Match Review: Ztec too high-tec for Eagles.

Ztec 8cers vs. Dalat Eagles
9th July 2009, Thursday
20-1(6-0, 14-1)

0214 1-0 Oliver Cedric (Chiam Ter Min)
0856 2-0 Daniel Cheah (Chiam Ter Min)
1144 3-0 Oliver Cedric
1200 4-0 Jason Mark Selvanayagam (Own goal)
1324 5-0 Chiam Ter Min
1726 6-0 Chiam Ter Min
1827 2mins for roughing: Robert Thorne(DLE)

0131 7-0 Jeremy Yeap
0146 8-0 Chiam Ter Min
0229 9-0 Loh Jo-Wyee
0312 10-0 Yeoh Jun Wooi
0345 Dalat Eagles' Time Out
0454 11-0 Oliver Cedric (Chiam Ter Min)
0505 11-1 Jason Mark Selvanayagam
0610 12-1 Jeremy Yeap (Loh Jo-Wyee)
1037 2mins for incorrect hit: Robert Thorne (DLE)
1103 13-1 Daniel Cheah
1103 Ztec 8cers' time out
1240 14-1 Chiam Ter Min (Daniel Cheah)
1426 15-1 Daniel Cheah (Chiam Ter Min)
1538 16-1 Chiam Ter Min (Yeoh Jun Wooi)
1605 17-1 Jeremy Yeap
1649 18-1 Wong Ken Wye
1852 19-1 Daniel Cheah (Yeoh Jun Wooi)
1943 20-1 Oliver Cedric (Wong Ken Wye)

What a score line!
BBF had a hard time listing down the goalscorer and assists in this match.

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Hmmm....


Really, if you think about it, the score pretty much sums it up! Nonetheless, we caught up with Jeremy Yeap of Ztec 8cers to talk a little about the game and how his team performed.

BBF intervew with Jeremy Yeap (JY) of Ztec 8cers:

BBF: The biggest win in the league. Did you guys expect to win this big? What was the strategy?

JY: Indeed it is the biggest win in the league. We were actually hoping to get about 12 goals only, so 20 goals is really a blessing to us. We want to win big, but we really did not expect to win this big, 20-1. Especially when we only manage to get 6 goals in the first period. Our strategy was simple, to play as a unit and have a fast paced game.


BBF: I'm sure you guys were aiming to keep a clean sheet for the keeper. What happened to the first goal?

JY: We wanted to try our best to keep a clean sheet. That's for sure, but we also know that it's a tough job to do especially when we are focusing hard on scoring. The goal was really unexpected. It came from nowhere. Nevertheless, it was a superb shot taken by Jason. It was actually a defensive error caused by me as I was asking Daniel to fall back to mark a running man which eventually caused an opening in the wall. Jason saw that opening and took that shot which then resulted to the goal. All in all, it was a good shot and quick thinking by Jason.


BBF: After the draw against Frontliners, this game would surely boost your team spirit. 2 more games to go. As far as a team is concern, do you think you guys are improving after each match? Is Ztec consistent in its performance? If so, why?

JY: Yes, it did boost our team spirit. It gave us a lot of confident to perform better, but it might be a stumbling block for us as well. This is partly because our players might get too comfortable and be too confident in themselves. Being confident is not a bad thing, but it could risk our players into playing individually with the aim for self glory. This is what happen to our previous games. We manage to win big in our game against Contact and then the following game we messed things up as a unit when we played against Frontliners. We really do hope that we have all learned our lessons well and that history will not repeat itself again. Our players have been improving a lot, not as an individual, but as a team. So far, we have been very consistent in having an up and down performance. I hope the up and down trend will end in our following games. We want to continue to give our very best in the remaining games until the very end. I believe that if we try hard enough we could break that see-saw jinx soon.


BBF: Surely to have a squad with the most national players in it is a threat to the other teams. And you guys have proven that by staying unbeaten so far. Personally and honestly, do you feel Ztec may be a little too strong for the rest?

JY: I personally do not think that having a "National Player" tag on most of our players play an important role in winning games nor do they provide a threat to the other teams. Yes, mentally it might scare some other teams off, but if every player truly believes in himself and his team, I'm pretty sure that particular team will go a distance. We might have been unbeaten so far, but we're not unbeatable and Frontliners have proven that point to all of us. Therefore, I seriously do not believe that we are too strong for the rest. We are where we are right now because we strive to play as a team. More often than never, our captain will remind our players will shed their "National Player" label and "I'm The Best" mentally when we play together because we truly believe that everyone of us plays an important role on court. National or not national, we need each another's help and services when we step onto the court. I really believe that no man is an island, but I do believe that Together Everyone Achieve More.


BBF: Lastly, who do you think is the man of the match for Dalat and why?

JY: This is a very hard question for me as I have two players in mind, Jason and Edwin. I thought about Jason not because of his goal against us, but because of the way he led the team and guided them through the entire game. As for Edwin, he was really brave and he gave his all in the game. If it wasn't for him I believe we could have gotten a few more goals. I think personally I would go for Edwin because of his bravery and also because he was left open many times by his defenders to handle our hard hitting forwards alone.

Borak Says:
Jose:
Ztec 8cers showed exactly why they are the best team in the league by crushing Dalat Eagles with such a huge scoreline. From start to finish, there was never a moment of doubt who was going to win this match as they totally dominate every single department on the court. Goal after goal and there was just no stopping them.

Dalat tried to hang on in there by playing abit more defensive in the second period, but just couldn't control the game as they were getting tired of the 8cers constantly 'zooming' around them. The final stats for the shot on target was 57 against 15. Ztec 8cers will be hoping that they will continue their good run of form when they meet Innebandy in one and a half weeks time.

MoMs:
Termin Chiam for 8cers. He was on 'fire' in this game has he managed to get 10 points (5+5) out of this game, which puts him on top of the point chart. The Ztec's line 1 attacks were mostly started by him and Jeremy and they were very effective in opening the Dalat defence time after time. Scored 3 superb slap shots against Edwin, which he couldn't do much about.

The Eagles top performer for the night would be Edwin. The goalie had TOO much to do on the receiving end. Hardly a moment to rest for him as he tried his very best in stopping every shot that came his way. Managed to make a few spectacular looking saves for the spectators to cheer about. It is quite often that a goalie receives the MOM title, when a team gets hits by a huge goal margin.

(A big thank you to Jeremy for taking time out with BBF!)