League

Rothley
Spectators: 8409 (Terracing: 6307, Seating: 1934, VIP seats: 168) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Noh Lim made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of Steeple Claydon booed when Rothley was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 7 match minutes in a wonderful position. Noh Lim didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mujahid Ching showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shafiq Hsi in the 10th minute of the match. Rothley's Mujahid Ching played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amirul Tan in the 13th minute of play. Noh Lim fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Darryl Lee having to interfere. Mujahid Ching made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amirul Tan in the 23rd minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Noh Lim got free with Darryl Lee in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Mujahid Ching showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shafiq Hsi in the 28th minute of the match. Ong Lim's late challenge caught a Steeple Claydon's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ong Lim helped the player get up and apologised. In the 29th match minute, Rothley was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ong Lim to maneuver through the defense. Mujahid Ching showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Afiz Ching in the 30th minute of the match. In the 33rd match minute, Rothley was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joel Swee to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Steeple Claydon's Joel Butcher got a free kick in the 38th minute. Mujahid Ching made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Afiz Ching in the 45th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Afiz Ching could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 54th minute of the match, but Mujahid Ching made a huge save. Amirul Tan succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-2 in the 55th playminute. Darryl Lee showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Noh Lim, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. Amirul Tan kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Mujahid Ching made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shafiq Hsi in the 75th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Rothley's Joel Swee got a free kick in the 76th minute. Joel Swee hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. 85 minutes into the match, Amirul Tan dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Mujahid Ching, 0-4. In the 90th minute, Dale Hui 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. Rothley's Noh Lim got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Shafiq Hsi in the 95th minute of play forced Rothley's goalkeeper Mujahid Ching to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Amirul Tan got free with Mujahid Ching in the 96th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Steeple Claydon played a much better game than Rothley and deserved their victory. The Rothley players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.