Dalat Eagles vs. Contact FireAnts
16th July 2009, Thursday
2-5 (0-4, 2-1)
16th July 2009, Thursday
2-5 (0-4, 2-1)
0139 0-1 Bryan Looi (Edward Lim)
0541 0-2 Own goal by Joel Steinkamp (DLE)
0700 0-3 Nicholas Yeoh
1319 0-4 Bryan Looi (Edward Lim)
0350 2 mins + 10 mins personal penalty for unsportsmanlike behaviour: Benjamin Ong (CFA)
0454 1-0 Norman Arno Kiehl
0505 1-1 Bryan Looi
0606 1-2 Robert Nollan (Jason Mark Selvanayagam)
0843 2 mins for incorrect pushing: Brian Richard Merusi (DLE)
1002 2 mins for incorrect pushing: Robert Thorne(DLE)
1234 2 mins for incorrect pushing: Mats Nordberg (DLE)
The Eagles against the Ants.
And that almost translated literally on court.
Eagles, huge and robust, while the Ants, small yet quick.
We had a quick chat with Jason Selva from Dalat Eagles and Penny Khoo of Contact FireAnts.
BBF interviewed Jason Selva (JS) of Dalat Eagles:
BBF: Firstly, BBF would like to apologize to Dalat Eagles for the 'missing' interview in the match against Ztec 8cers. We had some miscommunication in sending out the e-mails. Error on our part. Anyhow, looking back at that match, did you guys expect the score line to be that big?
JS: No, but we also weren’t trying after the second half started; it was more practice for us than anything else. I asked the guys not to worry about the score line and just try out some play that we had practiced.
BBF: After the big loss against Ztec, how did the team feel? Were you guys disheartened?
JS: We were a little disheartened but picked ourselves right back up and focused on the coming match. And was it hard to look forward to play this match against Contact or were the expectations the same like any of your previous matches, which was to have fun as a team? No it wasn’t hard. My concept is that my team has time to mourn and think over their loss and mistakes until our next practice time and then it’s all work again on getting down to business of practicing for the upcoming game….. and have fun.
BBF: Apparently, the match was pretty hard and rough out there in the court. What are your thoughts on that?
JS: I think it was as well but, like BBF said in the beginning, our team is made up of a bunch of “old men” and can’t run and if we do start running fast we can’t really stop very well. So sorry to those who were in the way. Unfortunately, because the other team didn’t know this they reacted to it.
BBF: The league is about to end with few more games at hand. How do you feel about your team and the progress that they've made so far?
JS: I think our team has done excellently well and even exceeded their own expectations of being at the bottom of the league and maybe even face relegation but to be starters and have 90% new players come out “on top” is an awesome feeling for me as a coach. I have a great
team that in due time will go places.
BBF: Lastly, who would you vote as the man of the match Contact and why?
JS: Bryan Looi; great plays, great runs and great goals.
BBF interviewed Penny Khoo (PK), captain of Contact FireAnts:
BBF: The most talked about issue in this match was the hard and rough play on court. Your player, Benjamin Ong, committed a 10minutes bench penalty. What are your thoughts on the rough play on court and your player, Ben Ong, when he committed that foul?
PK: In the heat of the game there will surely be some rough playing on court. We knew it will be a very physical game based on the built of Dalat’s players and their previous matches. We are constantly reminding our players to play hard but not rough on court and not to retaliate in the heat of the game. I trust that the team has learned a lot from this incident.
BBF: As always, we would like to know your tactical game plan in this match? Were there any specific objectives and instructions given?
PK: As always we just needed to play it the FireAnts style, with lots of passes, control the speed of the game and ENJOY!
BBF: 5-2. Are you satisfied with the score line? Or do you think you guys should have put more goals in and should not have let that 2 goals beaten your keeper?
PK: There weren’t any specific scoreline set for that game though we wanted to win. Of course it will be good to put in a few more goals and not concede any. But overall it was good.
BBF: This is your second straight win after beating Minden UniHawks in the previous match. How do you think Contact is doing in the league so far?
PK: So far so good. Our chances of getting a medal are very slim now. So we just wanted to enjoy every moment of our play, and walked away from the court knowing that we have done our very best.
BBF: Lastly, who would you vote as the man of the match for Dalat and why?
PK: Edwin. He was spectacular in his reflexes and guarded his post very well.
And that almost translated literally on court.
Eagles, huge and robust, while the Ants, small yet quick.
We had a quick chat with Jason Selva from Dalat Eagles and Penny Khoo of Contact FireAnts.
BBF interviewed Jason Selva (JS) of Dalat Eagles:
BBF: Firstly, BBF would like to apologize to Dalat Eagles for the 'missing' interview in the match against Ztec 8cers. We had some miscommunication in sending out the e-mails. Error on our part. Anyhow, looking back at that match, did you guys expect the score line to be that big?
JS: No, but we also weren’t trying after the second half started; it was more practice for us than anything else. I asked the guys not to worry about the score line and just try out some play that we had practiced.
BBF: After the big loss against Ztec, how did the team feel? Were you guys disheartened?
