A lovely weather and beautiful pitch meant that Sunday's match might have everything - Beauty and horror, passion and agony. Everyday Sunday FC started the game with a couple of changes to the line-up, giving stuntmen Jason Chew and Ethan their chance to correct the perception or misconception that they are the best defensive pairing in ESFC. Weilin and Zhong completed the back line and this promised to be a sturdy defense until.....The centre midfield pairing of Jason Ang and Wx was winged by 2.5-man Yenhao and serial comedian Sebas. Kim and Adib led the front line. Boon and new signing, Weimin, were on the bench.
The game started and ESFC went down in the first min as the entire back line was still discussing on who was going to perform 'stunts' when the opponent struck. The striker got enough time and space in the penalty box to drill a unstoppable shot into the far corner.
Kim surprised everyone by equalizing through a uncharacteristically sweet free kick from 35 yards away. However, AC United scored another as the back line went AWOL again. ESFC, meanwhile, displayed a fighting spirit and there was great fluidity and incisive movement to go with a gaggle of gilt-edged chances which were not put away.
By then, SOS was called and Boon followed up with another curler - this time further away - that caught the keeper off guard at the far post. 2 - 2 ! (Boon, please mark the correct shooting boots ya!)
Half-time ended and ESFC started to dominate possession. A long free-kick from Wx into the box was met by Zhong as he executed a bicycle kick that took out the keeper instead of the ball. Yenhao took advantage of the confusion and showed his predatory instinct to score from inside the penalty box. By then, ESFC were in full flow and Sebas latched onto a through ball from Kim to send the ball into the back of the net. 4 - 2 !
However, dubious decisions from the Referee helped AC United to score their third goal but it was not the end of the day for both teams as a late tackle from Ethan gave AC United the chance to get an equalizer. But, a superb save by Simon gave the all-important three points and he, thoroughly, deserved the MOTM too!
