JAFC 2-4 Singapore Power

With a full bench to call upon for the first time this season, JAFC looked to surprise joint leaders Singapore Power (who in contrast, only had 11 players present for the game) on a hot day at NTU. 

4 mins into the game and JAFC went 2 up via 2 set-pieces. Anand scrambled in a debut goal from a corner on the 2nd attempt, while birthday boy Fuhang was presented with a gift by the keeper who dropped the ball from a Khai free kick. The team worked hard to regain possession and at the same time, remained strong during 1v1 situations. However, as the Malaysian sun sapped the energies of the players, S'pore Power began to take control of the game. A shot from outside the box drew a fine save from Tianci, who preserved the 2-0 lead going into half-time. 

Coming out of half-time, JAFC were told to make smarter decisions regarding their possession and distribution. Despite keeping better possession and having the courage to keep to a passing game, JAFC began to feel the heat and lost their defensive shape and solidity. Singapore Power began finding space in the area between JAFC's defence and midfield and their forays were rewarded with 3 goals that changed the course of the game. 

Pushing for an equalizer, JAFC sent on Weiming, Chengwei and Sudi, and should have levelled the scores on a couple of occasions. However, they were to be denied by a combination of last gasp defending and the lack of composure when faced with a goal scoring opportunity. Deep in injury time, a counter-attack by Spore Power netted them their 4th goal to add some gloss to the score-line. 

Lineup: Tianci, Jerome, Jerry, Daowei, Andrew, Anand (Sudi), Khai (Weiming), Fuhang, Pramod, Feroz, Winston (Chengwei)

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PS. Thanks all for coming down today. It is understandable that it might get a tad disappointing if you do not get to start, but i hope we can all entrust the team selection to the management. At the same time, we will probably be engaging in a practice that was started last season. Since we have almost a full squad to choose from, coach will inform us prior to the weekend the players that will be required to be present during the game. Hence it's important for you to update your attendance on time.

Next, we have set aside the 'comments' section to be an official area for players to post their attendance. Till a better method is found, we will be sticking to it. As such, pls do not vandalize that section. If you are bored and wanna fool around, do it on the chatbox or call up Chengwei and talk to him about life.