Sunday, May 3, 2009

JAFC 3-0 West United

Fresh from last week's win against Admiralty, JAFC kept up the momentum with a 3-0 win over bottom placed West Utd. Unlike previous seasons, the overall standard of the league has definitely improved, as West Utd played decent football and were not pushovers.

Displaying faith in the versatility of his players, Coach Arasu played Pramod in his 3rd position this season at left-mid, Weiming as the lone striker, Andrew in RM and Aaron as the DM. JAFC was in control for most parts of the first half, with Weiming displaying Drogba-like moments with his physical hustling and Kennard capping a fine debut with a solid display at RB. As is the trend in most games this season, JAFC took the lead in the first half.

A long throw from Aaron was flicked on by Feroz to Andrew. Displaying balance, agility and a surprisingly deft left foot, Andrew half-volleyed/scooped the ball across the keeper and into the net. 1-0 to JAFC at HT.

After HT, West Utd came out with all guns blazing and employed a high pressing game to prevent JAFC from getting their passing game going. West also replaced their striker with a target man and started bombarding the JAFC defence with early crosses from the right. From a headed clearance by JAFC, West almost equalised as their midfielder latched onto the clearance and rocketed a shot against the underside of the crossbar.  

The more desperate West Utd got for the equalizer, the higher they pushed defensive line. It was a high risk, high return strategy that was reaping dividends as they took a stranglehold of the game. Their cause was aided by the linesman's eagerness to raise his flag at every given opportunity as JAFC employed a counter attacking game. However, the linesman's arms eventually tired as he kept his flag down for Andrew to run through on goal to smash in his and JAFC's 2nd goal.

Late in injury time, JAFC broke through the offside trap once again with Winston opening his account with a near post finish. 

Lineup: Tianci, Kennard (Winston), Jerry, Junrong (Khai), Jerome, Pramod, Fuhang, Feroz, Aaron, Andrew, Weiming
Bench: Victor

Quotes: None that i heard. Any contributors?

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