Stuttering SCC overcome Gallant Gaulois

Young
Bowden
Wells (Tan)
Ong
Smith
Monaghan (Wilson)
Souaide (Azran)
Bruneau
Neubronner (Lane)
Hutcheon (Donovan)
Daud

SUBS NOT USED:
Anderson
Goerojo

SCC gathered at ITE Tampines to take on a Gaulois side residing in last place on the table. No danger of complacency though - the last time we played the bottom team on the table we barely got away with a draw.

Its quite easy to descirbe the first half of this match - wave after wave of SCC attacks repelled by a combination of resolute defending, good goalkeeping and wayward finishing. I think the French had the ball in our half 3 times.
It could have been 5 or 6-0 very easily but it was really starting to look like one of those days for us, particuarly after Tommy's clearance off the French goal line. Not his fault though, having dived to header the ball at the far post he was lying on the floor about 3m out when the goalkeeper's parry fell at the feet of JP. Having wisely decided to stay as low as possible we would have been stunned when the ball hit him in the side and floated over the top of the net! The sight of the ref trying to control his laughter said it all.

Hutch decided to take matters into his own hands (possibly a result of the rough treatment dished out to him) and rose highest to meet Tommy's corner 5 minutes before halftime, heading the ball in to give us a 1-0 lead. However, on a rare French attack just before half time, a cross shot went over the top of Shyam and hit the far post, falling into the mud in the six-yard box. Thankfully Scotty Wells was there to clean up and it was 1-0 at half time.

The second half saw more of the same, with Tommy and Shane combining to set up Hutch for his second 10 minutes into the half. The game somewhat degenerated at that point - a series of rough tackles saw to that and poor Shane seemed to be the target almost everytime. He was quickly subbed for Dom for his safety more than anything else, and Hutch won a penalty which Nahar converted.
Nahar made it 4 almost immediately afterwards after a quality delivery from Tommy, who had made a great run doen the right hand channel. The French got one goal back just before the end of the game, which was a shame considering the defense was solid all match.

For MOM, the team all played well in their specific roles and the football at times was superb, JP and Mehdi had good games against their French counterparts, the defence as mentioned was solid and effective in distribution, all the midfield worked hard and played good football whilst the front two certainly caused havoc at times and both scored 2 well deserved goals, but my vote goes to Tommy who was at the heart of everything good about the SCC today. This is our 11th different MOM this season, which shows the quality and depth of our squad. One more game until the Xmas break, against the Vikings which will be a tough one indeed.
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