CFL 2 - Round 8

21 Feb 2010 @ Woodlands Ring Secondary School

After the euphoria of the midweek tie, KKZ travelled to another familiar pitch at Woodlands Ring Secondary, to take on another familiar team, the friendly foes, Kawabanga. Kawabanga had notched up impressive displays against fellow title rivals Eastboyz and Galaticos, hence KKZ approached this match with much caution. But once the ball started rolling, the team found its attacking momentum, and could have very nearly opened the scoring within 10 mins. However, bad finishing, and solid defence from Kawabanga meant that Kamikaze failed to get their noses infront by the half-time whistle. However, Kawabanga's failure to make the most of their chances saw the half end 0-0.

While the halftime team talk was tensed, there was a quiet confidence in the team that they will score a goal in the next half, and hence the main objective was to ensure that no goals were to be conceded. That much was achieved, as the defence and keeper were rock solid in the second half, however Kamikaze's failure to be clinical, meant that the clock ticked down with them yet to score a goal. The game looked set to end as a draw, when the soccer gods, as usual had other ideas. Kawabanga failed to clear a corner, and the ball fell to KKZ leftback Navin who miscued a volley. However, a Kawabanga defender failed to get his hands away and touched the ball inside the penalty box giving the referee no choice but to point to the spot. Up stepped Victor, who made no mistake in scoring the decisive penalty and giving the KKZ faithful their 3 points over Kawabanga for the second time.

With Galaticos losing against Eastboyz, it meant that KKZ have now finally topped the table with 2 games in hands. However, Galaticos, Dboys and even the EastBoyz cannot be written out from the title race so early. With crucial games arriving, KKZ have to be much more clinical than today, if they want to fulfil the prophecy that they have been waiting for. A league championship!

KAMIKAZE!!!

PS: Once again, the team as a whole put a highly spirited performance, and many including Faizal, Hari, Havey, USPO and Spaceship had a commendable game. Special mention must be given to the Keeper Ganesh who rediscovered his form and had a good game. However, the man of the match goes to Victor King who managed to shrug off his terrible form in the past few games, had a solid game as a fullback and eventually scored the matchwinner.

Squad: Ganesh Vivace, Suresh USPO, Jayraj Carragher, Thina Da Silva, Anand Spaceship, Anand Achu, Navin Da Silva, Cristiano Barathi, Yasin Scholes, Mohawk Vicky, Hariboy Aerocratz, El Fazail, Victor King, Diego Haresh, Havey Adebayor, Safar Torres, Seelan Kong,

Final score: Kawabanga 0 - Kamikaze FC 1
Goals: Victor King
MOM: Victor King