League

Yaptoon Park
Spectators: 8464 (Terracing: 6344, Seating: 1950, VIP seats: 170) Revengers's Wong Hongyi started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Revengers's Wong Hongyi got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Prime Chan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Wong Hongyi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Faizal Lim having to interfere. 12 minutes into the game, Wong Hongyi cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Faizal Lim was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Faizal Lim came out of the goal in the 17th minute to try and stop a shot by Revengers's Wong Hongyi. But to his dismay, Wong Hongyi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Faizal Lim took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Shahron Vijiaratnam, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 23 minutes of play, Revengers's Shahron Vijiaratnam made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Faizal Lim was left in no man's land by his defense there! Faizal Lim came out of the goal in the 25th minute to try and stop a shot by Revengers's Wong Hongyi. But to his dismay, Wong Hongyi quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. The attack was good, but when Wong Hongyi in the 29th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. 31 minutes into the game, Anil Ching was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Yaptoon's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Revengers the free kick. In the 31st match minute, Yaptoon was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Anil Ching to maneuver through the defense. Wong Hongyi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Faizal Lim having to interfere. After some careless play in the Yaptoon defense, Shahron Vijiaratnam kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Faizal Lim. The Yaptoon fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Faizal Lim should have stopped the shot. Shahron Vijiaratnam sent away a hard shot on goal in the 38th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wong Hongyi in the 39th minute of play forced Yaptoon's goalkeeper Faizal Lim to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Faizal Lim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anil Siong in the 41st minute of play. 42 minutes into the match, Yaptoon's goal looked a bit too open when Shahron Vijiaratnam came free, but Faizal Lim reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Faizal Lim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anil Siong in the 43rd minute of play. Prime Chan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rifki Soon to make the kick off. Merlin Gopala Pillai recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 51st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Prime Chan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 65th minute, Prime Chan got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Anil Siong fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 67th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Faizal Lim having to interfere. Anil Siong recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 71st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Yaptoon's zone, Anil Siong stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Faizal Lim came out of the goal and Anil Siong tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Anil Siong got free with Faizal Lim in the 74th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Faizal Lim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wong Hongyi in the 76th minute of play. 80 minutes into the match, Yaptoon's goal looked a bit too open when Wong Hongyi came free, but Faizal Lim reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 82 minutes of play, Revengers's Shahron Vijiaratnam made it 0-9 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Faizal Lim was left in no man's land by his defense there! Yaptoon's defense didn't have a chance, in the 86th minute, when Anil Siong scored to the left of an out of position Faizal Lim, making the score, 0-10. Faizal Lim made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anil Siong in the 89th minute of play. Anil Siong fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Faizal Lim having to interfere. Revengers played a much better game than Yaptoon and deserved their victory. The Yaptoon players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.