2009/2010
the premier amateur football league in singapore
matchreport - 16-Jan-10 - latini v. swiss
Team
Swiss
Author
Urs Brutsch
line up
Crawley, Stokkmo (Kagi), Keiser, Bobbia, Hakim, Schulthess (Garatti), Steinegger, Kofinas, Buchmann (Williams), Burzle, Hefti (Brutsch)
Same result as last week - but different story
The second 1:4-defeat in as many weeks. After a good performance against Casuals last weekend the Swiss tasted defeat again and the result was identical: 1:4 defeat against Latini. But while the result against Casuals distorted the proceedings on the pitch, this weekend there can be no complaint: Latini outplayed, outclassed and outfought a disappointingly lame Swiss team.
Latini in the ascendancy right from the start and the Swiss never find their shape. Forrwards are given acres of space, the midfield is totally dominated by Latini and the forwards are completely isolated and hardly touch the ball. That was the scene in the first 30 minutes. Bill Crawley kept the Swiss in the game with two spectacular saves. However, it was a misguided clearance by our goalkeeper which ended in the feet of the Latini forward who only had the goal line to beat. Easiest goal of the season for Latini. While the first goal was scrappy, the second had beauty: Swiss defense napping firmly as Latini take a short corner kick. The second cross finding Benji who spectacularly scored with a scissors kick into the top right hand corner. Pure class. Only during the last 10 minutes of the first half were the Swiss answering the question why they showed up in the first place. A couple of half chances, but not more. 2:0 Latini at the break and soul searching among the Swiss during the break.
It looked like a changed Swiss team after the break, putting the pressure on Latini. When Heinz Steinegger scored with a superb free kick (once again...) there were glimmers of hope that the Swiss could mount a comeback. But that was shortlived as only 10 minutes later Latini restored their two-goal lead when a striker was given space and time to walk up to Bill and score from close range. That deflated the Swiss completely and the rest was for the statistics. 4:1 Latini and the scoreline perhaps even flatters the Swiss...A game to forget as quickly as possible. Every player is capable of giving at least 50% more.
Latini showed why they are up there. They have a strong squad and played excellent football with a great attitude. Swiss would do well do copy some of the Latini qualities such as passion, hunger and team work.
With two back-to-back defeats the Swiss had a bad start into 2010. There is no better team than the Germans to get us back onto winning ways. Not because the Germans are a bad team, but because no Swiss neeeds motivation to play against the Germans :-)
Latini in the ascendancy right from the start and the Swiss never find their shape. Forrwards are given acres of space, the midfield is totally dominated by Latini and the forwards are completely isolated and hardly touch the ball. That was the scene in the first 30 minutes. Bill Crawley kept the Swiss in the game with two spectacular saves. However, it was a misguided clearance by our goalkeeper which ended in the feet of the Latini forward who only had the goal line to beat. Easiest goal of the season for Latini. While the first goal was scrappy, the second had beauty: Swiss defense napping firmly as Latini take a short corner kick. The second cross finding Benji who spectacularly scored with a scissors kick into the top right hand corner. Pure class. Only during the last 10 minutes of the first half were the Swiss answering the question why they showed up in the first place. A couple of half chances, but not more. 2:0 Latini at the break and soul searching among the Swiss during the break.
It looked like a changed Swiss team after the break, putting the pressure on Latini. When Heinz Steinegger scored with a superb free kick (once again...) there were glimmers of hope that the Swiss could mount a comeback. But that was shortlived as only 10 minutes later Latini restored their two-goal lead when a striker was given space and time to walk up to Bill and score from close range. That deflated the Swiss completely and the rest was for the statistics. 4:1 Latini and the scoreline perhaps even flatters the Swiss...A game to forget as quickly as possible. Every player is capable of giving at least 50% more.
Latini showed why they are up there. They have a strong squad and played excellent football with a great attitude. Swiss would do well do copy some of the Latini qualities such as passion, hunger and team work.
With two back-to-back defeats the Swiss had a bad start into 2010. There is no better team than the Germans to get us back onto winning ways. Not because the Germans are a bad team, but because no Swiss neeeds motivation to play against the Germans :-)
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