Salsaz Run Riot in POL-ITE Floorball (M) Competition
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Republic Polytechnic’s Floorball
(M) team notched up their first victory in this year’s POL-ITE tournament by
defeating the 2005/2006 Inter-Varsity champions and this year's tournament
favourites, NYP, in a hard fought clash at ITE College East's Sports Complex on
6 November. After 5 months of training, RP Salsaz
aimed to make a difference against a highly technical NYP team.
RP took the lead in the 2nd min when Mark
Seow scored with a brilliant solo effort from the edge of the box. NYP then went
in search for the equalizer and soon made amends. Following their
equalizer, they continued to press forward and was duly rewarded with their 2nd
goal. The 1st period ended with the score at 2-1 in NYP’s
favour.
After the team talk by the coach, Mr
Amir, RP Salsaz roared
back in the 2nd period. The relentless running by Zhu Jun Wei and
Oswind Suriya
Rosayro paid off in the 5th minute of the 2nd period
when Oswind brilliantly evaded his markers and
tapped the ball pass a helpless keeper after a through ball by Mark. Score 2-2.
The brilliant comeback was started within
the next 2 minutes. Aaron Yeo Jiehan, cut a sharp
corner and laid out the ball for Jun Wei to send RP
into the lead for the second time in the game. This time, RP never gave up
the lead again.
RP kept up the attacking play throughout the 2nd period,
with Mark Seow leading the way. His brilliant peel and side-step
scored RP's 4th and 5th goal, and completed his hat-trick. He was rightfully
given the Man-of-the-Match award at the end of the game.
NYP made a tactical switch and tried to play a counter-attacking game. Time
and again, their counter-attacks were thwarted
by the dynamic defensive duo - Muhammad Zaki B
Yusof and Chew Xuan
Hui. When the ball did get past them, the NYP players found it impossible to
find a way past national goalkeeper, Peh Wei Siang, who made no less than 12
acrobatic saves. The 2nd period ended with the score 5-2 in RP's favour.
RP picked up where we left off in the 2nd period, laying siege to the NYP
goal and also defending well when called upon. In the 4th minute, Muhammad
Hisyam B Ismail’s
pressure caused a poor clearance from the NYP’s
defender. RP’s Captain, Hazmi B
Hasan, picked up the loose ball and sent it
flying into the top left corner of the net for the 6th goal.
To add icing on the cake, a beautiful team set-up allowed
young defender, Ng Yong Sheng Vernon, to knock
in the 7th goal. In the closing minutes of the game,
Muhd Sofian B Adnan
took the ball and went on a brilliant solo effort past 3 defenders and drove
the ball into the bottom right hand corner to seal RP’s victory.
NYP's
resilience was broken down by a resolute
and determined performance by RP. Final score 8-2.
Do extend your congratulations to your Floorball
classmates if you see them.
Goal Scorers from Floorball (M) IG:
Mark Seow: 3 goals
Oswind: 1 goal
Sofian: 1 goal
Vernon: 1 goal
Junwei: 1 goal
Hazmi: 1 goal
* For RP Staff - Click here to view the rest of the photos from this event
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