RH 2-3 Some Pasir Panjang Club (20/9)

SRC - Raffles Hall had its first soccer friendly of the year in a spectacular matchup with the opponents of Some Pasir Panjang Club.

Although the turnout was poor, the spirits were high as RH raced to open the scoring floodgates with a superb goal by somebody whose name I've forgotten.

The opponents, not to be outdone, came back 3 goals by half time. However, 2 of the goals were highly disputable due to the lack of a linesman. Yet, the 1st goal was a class act, with their speedy winger cutting in from the right leaving Jack for dead before unleashing a defence splitting pass between Lloyd and someone for their striker to finish off.

Because of their ineptness --- both Jack and Thaddeus were sidelined for the 2nd half.

To curb their attacking madness, RH decided to unleash their secret weapon --- Shaun Goh --- who was kept under wraps for 4 years. Using his stored up power since his freshman year, Shaun took the ball and turned their defence inside out....and outside in for good measure. His defensive duties were also carried out in an exemplary fashion.

RH fought back hard and were dominating the match towards the end due to the opponent's fatigue and probably, awesome awe of RH's power. We came close to leveling the score by making it 3-2 but just as we were about the score the 3rd goal, the whistle blew.

Yet, the passing was good, the attack was good, the defence was hard. It was truly an enjoyable match... Special mention to our 2 newcomers Yang and Quan....the more than 1/2 of Yang ZhouQuan who played a spectacular 1st match for RH.

Watch out.......RH is on track for the IH Gold. =)