Goodfellas 0 vs 0 Wing Luen

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<p>#6 Goodfellas 0; #2 Wing Luen 0<br /><br />Match Details<br />Date: 9:30pm, Thursday, March 18<br />Place: Happy Valley #12<br />First Half: Andy; Ikes, Chris; Alex C (Leo), David, Koh (Nomu); Ced (Eddie)<br />Second Half: Andy; Ikes, Chris; Leo, David, Nomu (Koh); Eddie (Alex)<br /><br />In a week where the equinox was upon us, the fellas came into this<br />game against the second ranked team with a even goal difference, and<br />would leave with the pitch with our harmonious goal difference in<br />place. Coming into the last game of a good but rollercoaster M7<br />season, the fellas were up for a win against a strong team on a Happy<br />Valley 12 pitch - replete with a slower artificial grass surface -<br />that we have traditionally fared well on.&nbsp; We started the match<br />strongly with good movement both in the middle and down the flanks,<br />and had several good opportunities to get on the score sheet through<br />two good crosses, one from the left flank from Koh which Alex C shot<br />only to be saved at point blank range and another from a right corner<br />kick to a strong header from Ced.&nbsp; Halfway through this first half, we<br />made a round of substitutions, including taking off our french goal<br />machine Ced, who limped off after a tough challenge.&nbsp; One unlikely<br />threat came from striker of the day, Eddie, who ran at everything<br />thrown at him, and even running half the right flank only to see his<br />angled shot saved.<br /><br />In the second half, the fellas pressed harder as Wing Luen anxiously<br />punted the ball downfield when striker-defender Eddie, and then Alex<br />C, harassed their backline.&nbsp; Leo made a number of good runs but<br />unfortunately into walls of defenders as they got back to defend.<br />Perhaps things may have been more fruitful if Wing Luen's goalkeeper<br />hadn't played as commandingly - he was their best player, making point<br />blank saves, directing their makeshift defense, and even eliciting<br />words from our resident pacifist Koh for a strong challenge.&nbsp; At this<br />point, Wing Luen counter attacked hard, and saw a few solid efforts<br />veer just to the left of Andy's post.&nbsp; In the end, perhaps a fair<br />result that saw the fellas hold their own against a team that would<br />qualify for the automatic group stage of the Champions League.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As a<br />roundup, we just need to spread the ball better and link up more<br />players in attack higher up the pitch, like we did well in the first<br />half and did pretty badly in the second as we became more individual<br />and a bit reckless.<br /><br />Despite a season spanning almost two years, the fellas ended the<br />season strongly and perhaps our sixth place finish amongst the<br />12-teams in the<br />league owed more to high turnover in our starting line up rather than<br />our commitment.&nbsp; Thankfully, we don't have to wait until the next<br />equinox to redeem ourselves: The new season starts next month.<br />