Kamikaze Comes Out Largely Untested

16 Oct 2011
Goal Arena Round 3
Kamikaze vs Eastland
Serangoon Stadium @5pm

Kamikaze entered this 3rd league match seeking to keep pace with the top two teams. By the end of the match they had firmly established themselves as a team to be watched. They entered Serangoon Stadium in their away colours of Orange looking every bit majestic as they could be. And they sashayed and swayed around the pitch with the panache of a truly title-contending team.

In what was a largely one-sided match, they had 5 different goal scorers all playing their roles effectively. Vijay, Barathi, Safar, Pratheep and Vishnu all got onto the scoresheets. Gerard, Hari, Vijay, Safar and Barathi were all credited with the assists. Akbar was untested as the defence stood firm, and even when he had to make his saves, he did it with class to get a clean sheet. This was not the biggest test for KKZ, for that will come later. Nonetheless the team came out of it with sky-rocketing confidence and will look forward to their next assignment. Safar, who interestingly dismissed all allegations of being an individualistic player, can't stop assisting as he won the Man of the Match award for this match.

This is just another match, another 3 points. While they value these points, the team is not getting carried away, for they know tougher tasks await them if they wanna reclaim glory. Watch this space...

KAMIKAZE!!!

Final Score: KKZ 5 - Eastland 0

Squad List: Akbar, Neshsta, Premnathan, Dinesh Manjan, Haravin, USPO, Hari, Barathi, Safar, Vijay, Gerard, Vishnu, Pratheep, Maaran, Yasin, Thina, Haresh

Goals: Vijay, Barathi, Safar, Pratheep, Vishnu
Assists: Gerard, Safar, Barathi, Vijay, Hari
M.O.M: Safar Maestro

Kamikaze rout S.S to grab 3 points in style

9 Oct 2011
Goal Arena Round 2
Kamikaze vs S.S
Yio Chu Kang Sec @5pm

If they were looking to do away the disappointment of last week's draw and bounce back in style, Kamikaze found no perfect way other than to smash 6 past S.S in an extremely one-sided match.

When the whistle blew to signal the kickoff, few would have predicted the rout, as a 10 man S.S kept KKZ at bay and even had a few half chances their way. But in just under 7 minutes, Yasin struck yet again to give KKZ an early lead following some neat footwork from Safar. Safar was one of several players making his Goal Arena league debut for Kamikaze, and he put in a dazzling show to remember. Within 13 minutes, Kamikaze doubled their lead after yet another dazzling run from Safar led to an own-goal as the S.S defender turned his cross into the net.
Halfway through the half, the match was as good as over, as Hevy played in a teasing cross, that Lavanesh, another league debutant, supremely volleyed into the top-right corner for what was arguably the best corner of the day.

That sparked a raft of substitutions, that heaped more misery onto S.S, as one of the substitutes Vijay, another player making his debut, found it almost too easy to link up with Safar. The pair accounted for the next 2 KKZ goals, as Safar remained provided, whilst Vijay did the role of the finisher, to put KKZ up 5-0.

With such a commanding lead, the team took it easy after the break, and concentrated on giving the huge squad ample playing time. That strategy almost backfired, as KKZ conceded a soft consolation goal. However, no harm was done, as Hari, had the final say by scoring his first Goal Arena league goal with a neat finish curled round the keeper.

Kamikaze came out of this match with a high morale. Nonetheless, questions remained. Will the team, improve their passing play to handle tougher opponents. Will the defence remain steady against pacier strikers? Will the management handle the substitutions more effectively? Most importantly, Are Kamikaze Title-contenders??? Watch this space!

KAMIKAZE!!!

Squad List: Akbar De Gila, Neshsta Dinesh, Jayraj Carragher, Maaran Smalling, Premnathan Millionaire, Vstar Viki, Suresh USPO, Gerard Zidane, Hari Aerocratz, Manjan Fletcher-Dinesh, Lavanesh Nani, Haravin Little, El Fazail Pistolero, Safar Maestro, Vijay Hernandez, Havey Drogba, Victor King, Yasin Scholes

Final Score: KKZ 6 - S.S 1

Goals: Yasin, Lavanesh, Vijay (2), Hari
Assists: Safar (4), Hevy, Fazail
M.O.M: Vijay Hernandez

Kamikaze has a perfect start shattered

2 Oct 2011
Goal Arena Round 1
Kamikaze vs Chai Chee CSC
Junyuan Secondary @ 3pm

Kamikaze had the perfect of starts as they went up 1-0 in the opening 15 minutes thanks to a wonder strike by Yasin to finish up a super cross from Havey. Havey who had earlier missed a penalty, latched on to good work from Barathi down the right flank to put in the cross that Yasin brilliantly scissors-kicked into goal. That sparked several attacking moves from KKZ mostly originating from El Fazail and Barathi, who made his long awaited comeback with much pomp. However, they failed to convert any of those chances and that would soon return to haunt them as they only ended the first half with a solitary goal to show.

Throughout the match, KKZ showed their weakness in handling set-pieces. It was through a set-piece where they were eventually punished as Chai Chee pulled a goal back, by a brilliantly worked free-kick. Despite dominating possession for the rest of the half, and creating several gilt-edged chances, failure to finish meant that Kamikaze only has 1 point for all their hard-work in their first league game.

After the match, Acting Manager Seelan shrugged off the draw saying that the team has always been slow starters. He also put his support behind striker Havey and promised that the player will come good. While they might not have been happy with a draw, Kamikaze will not let this setback deter them and will be even more determined and focused for the clash with S.S. Like Seelan said, this will not be 2 points dropped, but 1 hard point earned.

KAMIKAZE!!!

Squad List: Ganesh Vivace, Neshsta Dinesh, Jayraj Carragher, Jana Skrtel, Premnathan Millionaire, Manjan Fletcher-Dinesh, El Fazail Pistolero, Suresh USPO, Gerard Zidane, Hari Aerocratz, Cristiano Barathi, Haravin Little, Havey Drogba, Victor King, Diego Haresh, Yasin Scholes

Final Score: KKZ 1 - Chai Chee CSC 1

Goals: Yasin
Assists: Havey
M.O.M: Suresh USPO