Sunday, February 12, 2012

Friendly @ Canberra Secondary v.s. Apit Family

Northumberland Knights  4
Apit Family                         1 

Knights scorer: (og), Rammy, Indra, Haikal
Knights M.O.T.M: Rammy
Match Report: Donald

Well taken finishes in second-half gave Knights 3 goals after a predictably fractious, but thoroughly deserved victory over Apit Family at Canberra Secondary.


Experience and top class finishing was key to our win over the Apit Family. Even though Apit Family, playing their first football match ever, did well,the knights outplayed them and deserved the win.
During the 1st half,Knights started well and led through an own goal from the opposition in less than 5 minutes.Pressurized by Jesse, the opposition defender could only clear the ball into his own net. Undaunted by the scoreline, Apit continued to play their usual game of pass and move.Their never-say-die attitude rewarded them with a goal, albeit an unfortunate one. A long ball from the Apit defense looked easy to be deal with by Donald. However, with the unstable ground,the ball deceived the goalkeeper and bounced above him, allowing the Apit striker to tap into an open goal.This mistake gave them confidence but we went into half time all square at 1-1.

In the 2nd half, experience proved to be the key as our more experienced players started to show authority. With players such as Banks, Ashraff, Haikal and several others,we started to dominate play and create chances. It took quite sometime after several misses and saves by them got us a 2nd goal. Rammy whizzed his way past the defenders and slot the ball past the keeper. Soon afterwards, Indra made it 3-1 with an exquisite finish. Banks was hardly troubled during the 2nd half and with only a few minutes left on the clock, Haikal unleashed a 25 meters thunderbolt into the top corner which left the keeper grasping for thin air. Knights also had to hold off a spirited Apit side but held on to win 4-1.

Starting Line UpSubs
1. Donald
12. Banks
2. Rahim
13. Haikal
3. Danny
14. Roger
4. Azmi
15. Rammy
5. Taufiq
16. Zack
6. Indra17. Kai
7. Wan
18. Ashraff
8. Sean

9. Jumani

10. Jowell
11. Jesse

No comments: