMENT

UKRV will be playing its 18th game of the 2009/2010 season on Sunday 31st January 2010. The following are the details:

Match Opponent: Team dari Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia
Match day : Ahad 31st January 2010
Match Kick-off time: 5.00 pm (petang)
Venue : Padang Bolasepak DBKL, Sekysen 4 Wangsa Maju, Kuala Lumpur.

Match Result - UKRV vs UNIKES UTM

Syukur alhamudillah, it did not rain yesterday when we played away against UNIKES UTM at their field in Jalan Semarak, Kuala Lumpur. Oleh yang demikian, kita dapat bermain tiga half didalam keadaan relatively dry conditions walaupun ada area of the field yang "lembut" tapi very playable.

Syabas kepada pemain yang telah turun padang dan beraksi untuk UKRV hari ini. We had a couple of new parents playing for the first time for UKRV. The team memperolehi kemenangan yang membanggakan dengan jaringan 6 gol berbalas 3. The goals were scored by Nor Amin (2), Kubad (1), Azhar (1) in the second half of the match and the other two goals were scored by Ali and Karuna in the 3rd half. However, there were at least 3 to 4 clear chances at goal that we had that should have been converted into goals for the team.


Nor Amin scoring his 16th goal for UKRV

The match saw the opposing team lost 2 players due to injury; one dislocated his elbow when he fell awkwardly after executing a tackle and the other suffered a hamstring injury after he attempted to head the ball a from a cross made by his team mate.

Unlike in the beginning of the season, our players have not been experiencing hamstring injury, muscle pull or tear or the dreaded torn ligaments lately. Even Garrett seems to have recovered from his nagging back injury and played well today.

In today's match, we were up against mostly youngsters. In the first half we were clearly unsettled. This could be due to the fact that we were playing with a new combination of players for the first time. Play was well balanced with both side attacking and defending. However our defense was quite susceptible and several times they were caught on the wrong foot. However the players managed to gel together towards the end of the 1st half and held the opposing team to a goalless draw.


Azhar blasting in his 4th goal of the season for UKRV

Fauzi, our Captain deployed an entirely new set of players in the second half. We finally broke the goal deadlocked 5 minutes into the second half with a header scored by Nor Amin from a cross by Azhar from the right flank before Kubad scored on his debut for UKRV the 5 minutes later.

UNIKES scored an equaliser a few minutes after we scored our second goal. An attempt at goal by their left flanker rebounded from our goalkeeper Abdah and their forward latched onto the rebound to score their first goal.

Azhar added another goal for our team from a well placed kick to the right hand side corner of the goal mouth. It was his 4th goal of the season. Thereafter Amin scored the fourth goal. Our forwards than took a breather from launching attacks into the opposing half. UNIKES took this opportunity to score their second and third goal. Our defense were caught square at the back this time around. Their relatively younger and faster forwards were able to twist and turn around our defense to score their second goal and third goal before we tighten our back-line. The match ended 4-3 in the second half.


Kubad about to score his first goal for UKRV on his debut.

The players who played in the 1st half kicked-off the match in the 3rd half. This time around they played with a better understanding of each other movement and holding the ball well and we were able to increase our goal tally with goals from Ali & Karuna. Midway through the 3rd half, the players were replaced by the team that played in the second half before the referee finally blew the whistle at 7.15pm to end the match.

We had a good turnout of 25 players turning up to play for the team today. Saya rasa ada players yang tak berapa puas bermain. Apakan daya, cuma ada 1 1/2 hours of play time. Maybe we need to organise more games so that our players dapat bermain dengan sepuas-puasnya. I will try to organise another 4 friendly matches before my term as the Team Manager ends at the end of February 2010.


Karu heading the ball into the goal mouth

Till the next game, stay healthy and enjoy the photos (sorry, some photos are blur .... I am still learning how to shoot sharp & clear images)at the following link:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157623056118453/

I hope ada gambar saudara yang beraksi hari itu dalam album ni (at least 1). Kalau tak ada gambar saudara langsung, saya minta ma'af. Saudara boleh buat protest kepada saya & saya akan cuba "tangkap" gambar anda sebanyak mungkin during the next game.

Friendly Game vs UNIKES UTM

So with the addition of Garrett, kesemuanya 20 pemain akan turun padang Sunday ni (looks like the collection from the players would be enough to pay the referee fees and to get some drinking water). Tapi you all kena pray very hard that there would not be a tropical monsoon storm on Saturday, lest the field at UTM becomes unplayable on Sunday.

GAME ANNOUNCEMENT

UKRV will be playing its 16th game of the 2009/2010 season on Sunday 10th January 2010. The following are the details:

Match Opponent: UNIKES UTM (dia orang ajak kita main return match)
Match day : Ahad 10th January 2010
Match Kick-off time: 5.00 pm (petang)
Venue : Padang UTM, Jalan Semarak, Kuala Lumpur
Team Manager: Raja Radzmi
Team Captain: Fauzi Yassin

Pemain yang sudah confirm turun padang adalah seperti berikut:

1. Nik Aziz (seperti biasa the first to confirm)
2. Wan Akmal
3. Sulaiman
4. Adzrin
5. OM
6. Meizi
7. Mohammad
8. Shah
9. Amin
10. Azmi
11. Raja Radzmi
12. Karuna
13. Krishnan
14. Murti
15. Jingo
16. Azli Bab - Veron
17. Ali Hanafiah
18. Fauzi Yassin
19. Abdah

For those who has confirmed playing, I thank you for your quick response and support for the team. I am very sure there will be a few other players who will be able to make it for the game.

With all the players support, I hope to end the 2009/2010 season by the end of February 2010 having played at least 20 games.