7 goal thriller

REPORTED BY KEN WONG

Full Time: ODS 4 - 3 Puggol CSC(Half time: 2 - 1)
Scorers: Mark Penu(x01), Ken Wong(x01), Osman(x01), Faizal(x01)
Man Of Match: Kee Yong
Venue: Teachers' Network (Grange Road)

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Starting Line-Up
GK: Kee Yong
Def[L-R]: Hairy, Hans, Seah Kiam Meng, Tony
Mid[L-R]: Osman, Mark Penu, Chee Mun, Faizal
Striker: Ken Wong, Kim Chuan

After a long break due to H1N1, ODS finally returned to action with most of the players half fit, or carrying some niggling injuries. And to make matter worse, the opponents' average age is only about 28years old, with only 2 of their squad above 40.

In the beginning, ODS struggled to find their feet in the huge field covered by thick growth of grass. Thus, ODS soon fell behind to a counter attack from the opponents.
The striker twisted and turned, before setting his team mate up for a simple tap-in.

0-1

Shortly after the restart, Mark Penu answered to the call for the team to wake up. He took a long dipping shot from about 20metres out that beat the keeper.

1-1

ODS found the tempo that set them on a series of attacks. Crosses from the right, quick breaks on the left, penatration through the middle.

ODS then took the lead through Ken Wong after Osman did all the hardwork, and lay a simple ball between the legs of the defender for Ken Wong who was waiting right in front of goal for the easiest of tap-in.

2-1

Osman should have extended the lead, but after turning the defenders at least 3times, he failed to shoot on target.

He was in involved again when he squeezed the ball through the defence for Ken Wong to race onto. However, the keeper came out and prevented a clear shot. Ken Wong held off the pressure from the keeper and saw Kim Chuan waiting in the 6yards box. He tried to cross the ball to him, but the ball was not high enough and the towering defender headed the ball clear.

ODS failed to find the back of the net on a few more occasions.

Half Time

At half time, we had our first casualty in Gary Ong, who had backache even before he kicked the ball.

2nd Half Line-Up
GK: Kee Yong
Def[L-R]: Seah Kiam Meng, Hans, Chee Mun, Tony
Mid[L-R]: Osman, Mark Penu, Irwin, Ken Wong
Striker: Gary Ong, Kim Chuan

ODS continued the second half playing a very cautious game.

ODS extended the lead when Kim Chuan crossed the ball for Osman who was waiting at the far post to tap in.

3-1

ODS seemed to have gotten complacent after scoring the 3rd goal.

The opponents pulled the gap back after the striker wriggled his way through ODS defence and shoot past Kee Yong.

3-2

ODS failed to picked up the tempo which resulted in the opponents scoring a beautiful overhead kick for the equaliser.

3-3

Encouraged by the equaliser, the opponents dominated the game from this point on.
If not for the heroics of Kee Yong, ODS would already have conceded at least another 3goals.

Faisal scored the winning goal with a low shot at the near post, almost similar to the one he scored in the KL game.
4-3

With that, ODS capped their return to action with a narrow win.