League

Monkey Field
Spectators: 9225 (Terracing: 6920, Seating: 2122, VIP seats: 183) In the 6th minute of the match Jester Monkeys got a corner. Danbery City's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Iskandar Siong ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Iskandar Siong almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Danbery City's Gara Chuan did a great save. After 8 minutes, Aziz Lim made it 1-0 with a short kick to the right side. Danbery City's Gara Chuan tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Ryan Ning received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Anil Politiek tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Jester Monkeys booed when Danbery City was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 14 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ronn Nagasaki didn't get a good kick on the ball. 19 minutes into the match, Jester Monkeys's Zafran Chandran sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gara Chuan narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Gara Chuan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zafran Chandran, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Zafran Chandran in the 24th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Gara Chuan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Zafran Chandran's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gara Chuan was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Aziz Lim got free with Gara Chuan in the 40th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a defensive mix-up in Danbery City's zone, Aziz Lim stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gara Chuan came out of the goal and Aziz Lim tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Zafran Chandran made a kick off. After a rather tough play, Danbery City's Bakar Swee got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Aziz Lim fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gara Chuan having to interfere. Afiz Ching's late challenge caught a Jester Monkeys's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Afiz Ching helped the player get up and apologised. 62 minutes into the game, one of Danbery City:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 64th minute there was a penalty for Jester Monkeys. Iskandar Siong stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Gara Chuan. 3-0. If Zafran Chandran had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Gara Chuan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aziz Lim in the 76th minute of the match. Jester Monkeys's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Iskandar Siong in the 77th minute. It was a well-played corner which Afriz Tan managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Aziz Lim sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After some careless play in the Danbery City defense, Zafran Chandran kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Gara Chuan. The Danbery City fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Gara Chuan should have stopped the shot. Gara Chuan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zafran Chandran in the 87th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Aziz Lim managed to get in a good position for a shot. Jester Monkeys's supporters rose to their feet, but Aziz Lim was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gara Chuan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Zafran Chandran's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Gara Chuan read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 91st minute of play. If Alexander Sim had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jester Monkeys's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.