The warriors of 66th & 44th
The morning of 27th December 2008 saw wonderful weather in the morning for the match that you could have mistaken that a professional match was about to take place at Si Ling Secondary School field. But to the many Boys & Alumni from both the 66th & 44th Companies who were in attendance (and on top of the many who did not come but still in prayer for the match, day & everything), the morning was specially reserved for a game of fun & fellowship.
44th sounded its first warning when it was awarded an early corner on the left. From the ensuing cross, striker Yap Ding Wei rose majestically but headed agonisingly wide at the far post. It went 2-0 ahead with goals from the “Michael Owen” of 44th, who proved to be deadly by being in the right place and at the right time to score both his team’s goals in the penalty area. The second half proved to be close with 66th fighting harder than the first half for the ball, and Jimmy Fam fighting hard for every ball that 44th was in possession of in the final third of the pitch. Kelvin Wang scored a curler from outside the penalty area as 66th went in search of the rallying goal. 44th was awarded a penalty in which striker Yap Ding Wei converted to send 66th goalkeeper Clement Lee the wrong way to the left by smashing his penalty to the centre. 44th went further ahead when they scored through a goalmouth melee. Vikram was proving to be a constant menace with his pace, dribbling & ability to spot main striker Ashvin’s intelligent runs by supplying the killer pass, only to be denied by the excellent defending & goalkeeping skills of the 44th team. 66th also saw a series of chances on goals thwarted by a combination of superb defending & excellent goalkeeping in the second half. Xiangyi played his role of holding midfielder to perfection by making timely interceptions to protect the back four of 66th in the second half, and even managing to bring the ball up in support of the attack.
The final game scoreline ended in favour of 44th (Mixed), 4-2, but the true winners were the many Boys & Alumni members from both teams who shared the traditional BB handshake & words of thanks for each other despite the final scoreline. 44th may turn out to be a team of well-organized players, but while the players of 66th found out that although they might be outhustled in terms of physical size, but they definitely rose to the occasion by fighting hard to show that they are no pushovers.
