rjc 3-0 ex-acjc

venue: Bukit Timah Field
match: RJC 3-0 ex-ACJC
weather: extremely sunny at first, light drizzle in the end

line-up: Fairuz Chang Wen
Geoffrey Peiqian Zhihao Soo Tet
Renji Kin Yip Adzfar
Jieming
ShengXiang (gk)


We were there much earlier than their team, because after goodness knows how long we haven't played, we can't wait any more.

So we kicked off at around 1pm, under the blistering sun, with the old buncit ref. Peiqian is cock la, he said to us 'u better dun try anything stupid with this ref, cos he sent me off before'. haha :p Everything was quite even in the first half, not many scoring chances and space was pretty tight. But I think we started more brightly, with nice passes into space on both flanks. We tried slotting through balls, but couldn't find space in between their defenders, who were both strong on the ground and in the air. I tried drifting wide to collect the passes but everytime I tried to burn them, they could match my pace or I tapped the ball too far forward. Overall our defence was okay, but still a bit shaky at times.

There was one scoring chance for me which went begging. A mixed up in defence forced a weak clearance into my path. I was on the right corner of the 6yard box. I tried to find the top left corner, but the ball ballooned wide for a throw in! Wasted chance.

Second half was much better, especially due to the drizzle. We felt more amped up, and attacked vigorously down either flanks. We threw in crosses after crosses after they seriously threatened our goal with a menacing drive just outside the penalty area, which our 'keeper managed to brilliantly tip over the bar. One of such crosses forced them to concede (or rather conceive) a corner. Soo Tet curled a superb floater which the 'keeper flapped at before the ball trickled into the net. 1-0 to RJ!

Obviously that goal lifted our game to a higher notch. Another surging run down the right wing after great work by Adzfar saw Soo Tet tumbling. He took the freekick to area C, supposedly, but the ball went straight into the top left corner. 2-0 to RJ!

I didn't feel as good playing this match as the recent few matches. Maybe its bcoz of the socks, the white junior socks. I couldn't find as much space as I would like. And my runs weren't as penetrative as before.

Peiqian had a good game supporting the attack with his neat passes and flicks, along with Geoffrey always releasing me into space. Zhi Hao worked like hell in the centre, breaking up their play to feed us with the ball. Another combination play saw Soo Tet having a clear sight of goal, his shot for his hat-trick was so powerful that the keeper couldn't hold onto it. The ball dropped under his body and I was first to it, so i toe-poked it into the empty net. Yay! 3-0 to RJ! Surely they can't catch up now.

Areas that I need improvements in:
1. Handling with crosses: either taking shots or headers, or to set up a teammate.
2. Crossing: because i may free myself on the flanks, but i need to locate my teammates well with good crosses.
3. Shooting: more power and accuracy with my shots, means learning the correct techniques and postures.

Overall, we played quite well, and are definitely looking forward to more games under our belt.

Personal Goal Tally: 4 goals in 3 games.