Salibandy VS Tampines East Knights

Face off was won by tampins east knights and they started to play the ball but shazni from line 1 managed to deflect the ball and faris was able to receive the ball and Salibandy now has the possesion.

Faris dribbles up the court, weaves thru 2 players, beats them, sees alif running up the opposite and passes the ball. The ball Magically as usual goes thru all the players;a beautifully timed pass... ALIF TRIES!! HE MISSES THE BALL!! Ooh no! a golden opportunity missed to gain the lead.

Throughout the whole first period... there were both offensive and defensive plays by both teams! but unfortunately as the buzzer sounds... both teams were dead locked at nil- nil!

2nd period
Line 1 steps in to start the period. Syahmi with a great defensive play steals possession of the ball and immediately plays it to ali... Decisively, Faris cuts in from the left flank to the centre.... ALI SEES THE RUN!! HE PASSES PERFECTLY!! FARIS NO WITH THE BALL! IT'S A 2 to 1... Faris beats the DEFENDER!! OH NO!! BUT WAIT!! HE GETS TRIPPED!! OUCH!!!

oh folks this isn't looking too good. Faris isn't getting up... Lets look at the replay of that.

there you can see Faris clearly just sweeping past the defender... but look at what the defender did..he lunges the stick right in between Faris's legs and WHAM!!! Down Faris goes hitting the hardcourt with his right knee. OH!!! What a terrible challenge.

Faris is taken off the court by the help of his team mates and line 2 goes in to take the free hit. taufiq stands up to take it. The wall just ahead of him looks formidable... the ref blows the whistle.

taufiq takes a step forward... at the corner of his eye...he sees Chau. HE PASSES; BEAUTIFULLY TIMED AND WEIGHED!

At this moment...somehow...Time just went at a crawling pace.

CHAU RUNS UP! HE WINDS UP!! HE SHOOTS!!!!!!!!!!!! * TWACK* FOOMMMMMM!! The ball dart towards the goal...



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GOAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It goes to the top right hand corner!! AMAZING!!!! SALIBANDY LEADS!!!

FINALLY!! AFTER more than 20 minutes! THE FIRST GOAL HAS BEEN SCORED!!

face off at the centreline.. tampines east knights ups the pace. they field in their secret weapon... THE AWESOMELY HUGE CAUCASIAN!!

desperate to equalise....they physically challenged and got through salibandy's half... attacking relentlessly, knocking down players like bowling pins.

despite that... Salibandy continue counter attacking valiantly. With Faris resting on the bench with a slightly busted knee... Farhan takes over.

The caucasian of Tampines East knights came in from the left flank..trampling farhan but was strategically funnelled down to the left flank by syahmi. Syahmi lunges his stick and the ball goes loose!he picks the ball up and gives a long drive to farhan. farhan's well planned deflection of the ball gets picked up by Shaz.

SHAZ RUNS UP TRAILING 2 PLAYERS BEHIND HIM WITH ONLY THE CAUCASIAN LEFT TO BEAT BEFORE HE GOES STRAIGHT TO THE GOAL!

With a swift left-right motion of his stick and a sudden burst of speed, SHAZ BEATS THE CAUCASIAN!! AMAZING STUFF! He runs up alone...the caucasian just right behind him catching up. HE CATCHES UP with SHAZ! OH NO! Shaz is alone!! ALIF is not supporting him!! Shaz decides to go behind the net!

BAMMM!! A DEFENDER iS THERE... !! Shaz crashes heavily into the defender... just as he thought it was over.... THE CAUCASIAN SLAMS INTO SHAZ!! SANDWICHING SHAZ!!

CRAAASSHSHHHH!!!

SHAZNI IS DOWN!! BUT THE PLAY GOES ON!!
WHATS GOING ON REF?!?! ARE YOU BLIND?!?

Shaz recovers only to find that his specs are broken. The lens actually broke into HALF! goodness gracious me!

Tampines East kights counter attacks!! ALI Steals the ball and resets the play to syahmi. Syahmi holds the ball...

An attacker Runs at full speed towards him!! SYAHMI PANICS!! WITH THE PASSING ANGLE to alif CLOSED! HE had no where to run! instinctively..he runs to the centre...
THE ATTACKER CRASHES INTO SYAHMI!! SYAHMI LOSES THE BALL RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE GOAL!!
THE ATTACKER WHACKS THE BALL BLINDLY!!!

GOOAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL~!!!! TAMPINES EAST KNIGHTS EQUALISE!!!!

1-1

just in the nick of time to end the 2nd period.

You can just feel the heat from Mr Amir when they equalised!! THE ANGER! THE FRUSTRATION!!He leaves the Team to talk things out on their own and solve their own probs.

Folks you can just feel the tension in the salibandy team as they try to figure and resolve what went wrong.

the Ref blows the whistle and THE FINAL PERIOD IS IN PLAY!

THE FINAL PERIOD.

Line 1 starts off. Oh look!!! FARIS IS BACK IN THE GAME!! AMAZING RECOVERY FOLKS!
AFter that bad fall... his sheer determination and perseverance to win this game for Salibandy is the sole reason why he's back up from the bench.

FACE OFF!! Shaz loses the ball...Tampines east Knights PRESSES ON!! A full attack!! Line 1 tired from fencing off the relentless attacks are wearing down!

Salibandy now on the half-court press! all 10 players are in salibandy's half!! The ball goes behind the net and is fought hard by syahmi. Syahmi loses the ball...tampines east knights...now desperate to find a way to get the ball thru... Finally.. with lady luck on their side... the ball goes thru Ali's legs and is deflected off by Alif's blade...the ball goes just beyond the Top D line and A defender shoots!!

BUMP! BOINK! BUM! FOOOMMMM!!!!!

WHAT?!?!?

OMG! IT"S A GOAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLll~!!!!!!

WHAT HAPPENED?! LEts look at the replay. here..the defender just whacks the ball... Shaz was There... it hits shaz! DEFLECTS HIM! IT HITS SYAHMI!! DEFLECTION!! HITS AN ATTACKER! AND IT JUST TOOK SALIBANDY"S KEEPER BY SURPRISE!!!

Ain't really the most fantastic of goals!! BUT STILL! A GOAL! TAMPINES EAST KNIGHTS LEADS!!!

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