Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Kamikaze Unbeaten Streak comes to an end

MOF SEASON 6 DIVISION 2
ROUND 8
KAMIKAZE FC vs Philippines FC
23rd Nov 2014
3pm WestSpring Secondary

After going through 7 matches unbeaten, Kamikaze were flying high on confidence. Nonetheless, a rejuvenated Philippines FC and Kamikaze's own defensive frailities might have caused them some concerns, but the warning signs were not heeded. A calamitous first-half performance saw the team go down 3 goals with none in reply.

With all the valour needed to muster an escape job, Kamikaze entered the second half rejuvenated and their efforts bore them rewards as within 10 minutes they were back in the game with 2 goals scored. But terrible refereeing which saw a clear penalty appeal waived off and the match time reduced by 4 minutes for no reason, ensured that there was to be no escape.

Nevertheless, the team will have to take this as a learning lesson. Defence is not a duty of just a select group of players but the entire team, and the team will have to improve its defending if it wants to mount a serious title challenge. The defeat has once again given the impetus to TGXI who will go top if they win their game in hand.

For now, once again, it is back to the drawing blocks for Kamikaze!

Squad: Pratip (GK), Jefri, Prem, Hara (c), Jayaraj, Marek, Yeli, Haresh, Safar, Hevy, Vijay, Barathi, Nelson, Riswan

Manager Of The Day: Jayaseelan

Goals: Jefri (2)
Assists: Barathi, Safar

Final Score: Kamikaze FC 2 - 3 Philippines FC
Man Of The Match: Jefri

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