beautiful disaster
this is starrystarrytwenty
"No, there is no escape.
There is no heaven with a little hell in it -
no plan to retain this or that of the devil in our hearts or our pockets
Out Satan must go, every hair and feather."
- GEORGE MACDONALD
"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen:
not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else."
- C.S. LEWIS
Thursday, June 15, 2006
lion city cup..
rite.. letz continue.. :D
hm.. we'll go pretty much in a chronological order..
first lioncity cup..
an u18 tournament where singapore plays host to several countries..
this time round, there was only one other country in the u18.. haha.. hongkong, sg team A (which marcus played in) and sg team B (this team consists of the u16s).. cambodia pulled out last minute cz of political reasons.. i think itz the shangri la conference in sg..
anywayz.. first match marc had was agst hongkong at the sports sch..
shawn, sheryl (marcz gf of abt a mnth) and i went to watch him.. was a pretty physical match.. the hongkongers were pretty big size.. i muz say their one touch passing is good.. their strikerz pretty speedy.. their thru balls are cool manz.. haha.. the score ended 1-1.. with sg ending the game with 9men.. hahaa.. marc was one of the two who got sent off..
marc got his second yellow in injury time.. shldnt have gotten sent off.. both players went in pretty strongly for the ball, juz so happen that the hongkong player went dwn and the stUpid ref gave him a second yellow.. if it had been marc who went dwn, the hongkong player wld have gotten the yellow..
hafta say that indian refs suck.. im not racist.. but everytime itz an indian ref, they aLWAYs make stUPid decisions.. sigh..
and so marc was banned for one match, the one agst sg team B.. and in the finals, he returned to the starting line up.. o yar, it was sg team A vs hongkong.. again..
finals were held at jalan basaer stadium.. again, shawn and sheryl were there with me.. but this time, sheryl actually brought her whole family along..
this match was exciting manz.. hahaa..
juz as physical as the first match, this time, a fight broke out on the pitch.. heehee.. (jie: u know how i am abt fights on the pitch. *chant* fightfightfight.. hee~) love it.. as sadist as i am.. hahahaa.. this was how it happened..
a sg player was fouled, ref didnt make the call.. *stupid ref.. had to be an indian again.. hongkong won possesion but lost immediately when a sg player came in for a tackle which was tOtally legal.. but the hongkong player went down.. 3 secs later, which is a long time for a foul to be called by the ref, the red blew the whistle for the foul juz as sg was breaking forward for a goal aft winning the ball of the felled hk player.. sad case manz..
so anywayz.. an sg player, whether intentional or not, kicked the ball and it hit the hk player on the grd.. obviously the hk players went to confront the sg player.. and both teams went in to break up the fight btw the few of them.. hahaa.. sad case..
the ref did a shit job in controlling the whole thing.. it was saddening..
so.. match happenings..
marc missed 3 one-on-ones with the hk keeper.. he really shld have scored at least one.. prob it was the lack of composure.. and one of the encounters he had to take with his weaker left foot.. so yar.. hk did well too.. one of them hit the top bar, and it bounced right outside the goal line b4 the keeper caught the ball.. that was scary manz.. but that was one crap of a shot from outside the penalty box.. haha..
match ended 0-0.. went into extra time.. still 0-0.. went to penalties..
hk went first.. sg keeper saved..
sgz 1st try.. score..
2nd pen:
hk scored..
sg scored..
3rd pen:
hk scored..
sg missed.. i think the hk keeper saved it.. you shld have seen the dude when he missed.. pulled his shirt over his head and bawled manz.. he thot he lost it for sg..
4th pen:
hk scored..
sg scored..
last pen:
hk scored..
sg scored..
so at this pt.. it was 4-4.. so it went to sudden death..
hk went.. scored.. sg went.. scored.. 5-5..
then hk went again.. and the sg keeper saved!! marc went up to take the supposed winning goal.. but guess wat.. he miSSed!! actually the keeper saved.. hahaa.. i was like wat the crAp..!!! cldnt believe it.. at this point, i was on the phone w krewong reporting live for him..
and i think it was another 2 penalties taken before sg won it..
hk went again and wOw.. he did a beckham and blasted it over the post.. haha.. i think this time the cap went up.. and he put in the winning goal.. haha.. 7-6..
heart stopping manz.. the whole team ran aft the keeper and piled on top of him manz.. haha.. funny sight.. (:
the hk team all juz collapsed onto the floor.. poor things.. wat a way to lose.. wld never want to be in their position..
im thinking i better spilt the posts.. haha.. this one alone is how long already.. (: