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/
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