Thursday, June 14, 2012


Maestro fc 1:2 fc Rovers (Rong An)
Match Review by Jeffery

After 2 long weeks without a league match , MFC was eager to continue their winning streak , this time against Rovers fc. Filled with big and strong player . They are unbeaten in the league just like MFC and one of the teams that are competing for the cup.

It was a good turn out for the MFC side with nearly 20 players coming for the match . The pitch however was not the usual size . It was shorter and less wide giving MFC a big disadvantage over the opponent. MFC started with a strong and experinced team . With Rong An and Gua Xian up front and and Gerald and the lung-less Eugene.

The team started well and control much of the match until their number 10 , a tall , skinny and intelligent player started playing dirty causing mfc players to get annoyed . The team was fouled countless times on and off the ball and with an Inexperienced referee MFC players were the protected and were bullied and scared of the opponent team. Many on field players were afraid to tackle and afraid when having the ball . Allowing Rovers fc to start controlling the game slowly . Keeper Brian made 2-3 good save in keeping the match leveled. Hakim had a goal ruled out for offside and that changed the course of the game totally. Then come their first goal . With the first coming from a goal the hole team thought was not over the line . A shot from their tricky left winger was bound to go out of play but their captain , number 10 , missed his slide but luck was not on mfc’s side as the ball hit the post into the path of the big man and went over the line .

The second gave our keeper no chance . It was a free kick from the half way line that was not meant to be a shot . With all our defender missing their header to clear the ball , it rebounded off the post and into the goal . our keeper was wrong footed.

The second half was a totally different story . MFC was confident , unafraid of their players and the substitutes doing well . We controlled the game . MFC was awarded a penalty with one of the rovers fc player using his hand to control the ball in the penalty box . It was Rong An who stepped up to take this one and made no mistake . the score was now 2-1 . MFC now trailing by a goal and looking desperately to score another to make the game level. Many chances were wasted and our goal scorer again hitting the woodwork with a superb freekick from outside the box . Player outside the field bitting their nails with MFC not converting the chances they have to score.

Unlucky for MFC , there was not enough time to score the equalizer and it ended with us losing 2-1 . However there are positives from this match . Now we know that MFC has the never say die attidude. We never gave up looking the that 2nd goal to the last kick . We also know that MFC has the quality on the bench the change the game if the starting line up is not doing a good job.

High points
-good saves from Brian , helped kept the team alive
-good play from in 2nd half
-man of the match to Norris in defence
-good team work and passing


Low points
-lousy pitch
-opponent team no sportsmanship
- poor refereeing decisions






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