Thanatos FC vs AC United

23-Mar-2008
11:00:00

Cantonment Pitch

Thanatos FC Vs AC United FC

The game was delayed by almost 30 mins due to a freak accident from the earlier game that left two players with deep cuts on their head.

The game started as soon as the paramedics took care of their business...

A pre game talk/lecture was given to both team at the start of the game by the ref ...

Our opponents for the game is of course our arch nemesis, AC United.

We have played them for like a gazillion times. We just cant seem to beat them no matter what. Today was no exception.

The game started off brightly for TFC. We had full control of the game.

But a quick counter from AC found the TFC's back four napping. Luckily, Boon Chen anticipated a cross from AC and Sebas cleared the ball for a corner.

The break through for TC came not soon after when Chuan Seng sent in a cross which was turned into the own net by a AC defender.

1-0 to the TFC.

Just before the break, after some good work on the left flank from Bernard saw Binnson through on goal.

But instead of going for glory, Binnson unselfishly squared the ball to Xiao Chuan.

Xiao Chuan welcomed the pass with "wide open arms" to make it 2-0.

So there it was, 2-0 at the break.

The second half saw TFC defending by numbers. That proved to be our downfall.

The start of the second half was a very slow moving event.

From a quick AC attack, the loud mouth from AC saw his cross deflected into the goal.

Desmond upon sawing the ball, shouted for the ball. But due to bad judgement, he let the ball bounce just in front of him and into the goal.

A very bad goalkeeping error.

That freak goal woke up the sleeping devils.

Immediately from the restart, TFC flooded AC's half with crosses after crosses.

But a moment of brilliance saw Binnson taking the ball from around the halfway line, dribbled past 4 AC players and with the keeper to beat and 4 defenders hot on his trail, Binnson curled the ball from just outside the box to make it 3-1.

What a goal.

The whole team erupted. Binnson marked his goal with a flip.

With the three points in the bag, TFC relaxed again.

From a long range shot, our keeper managed to parry the ball straight into AC's striker's feet.

3-2.

With less than 10 mins to spare, the AC loud mouth was fouled just outside the penalty box.

A red card was shown to our left back and a penalty was surprisingly awarded.

Chance for our keeper to turn hero.

Hero he was to be, but only for a split second. A low shot was blocked by the keeper's leg, but due to static TFC's players all AC needed to do was to tap the ball into an empty net.

A very disappointing match. 2 points lost rather then 1 gained.

The next time, we meet again, TFC will come out tops.

Kudos to AC United for the never give up spirit. If not for their loud mouth (and his constant whining), the game would have been a more memorable one.

Till the next time.