Razemin Bin Omar
20 Male Single
DIPLOMA MIT (NYP)
Loves Sports,Games,
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Sunday, April 23, 2006 Inter-stat board 7-a-side soccer tournament
As promised..here's the update...all the Statutory Board of Singapore were there at NYP stadium on Friday 21st....HDB,PUB,NLB,SSC up to CAAS....but the main team in my own view that day was MPA...MARITIME PORT AUTHORITY....i had been their unofficial fan since 2003...hahaha...fancy being a proud unofficial fan....but the guys were a fun bunch to hang around with....never fail to make u laugh....
Anyway....MPA being grouped with EDB and RP in Group A started off well with a 1-0 win over EDB...winning the first match of the group puts them on the top of Group A... then had quite a long break....the interval between the first game and their second game was about 1 and a half hour....
then up next was RP versus EDB...the match started off strongly for both sides... but technical supremacy in the EDB side gave them a 3-0 win over RP which puts them on the top of the Group with an advantage on goal difference...therefore...strategically speaking...MPA only needs a draw with RP to see them thru to the next round....
The match which started at 8.10pm had RP giving a massive attack on the MPA defence with them needing to win MPA with a big margin to see them thru...the match went on..and half way thru the first half....RP was awarded a penalty kick after their striker was tripped by MPA centre back...so the score went up to 1-0...MPA desperately needing the equalizer...scored almost immediately from the kickoff with a powerful shot from their Captain from the halfway line..... EDB players were not happy with the equaliser....HALFTIME...second half started off well for RP yet again seeing them scoring their second goal which sent the EDB players cheering..cause that goal came abit late in the game which could see EDB thru to the next round...but a mistake by the backline of the RP gave the equalising goal to MPA for the second time....rightback for RP was the last line of defence before the goal keeper....so he decided to play the ball back to the keeper...but immediately cancelled the pass as he saw MPA captain prowling right behind him....and pushed the ball a little too far to the right...showers before the match had made it difficult for the players to run...but the captain for the MPA team kept the pressure down and managed to sprint for the ball where he slide the ball off the leg off the defender straight into the net....that goal had seen MPA thru to the next round and EDB players were sent packing...
The quarter final match was the last for MPA where they were knocked out by PUB after losing 3-0...not much action was seen...except for a short pushing between players from NYP and CAAS...NYP not happy with the ref's standard of officiating...decided to boycott the game by not challenging for the ball....instead they wiated for an attack from CAAS which apparently did not come....but when it did....it almost sparked off a fight when an NYP defender was stomped to the ground on the chest by a CAAS player....after failing to get the ball with a sliding tackle.....the winner for the tournament was not known as i had left the stadium soon after the elimination of MPA from the tournament..nevertheless..i shall try to find it out....
