Going into the 3rd consecutive week without training, JAFC looked to preserve their unbeaten run against a Keppel team that boasted NTU players - Leslie, Gary, Harold and KT. The stifling heat of the Saturday afternoon sun would traditionally be a boost to JAFC, as it would have meant our opponents tiring by the 50th min and our energetic team running them ragged till the final whistle. However, zero training and maybe even physical activity for some of us proved our downfall.
In all honesty, the match was even until Keppel opened the scoring with a towering header after some slack marking from a corner. In fact, things would have been a lot different had Daowei's half volley smashed the net instead of smashing the cross-bar (leaving it shaking for the next half a minute). Or had Aaron's quick thinking with an indirect free-kick, awarded for the keeper handling outside the box, resulted in an early 1st half goal.
After going 1-0 down, JAFC was up in spirit but down on stamina as they labored to find a goal. The tired legs were punished by KT as he pounced on 2 defensive errors to score 1 and set up another.
In retrospect, a heavy defeat like this was coming our way. We have been suffering in the 2nd half of most of our games but weren't punished. Lets get our act together after our exams and start enjoying our football once more.
Lineup: Aziz, Jerry, Jerome, Andrew (Rafi), Aaron, Fuhang, Zul, Daowei, Weiming (Chengwei), Khai (Winston), Sudi
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After the game, i received an sms from one of the guys who apologized for not playing well. I believe all of us feel the same way about ourselves as we should definitely expect so much more.
But more importantly, i want to convey this idea that i hope we can all ascribe to:
we lose and win as a team, and no individual should be more sorry than the next.
To those who have exams, study hard!
To those who have ended theirs, seeya at training.
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