JAFC 3-0 Admiralty

With Dez Corkill and his camera crew by the sidelines, JAFC dished out their most clinical performance to date with a 3-0 win over former Div 1 champions Admiralty.

Coach Arasu went for an all SMU backline, NTU midfield and a forward line spearheaded by the returning Pramod and Dean's-Lister Fu Chengwei. With the Admiralty players showing scant interest in the game, as evident in their lack of warmup and punctuality, JAFC looked to hit them hard and fast from the first whistle.

JAFC's determination was epitomised by Nadeem's lung-bursting run to chase down an errant long ball from Jerry, earning a corner and a couple of stud marks. Midway through the first half, JAFC almost opened the scoring with the prolific Steven Lam's half volley crashing off the post. Soon after, JAFC were not to be denied as a mixup in the Admiralty defence, after some pressure from Pramod, resulted in the defender lifting the ball into his own net past the onrushing goalkeeper.

As is typical of most teams in NFL, going a goal down always seems to ignite their engines. It was something we were all aware of and were ready to face the Admiralty onslaught. With a touch of good fortune, JAFC put the game out of touch as Pramod's cross from the right floated over the keeper and nestled into the corner of the net.

2-0 up and cruising, Khai, Jerome and Tianci were brought on to consolidate the lead. Soon after, Khai played in Pramod to round the keeper and to add some much needed gloss to JAFC's "Goals For" column.

Other notable highlights include:

1. Chengwei's dribble from the left flank past 4 men, drawing audible gasps from the AMK Utd players warming-up along the sidelines.

2. "HE MAKAN ME FIRST!" - Chengwei's outburst after the ref penalised him for a heavy challenege

3. Tianci's introduction as striker. He showed us the way with his 2-touch play - control, pass, move, and capped his display with an elegant flick to pry open the Admiralty defence.

4. Tianci's honesty in front of coach and the team, "i have always had the vision, but dont have the technical ability to make the pass"

Lineup: Tim, Andrew, Junrong, Jerry, Weiming (Jerome), Fuhang, Aaron (Khai), Nadeem, Winston (Tianci), Chengwei, Pramod

This is a morale boosting win and shows our ability to bounce back from last week's defeat to Keppel. Lets keep up the good work, and see you at training. Next week, a tough game awaits.

PS Thanks Gerald and Fabian for coming down to support us.