2009/2010
the premier amateur football league in singapore
matchreport - 22-May-10 - swiss v. casuals
Team
Swiss
Author
Urs Brutsch
line up
Crawley, Braegger, Gatza, Kofinas, Stokkmo (Tsalkitsis), Buchmann (Seyvrens), Steinegger, Keiser (Bobbia), Patton, Schnurrenberger, Buerzle.
The wedding planner at fault
You have heard all excuses why teams lost games: bad referee, bad pitch, players missing, bad luck etc., but we add a new one: The wedding of one of Michel's friends was scheduled so early that Michel had to leave at half time and that's exactly when the game was turned upside down by Casuals....
The Swiss had to do without two of their most prolific goal scorers (Thomas and Alain played their last game last weekend) and had a number of other absentees, so that the squad was unusually small. But what the Swiss team showed in the first half was great stuff. From the opening whistle the Casuals were on the back foot and the Swiss peppered Marc with shots. One of them got cleared off the line after only 3 minutes. But the Swiss soon took the lead when Christian Buchman'n"s cross was superbly headed home by visiting Thomas Schnurrenberger (Thomas was regularly the leading goal scorer for the Swiss in the Cosmo League and was back in town on business). Casuals then equalized against the run of play with their first shot on goal. But the Swiss quickly re-established the lead when Kofi rifled home from 30 metres. World class! The Swiss then had a couple of great chances to double the lead, but failed, and with the second shot on goal Casuals were on even terms again. 2:2 instead of 3:1 Swiss. Great finish after some sloppy defending. Norman then used his pace chasing a brilliant Michel Keiser ball and pulled the ball back for Thomas to get his second goal for a 3:2 half time lead. Far too slim a lead for dominating the first half.
Unfortunately we then had to reshuflle the team as Michel had to attend the wedding (not his own, we were told). That completely changed the game and Casuals were always on top in the second half. It took them about 20 minutes to start to create chances but once they equalized with a great header (where was the Swiss defense?) it was clear that Casuals would be the likely winner. A well taken goal gave Casuals the lead and when the Swiss reverted to a 3-4-3 the Casuals had more space for their counter attacks and duly punished the Swiss with the 5th goal five minutes before the end.
Each team clearly dominated one half. The difference was that Casuals converted their 7 or 8 chances into 5 goals. And that's exactly why the Casuals are in second place and not the Swiss.
It was a game of very good football with both teams attacking. At times it felt like a cup game. Well done to both teams in terms of football played - but please (both teams), cut out the trash talk. At times it bordered the ridiculous how certain players tried (and at times succeeded) in influencing the referee. And it's sometimes difficult to understand why referees take a barrage of f...words from players and then punish another one for what would appear to be a rather harmless comment.
Excellent debut for Sebastian Gatza for the Swiss. Welcome to the team!
The Swiss had to do without two of their most prolific goal scorers (Thomas and Alain played their last game last weekend) and had a number of other absentees, so that the squad was unusually small. But what the Swiss team showed in the first half was great stuff. From the opening whistle the Casuals were on the back foot and the Swiss peppered Marc with shots. One of them got cleared off the line after only 3 minutes. But the Swiss soon took the lead when Christian Buchman'n"s cross was superbly headed home by visiting Thomas Schnurrenberger (Thomas was regularly the leading goal scorer for the Swiss in the Cosmo League and was back in town on business). Casuals then equalized against the run of play with their first shot on goal. But the Swiss quickly re-established the lead when Kofi rifled home from 30 metres. World class! The Swiss then had a couple of great chances to double the lead, but failed, and with the second shot on goal Casuals were on even terms again. 2:2 instead of 3:1 Swiss. Great finish after some sloppy defending. Norman then used his pace chasing a brilliant Michel Keiser ball and pulled the ball back for Thomas to get his second goal for a 3:2 half time lead. Far too slim a lead for dominating the first half.
Unfortunately we then had to reshuflle the team as Michel had to attend the wedding (not his own, we were told). That completely changed the game and Casuals were always on top in the second half. It took them about 20 minutes to start to create chances but once they equalized with a great header (where was the Swiss defense?) it was clear that Casuals would be the likely winner. A well taken goal gave Casuals the lead and when the Swiss reverted to a 3-4-3 the Casuals had more space for their counter attacks and duly punished the Swiss with the 5th goal five minutes before the end.
Each team clearly dominated one half. The difference was that Casuals converted their 7 or 8 chances into 5 goals. And that's exactly why the Casuals are in second place and not the Swiss.
It was a game of very good football with both teams attacking. At times it felt like a cup game. Well done to both teams in terms of football played - but please (both teams), cut out the trash talk. At times it bordered the ridiculous how certain players tried (and at times succeeded) in influencing the referee. And it's sometimes difficult to understand why referees take a barrage of f...words from players and then punish another one for what would appear to be a rather harmless comment.
Excellent debut for Sebastian Gatza for the Swiss. Welcome to the team!
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