On A Hat Trick

Hat Trick: Three goals scored by one player in a match.

Had a floorball div 3 match today, against EastView Eagles, who are a bunch of secondary school kids. Coach+Captain Mr. Gerald told us not to underestimate them as they have more years of playing experience than most of us, and they proved it with their skill on court. We started out pretty disorganised despite having a homeground advantage, but we slowly worked out the problems and started to control the general gameplay.

Mr. Kenny scored the opening goal for us again, like he did when we went up against Millenia. 1-0. Shortly afterwards, I got sent off for 2 minutes AGAIN, but this time for controlling the ball with 3 points on the ground. Which means that when a player has fallen and has 3 points on the ground (e.g. knee+knee+hand = 3), he is not allowed to control the ball. Man... I've never even HEARD of such a rule! BS... *grumble grumble* Hence I got sent off AGAIN. Grrr... Funny thing is, the guys on the bench kinda expected me to get sent off again, so ya... no big surprise. At least I didn't disappoint them, right guys? =p

After what seem like an eternity of 2 minutes, I stepped in just as the guys started to counter-attack. Mr. Guo Yi lobbed a beautiful super high ball which bounced just in front of goal, but I missed the volley. My bad. I am very much grateful that coach paired me with Mr. Guo Yi. I think we can work pretty well together, he's the left forward and I'm the right forward. He never gives up and we both like to chiong like mad. Haa~ and I hope he forgives me for getting sent off again, cause the line has to work extra hard when they are a man down. Sorry boss.

Sometime later into the 1st period, Mr. Guo Yi seized an opportunity for a quick counter-attack down the left flank, he fell as he angled a perfect pass straight to my blade, allowing me to slot the ball pass the keeper neatly as I drew the keeper to one side while running to one side of the goal. End of 1st period. 2-0. My first goal of the season, and my favourite way of scoring. Thanks Mr. Guo Yi. First goal's dedicated to you.

Towards the end of the 2nd period, we had a set piece play at the top right corner on the opponent's side. Mr. Gerald & I were in the corner. Lets see... I tapped the ball to him, he tapped the ball to me, I tapped it back to him and he tapped it back to me again! I didn't really know what to do with the ball (& instead of pretending to be bomberman and passing the ball to somebody else to get blown up...) so I just took a shot at goal. It wasn't really that hard, but it went in nevertheless. I think the goalkeeper got screened by his own defender. 3-0. Whee~ Lucky me. Second goal's dedicated to line 1, who had to work super hard for a total of 4 minutes for my being sent-off not once but twice.

Later in the 2nd period, the secondary school kids somehow manage to put a ball into our goal from over the halfway mark. *Wow* I think our side was dreaming, the ball practically rolled in. Sigh~ The guys must be feeling shag. 3-1. End of 2nd period.

Early 3rd period, Mr. Kevin did a short pass to Mr. Yew Keong who whacked the ball hard from near the half way line. It went sailing right pass the keeper into the goal. Very nice. 4-1. Did I mention that Mr. Kevin is the first in the team to bleed for us? lol~ He got whooped in the face while training last Thursday, by Mr. Yew Keong, no less. Haha~ This goes to show that there are no grudges held in our team.Woohoohoohoohoo~

Most of us are starting to feel the strain by then, and that was when our defender & left-hand specialist, Mr. Lee Cheong, stepped up and started taking shots from distance. Somehow I managed to volley a rebound off the keeper from one of Mr. Lee Cheong's long range shots. 5-1. Third goal is dedicated to she-who-must-not-be-named (yah yah I know, but I'm reading potter. Shush!), cause I promised.

To end off the match, Mr. John took another shot from range and found the back of the net. 6-1. I think he's really super happy from the way he celebrated. The team seems to be glad that the second match is over, winning the second match is crucial as it'll send a message to the rest of the teams in our conference that we're a force to be reckoned with. A tougher opponent will present themselves next week, until then, we'll have to train harder.

That's it for today, stay tuned for the next sleep-inducing episode of my boring life. *yawns* ^_^