League Play-Off

Monkey Field
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Asiz Pillai started the match with the kick off. With a little luck, Howden United's Alam Politiek got control of the ball when Zafran Chan tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Jester Monkeys's zone, Azam Sum stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Anil Politiek came out of the goal and Azam Sum tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Asiz Pillai's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anil Politiek was relentless in the 10th minute of the game. A collision led to Howden United getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Didi Leng hit a great ball. Howden United's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Ronn Dhanabalan 13 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-0. 16 minutes into the match, Zafran Chan notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Howden United's Alam Politiek. Alam Politiek was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Albert Chian received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Alam Politiek tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Shafiq Liang kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. Alam Politiek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Azly Yi-Sheng, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 22 minutes into the match, Howden United's Asiz Pillai sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Anil Politiek narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Alam Politiek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Azly Yi-Sheng in the 25th minute of play. The supporters of Jester Monkeys booed when Howden United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Didi Leng didn't get a good kick on the ball. Azly Yi-Sheng sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd rose to their feet as Albert Chian kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Alam Politiek. That made the score 3-0 in the 29 minute of play. Anil Politiek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Asiz Pillai in the 33rd minute of play. Darryl Abdul scored 3-1 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Anil Politiek, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Alam Politiek showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Azly Yi-Sheng, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. After 42 played minutes Howden United got a freekick which was hit by Darryl Abdul. Howden United's defense didn't have a chance, in the 47th minute, when Ronn Dhanabalan scored to the left of an out of position Alam Politiek, making the score, 4-1. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Azly Yi-Sheng made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ronn Dhanabalan in the 53rd minute of play forced Howden United's goalkeeper Alam Politiek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Azly Yi-Sheng in the 56th minute of play forced Howden United's goalkeeper Alam Politiek to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alam Politiek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zafran Chan in the 60th minute of the match. In the 61st minute, Azly Yi-Sheng made a precise shot to the right of Alam Politiek. Howden United's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-1. After 64 played minutes Howden United got a freekick which was hit by Darryl Abdul. Alam Politiek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Azly Yi-Sheng, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Howden United's Alam Politiek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zafran Chan in the 67th minute of play. Alam Politiek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ronn Dhanabalan in the 68th minute of the match. Ronn Dhanabalan took the ball and in the 72 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alam Politiek. Alam Politiek dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-1. 77 minutes into the match, Ronn Dhanabalan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alam Politiek. Howden United's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ronn Dhanabalan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 7-1. Anil Politiek made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Asiz Pillai in the 83rd minute of play. In the 85th minute, Zafran Chan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alam Politiek was frozen by the shot and now it was 8-1. In the 90th minute Ronn Dhanabalan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alam Politiek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Howden United's Alam Politiek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Afriz Tan in the 91st minute of play. 93 minutes into the match, Howden United's goal looked a bit too open when Azly Yi-Sheng came free, but Alam Politiek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Albert Chian took the ball and in the 94 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alam Politiek. Alam Politiek dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 9-1. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Jester Monkeys fully deserved thier win.