JS: We were a little disheartened but picked ourselves right back up and focused on the coming match. And was it hard to look forward to play this match against Contact or were the expectations the same like any of your previous matches, which was to have fun as a team? No it wasn’t hard. My concept is that my team has time to mourn and think over their loss and mistakes until our next practice time and then it’s all work again on getting down to business of practicing for the upcoming game….. and have fun.
BBF: Apparently, the match was pretty hard and rough out there in the court. What are your thoughts on that?
JS: I think it was as well but, like BBF said in the beginning, our team is made up of a bunch of “old men” and can’t run and if we do start running fast we can’t really stop very well. So sorry to those who were in the way. Unfortunately, because the other team didn’t know this they reacted to it.
BBF: The league is about to end with few more games at hand. How do you feel about your team and the progress that they've made so far?
JS: I think our team has done excellently well and even exceeded their own expectations of being at the bottom of the league and maybe even face relegation but to be starters and have 90% new players come out “on top” is an awesome feeling for me as a coach. I have a great
team that in due time will go places.
BBF: Lastly, who would you vote as the man of the match Contact and why?
JS: Bryan Looi; great plays, great runs and great goals.
BBF interviewed Penny Khoo (PK), captain of Contact FireAnts:
BBF: The most talked about issue in this match was the hard and rough play on court. Your player, Benjamin Ong, committed a 10minutes bench penalty. What are your thoughts on the rough play on court and your player, Ben Ong, when he committed that foul?
PK: In the heat of the game there will surely be some rough playing on court. We knew it will be a very physical game based on the built of Dalat’s players and their previous matches. We are constantly reminding our players to play hard but not rough on court and not to retaliate in the heat of the game. I trust that the team has learned a lot from this incident.
BBF: As always, we would like to know your tactical game plan in this match? Were there any specific objectives and instructions given?
PK: As always we just needed to play it the FireAnts style, with lots of passes, control the speed of the game and ENJOY!
BBF: 5-2. Are you satisfied with the score line? Or do you think you guys should have put more goals in and should not have let that 2 goals beaten your keeper?
PK: There weren’t any specific scoreline set for that game though we wanted to win. Of course it will be good to put in a few more goals and not concede any. But overall it was good.
BBF: This is your second straight win after beating Minden UniHawks in the previous match. How do you think Contact is doing in the league so far?
PK: So far so good. Our chances of getting a medal are very slim now. So we just wanted to enjoy every moment of our play, and walked away from the court knowing that we have done our very best.
BBF: Lastly, who would you vote as the man of the match for Dalat and why?
PK: Edwin. He was spectacular in his reflexes and guarded his post very well.
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Borak Says:Jose:
Contact FireAnts had a flying start in the first period as their quick switches caused the Eagles a lot of problems. They managed to find the net as early as the first minute and attacked the Eagles heavily in the first period, increasing their tally to 4 nothing. FireAnts had most of the possession and used it to great effectiveness, constantly threatening the opponents goal mouth.
The second period saw Dalat Eagles coming out with renewed vigour as they tried their best to look for some goals to close the gap. And their effort paid off as they managed to find the net twice poaching on some defensive errors by the Contact's defenders. As the match went on, the teams were getting more and more physical, which resulted in a few unnecessary 2 minutes bench penalties in the game.
MOMs:
Bryan Looi once again showed great touch and great control as he reaped the Eagles apart. Together with Edward and Nick upfront, they formed a deadly partnership with a lot of understanding and movement, which tend to catch defenders switching off at the most crucial moments. Got himself a hat-trick and showed class above his peers. Definitely a contender for All Star Forward in this coming PFL as the league is coming to an end.
Edwin Ooi, the goalie, showed a few amazing football like diving saves to constantly deny Contact FireAnts from adding on to their lead. Once again, he was called upon many times to help save the blushes for Dalat and he did his job well to keep them in the game. Absolutely spectacular saves that are rarely seen in the floorball scene.
Contact FireAnts had a flying start in the first period as their quick switches caused the Eagles a lot of problems. They managed to find the net as early as the first minute and attacked the Eagles heavily in the first period, increasing their tally to 4 nothing. FireAnts had most of the possession and used it to great effectiveness, constantly threatening the opponents goal mouth.
The second period saw Dalat Eagles coming out with renewed vigour as they tried their best to look for some goals to close the gap. And their effort paid off as they managed to find the net twice poaching on some defensive errors by the Contact's defenders. As the match went on, the teams were getting more and more physical, which resulted in a few unnecessary 2 minutes bench penalties in the game.
MOMs:
Bryan Looi once again showed great touch and great control as he reaped the Eagles apart. Together with Edward and Nick upfront, they formed a deadly partnership with a lot of understanding and movement, which tend to catch defenders switching off at the most crucial moments. Got himself a hat-trick and showed class above his peers. Definitely a contender for All Star Forward in this coming PFL as the league is coming to an end.
Edwin Ooi, the goalie, showed a few amazing football like diving saves to constantly deny Contact FireAnts from adding on to their lead. Once again, he was called upon many times to help save the blushes for Dalat and he did his job well to keep them in the game. Absolutely spectacular saves that are rarely seen in the floorball scene.
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