East Zone Junior Soccer 1st Round
TKP Juniors vs St Stephen's Pri 4-1
The junior soccer boys, were going to play against the one and only St Stephen!!! St Stephen is a really good school. It is really difficult to beat them. Their defense is really tight and it is hard to avoid them. Here is what happened during the match.
It all started when everyone was in 5 Olympism Classroom for a briefing before the game (again). Mr Shahul (our soccer coach) was briefing us about formations and strategies. It was a very important day for us, and we all showed a serious face and listened to Mr Shahul attentively. The coach told us that our target was 2-0, but that was the minimum. All of us had the same feeling. We all felt enthusiastic, but nervous.
We went downstairs and boarded the bus that was going to Qiaonan Primary School. The bus was extremely small! It could only fit 20 pupils (but there were more than 20), so all of us had to squeeze. After, 10-15 minutes, we finally arrived at Qiaonan where we were going to have our match.
We did a few stretches and warm-ups, as usual. During the warm-up, we had to split into 2, the Goal Keepers and the mid-fielders and others. All of us were trying very hard to get everything right and to warm-up properly before the game.
This was going to be a huge battle!!! We did a confident huddle screaming “TK!” as loud as we could… At last, the game started! There were many wonderful saves by Aaron, our best Goal Keeper. Naviinjaay scored the first goal. There was a clear corner to Naviinjaay and he headed the ball straight in and scored!! TK was leading 1-0. There was another shot made by Alif. We were still leading 2-0. And that was the end of the first half.
The second half, Jose took over Kendrick since he was extremely tired after playing the first half. St Stephens scored a goal that was straight into the goal post. Aaron almost caught it but it was too late. St Stephens now has 1 point. The score was 2-1. We continued playing and Hairi and Ian managed to score a goal each. There was one huge weakness during the game: The ball hit the crossbar at least 5 times when attempting for a shot.
Surprisingly, Naviinjaay was the star of the team for the match today! One was the clear corner and scored straight in (what I have mentioned) and there was another where it was a 1st time volley by him, it hit the crossbar but St Stephen’s Goal Keeper did not even notice. His best words during the game were “Don’t be scared of them!” Good play by Naviinjaay!
We won 4-1 to a really good school, but proved that we were better. We beat our target too! It was suppose to be 2-0 but we beat it! Congratulations!!!
(posted by Cherylene)
Don't be misled...They are stretching not being punished!!!
Warming-up...all looking very confident!
Navinjaay looking focussed for the game...
One last huddle before the match
Navinjaay with a spectacular volley! He was the Man of the Match!
Alif clearing the ball
Acrobats in mid-air??? Nice shot...photographer!