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Sun Tzu Park
Spectators: 7550 (Terracing: 6500, Seating: 1050, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Zak Ee started the match with the kick off. The supporters of 浙江大学 booed when Jester Monkeys was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Azly Yi-Sheng didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 7th play minutes Zafran Chandran shot 0-1, a short shot which went by Sidney Tonkin and just under the crossbar into goal. 10 minutes into the game, Daniel Namasivayam was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. 浙江大学's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Jester Monkeys the free kick. A collision led to 浙江大学 getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Daniel Namasivayam hit a great ball. In the 13th minute, Zafran Chandran left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Jester Monkeys fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. When Ronn Dhanabalan came up free with the goalie in the 16th minute, the Jester Monkeys fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ronn Dhanabalan couldn't finish the play. After some careless play in the Jester Monkeys defense, Zak Ee kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Anil Politiek. The Jester Monkeys fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Anil Politiek should have stopped the shot. The 浙江大学 fans' excitement grew in the 20th match minute when 浙江大学's Zak Ee looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 2-2 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 22nd minute, Alex Seng hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 25th minute of the match Jester Monkeys got a corner. 浙江大学'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 supporters of Jester Monkeys booed when 浙江大学 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Victor Ching didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 31stth minute of the game Zak Ee who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Jester Monkeys's Anil Politiek was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 32 minutes into the match, 浙江大学's goal looked a bit too open when Ronn Dhanabalan came free, but Sidney Tonkin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in 浙江大学's zone, Ronn Dhanabalan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sidney Tonkin came out of the goal and Ronn Dhanabalan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a defensive mix-up in 浙江大学's zone, Ronn Dhanabalan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Sidney Tonkin came out of the goal and Ronn Dhanabalan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 40 played minutes 浙江大学 got a freekick which was hit by Ryan Choy. The audience cheered when Iskandar Siong's long shot passed Sidney Tonkin's right side. It was 2-3, 41 minutes into the match. In the 45th minute, 浙江大学's Zak Ee ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Anil Politiek. Anil Politiek yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-3.

Anil Politiek showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Didi Seng, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. In the 60th minute, Didi Seng 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. In the 62nd minute Zafran Chandran shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sidney Tonkin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 66 minutes 浙江大学's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Iskandar Siong who took care of the corner kick. After a rather tough play, 浙江大学's Bryan Namasivayam got a free kick in the 66th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Iskandar Siong in the 67th minute of play forced 浙江大学's goalkeeper Sidney Tonkin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 70th match minute, 浙江大学 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Victor Ching to maneuver through the defense. Aziz Lim might have been able to make a better finish in the 71st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Sidney Tonkin. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Aziz Lim ran back to his position shaking his head. Anil Politiek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zak Ee, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ronn Dhanabalan kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. Sidney Tonkin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Azly Yi-Sheng in the 84th minute of play. In the 85th minute of the match Ryan Choy shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Anil Politiek showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 92nd minute, Zak Ee left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The 浙江大学 fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-3. Bryan Namasivayam sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 浙江大学 were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Jester Monkeys for a fine match.