Le’Samba FC vs Copa CobanaComing from a disappointing game 3 weeks ago, we were all hoping the Diwali break would do us some good and help restore some finishing touch we used to have. Meeting Copa Cobana in week 2 isn’t the best of fixtures, they were on of the top teams vying for glory last time around with a perfect squad. This year though, they have a couple of key players and we were looking forward to take advantage of this. Min Jie was still standing in for our инвалид Shugan, still spent with his finger injury.
Copa had a setback last week with a 1-1 draw with the mighty Spartans. I’m sure Shazli had other plans of his own to bounce back into form this season, using us as bait-boys of course. The only danger in the blue outfit was their top finisher Nabeyl, Shazli and lastly Syafiq.
From the whistle, we were pretty solid towards Copa’s attacks with replies of our own. One of Syafiq’s shot deflected the post in the 1st half and many other fast moving attacks were well parried by Min Jie and our defensive line. Nabeyl’s quick thinking and fast passing opened us up really well at times, but ever faithful Min Jie was there to save us.
Just to let our readers know, Abilash has bribed Syafiq with food to not score against us. Nasi Ayam + extra chicken ! !
Obviously Syafiq couldn’t be bothered with a small meal guys, next time think big and go TGIF ! JD Steak and BBQ Chicken etc !
In the 2nd half, the game proceeded as normal. Nothing major happened till the 15th minute when a clever intercept by Copa’s captain saw him 1 on 1 with Min Jie. Min Jie an amazing job stopping him but the rebound landed on none other than Syafiq himself. The low shot on the right was enough to beat Min Jie and Samba was now 1-0 down.
A few minutes later, a defensive error by our backline saw Nabeyl with a cheeky turnover and another low shot past Min Jie. 2-0 to Copa.
We did put up a good fight this game, seeing we improved the scoreline from last season’s 6-1 to now 2-0. It was a great game nonetheless, we had fun as always.
Need to improve our finishing before the 3rd fixture.
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