02 August, 2008
Yay! I've got my blog post for the month! So today was Seniors vs Juniors Day at the high school field. First time playing there. The pitch seemed quite small. So there were 10 seniors and 11 juniors. That's like a 77.78% turnout rate. Not bad... Seeing as how we have 3 goalies, Li Rui played for the seniors in the first 20-minute game then Hannah played for them in the next 2 20-minute game. Scores were 3-0, 0-0 and 1-1, but that's just for formality's sake. We didn't change our formation much, save for the last game where Deb joined our team. So basically, the defence was made up of Sylvia on the right, Shao on the left and Juat and I in the centre. Was it just me, or does Sylvia seem like she could be our Yue Yang for next year? Frankly, that sounds quite plausible and pretty damn freaking awesome. Whee! Yes, and thanks to Juat who covered my ass a lot and can run as fast as Yi Jing, OMG!!! The midfield battle was not that gory, but still fun to watch, with Sala and Dong Lu in the centre against Shoes and Charis, and then QY and Kai on the right and left wings respectively, going up against Tian Ruo and Cheryl. So cool to watch them all dribble and run. And run. And run. Yes yes, I'm a slacker... :( I think I've neglected to say that VIC-KI SCORED A HAT-TRICK playing as the lone striker, and scoring 3, the last of which got us all laughing as people piled up on top of each other as the ball slowly trickled into the net. Heh. The seniors' goal came courtesy of Xian! :D
Seeing all the seniors on the pitch together definitely brings back memories on this year's season, except that it was a bit weird playing against them instead of with them. Yes, I had to remind myself to not be nice and tackle Shoes when she got the ball instead of asking her to pass back to me. For me, the strangest part was trying to dribble past Wan Qin who's usually next to me in defence. But well, all in all, it was quite fun, and nice to see most of the seniors taking time off their busy MUGGING schedules to play with us. I refrain from using the word 'against' because we'll still part of the same team. Corny perhaps, but absolutely true. So thank you to all who turned up today, especially any seniors who read this. As for us juniors, our first match together. All I can say is that it's going to be an interesting next 10 months. We can only get better from here, right? :)
-Lynette-
2:32 PM