TEAM NISMI 3-2 TEAM FAIRFIELD

With star midfielder Francis being unavailable due to his badminton season and speedy leftback Jeremy Cheong out through a hamstring injury,there was an unfamiliar feel about the look of NSIMI after a long absence due to A Division.NSIMI paraded new loan signing Eugene Ng at leftback due to Broderick's late night DOTA.Kelvin,perhaps inspired by Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso,was fielded at defensive midfielder(not our choice) and Ziting,still being delusional that he's a striker,was played at striker to satisfy his fetish for centrebacks,in the hope that they too,will show their backsides to him.

Lineup: Dai Xiyue(Goalkeeper),Andrew Ooi(Rightback), Nasrullah and Yo Wee King(Centrebacks),Eugene Ng(Leftback),Jerry Ang(Left Midfielder),Kelvin Ho(Defensive Midfielder),Wang Ning Yang(Attacking Midfielder),Tham Kok Wai(Right Winger),Kwee Yiyang and Huang Ziting(Striker)


The match kicked off at burning temperatures in JJC,with NSIMI having played its first match since December.Team Fairfield started the better of the two sides with their slick passing and the movement of their right winger Neo.However,NSIMI struggled to score due to the solid partnership of terrance and joel at centreback for fairfield.the game was pretty even during the first half and the teams went into the break deadlocked at 0-0.eugene and eugene were then substituted for pengyang and cheeyew,with pengyang playing at rightwing,cheeyew playing at rightback and andrew at leftback.NSIMI came flying out of the blocks,with winger pengyang getting down the channel and lobbing an intended cross over the goalkeeper and it was cleared off the line.striker ziting collected the ball from the ensuing melee and took a shot,but the keeper could only parry it into the path of stand in striker broderick,who was lurking and was tapped in.it was 1-0 to NSIMI.However,team fairfield soon responded,with the fairfield striker latching onto a through ball,nudging centreback nasrullah off the ball and dispatched the shot into the bottom corner.However,NSIMI continued to attack with intent,with winger pengyang and striker yiyang combining with great effect.that combination soon brought another goal for NSIMI,with yiyang laying the ball off for pengyang,who took a touch and finished into the bottom lefthand corner with the outside of his left foot.it was 2-1 for NSIMI.NSIMI then made it 3-1 when a long punt from centreback Kelvin went straight into the keeper's hands,only for him to parry it into yiyang's chest for NSIMI's third goal.team fairfield then scored with keeper xiyue doing a fabianski and making it 3-2.however,it was too late as NSIMI came out 3-2 victors.a great game for NSIMI to make their comeback,with some scintillating play,such as yiyang backheeling the ball for pengyang to latch on to down the wing and pengyang playing a through pass to eugene.

Final score:NSIMI 3-2 FAIRFIELD