2009/2010
the premier amateur football league in singapore
matchreport - 01-May-10 - rangers v. swiss
Team
Swiss
Author
Urs Brutsch
line up
Hughes, Patton, Keiser, Stacher, Kaegi, Schulthess, Anthony (Brutsch), Kofinas, Burzle (Steinegger), Franz (Williams), Stroppini.
Swiss labor to 3 points on Labor Day
SJI was very soft in the middle of the park and the groundsman was unfortunately not able to cut the grass because of the rain all week, so both teams had to get used to the "slow green".
Swiss had the better start and put Rangers on the backfoot from the word go. On nine minutes the breakthrough: Dan Patton floated the ball into the box and Thomas Franz headed over the stranded goal keeper into the net. 1:0 Swiss. That, however, woke up Rangers and they suddenly took the game to the Swiss. No surprise, and fully deserved, was the equalizer: the Swiss gave away the ball cheaply in midfield - one pass slicing open the Swiss defense and while Nick Hughes was able to stop the first shot he was beaten by the rebound. The only player to follow through was a Ranger forward, the Swiss defenders had taken a minute of collective rest. For the rest of the first half it was a pretty even game, but Swiss created the better chances. After a couple of misses it was Alain Stroppini who continued his scoring streak. He connected with a crisp cross from captain Heinz Steinegger. 2:1 at the break.
It was clear for the Swiss that an early 3rd goal could possibly settle the issue. However, the second half turned out to be a lacklustre affair. For no reason the game suddenly became tense with both teams talking more than playing football. When a Ranger player was shown two yellow cards in the space of 60 seconds it was 11 agsint 10 and the Swiss made the advantage count. But again Swiss needed far too many chances to score. It was finally Michel Keiser who scored from close range and Alain Stroppni wrapped up the game in style with his second goal. Both assists again courtesy of Heinz Steinegger.
The red card was very, very harsh. While I guess there could be little argument about the first yellow card (a foul), the second was given for getting out of the wall a tad early. While that is what the book says I thought that it was cruel for the Rangers player to be sent off for that.
A game both teams can forget quickly - not much to write home about.
Swiss had the better start and put Rangers on the backfoot from the word go. On nine minutes the breakthrough: Dan Patton floated the ball into the box and Thomas Franz headed over the stranded goal keeper into the net. 1:0 Swiss. That, however, woke up Rangers and they suddenly took the game to the Swiss. No surprise, and fully deserved, was the equalizer: the Swiss gave away the ball cheaply in midfield - one pass slicing open the Swiss defense and while Nick Hughes was able to stop the first shot he was beaten by the rebound. The only player to follow through was a Ranger forward, the Swiss defenders had taken a minute of collective rest. For the rest of the first half it was a pretty even game, but Swiss created the better chances. After a couple of misses it was Alain Stroppini who continued his scoring streak. He connected with a crisp cross from captain Heinz Steinegger. 2:1 at the break.
It was clear for the Swiss that an early 3rd goal could possibly settle the issue. However, the second half turned out to be a lacklustre affair. For no reason the game suddenly became tense with both teams talking more than playing football. When a Ranger player was shown two yellow cards in the space of 60 seconds it was 11 agsint 10 and the Swiss made the advantage count. But again Swiss needed far too many chances to score. It was finally Michel Keiser who scored from close range and Alain Stroppni wrapped up the game in style with his second goal. Both assists again courtesy of Heinz Steinegger.
The red card was very, very harsh. While I guess there could be little argument about the first yellow card (a foul), the second was given for getting out of the wall a tad early. While that is what the book says I thought that it was cruel for the Rangers player to be sent off for that.
A game both teams can forget quickly - not much to write home about.
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