RMM 2 Chinese Chelsea 1

Scorers: Guvnor, Bengkoh


Squad: Shark, Snake, Jason Yap, Danny, Siyeh, Joe, Guvnor, Meng, Speedie, Iceman, Bengkoh, Thong

The man behind the fixtures was at it again. Just a week after matching up RMM with KUNT Team twice in less than a month, the boys of RMM were matched up against Chinese Chelsea again for the second time in a matter of weeks.

This however was a welcomed rematch as RMM wanted to avenge their recent embrassing defeat to Chinese Chelsea.

The RMM squad again looked paper thin with only 12 players turning up. With the likes of Foo, Flash That, TyPhoon and Superstar Batigol were missing, RMM lost a lot of speed and looked very lightweight (literally) in attack.

Without a recognised striker in the starting lineup, Bengkoh and Iceman were the obvious choice to start upfront. RMM took control of the game right from the start and the makeshift strikeforce did a pretty good job as they linked up well and threatened to score early on with some decent efforts but the Chinese Chelsea’s 96 years old keeper was up to the task. Bengkoh could have had a hattrick but had one well saved, fluffed another and one ruled out for offside. Chances were being created at will but some poor finishing kept the score at 0-0.

Over the many decades of playing, RMM has not had many good friends with match officials and it almost cost us on this day. The ref obviously had some negative feelings towards RMM as he made some outrageous decisions left most players bewildered. The most scandalous moment came when Iceman's inswinging corner towards the far post found the unmarked Guvnor who looked certain to score but the ball was deflected away from him at the last minute by a swinging Chinese Chelsea elbow. The handball could be clearly seen from all 4 corners of the pitch but the ref failed to award a penalty.

A very bored Shark in goal then tried to entertain himself with some goalmouth action by giving away possession near the penalty box. He deservedly got an earful from Guvnor as Chelsea happily held on to 0-0 at halftime.

Despite only 1 sub, Guvnor rang the changes again as Shark partnered Bengkoh in attack, Iceman went back to midfield and Joe was fielded in an unfamiliar left sided role. The changes almost paid off immediately as Iceman skilfully got around the Chelsea midfield and played lovely behind the defence. The ball fell invitingly for Shark whose attempt somehow flicked off the keeper's foot for a fruitless corner. Moments later, Shark once again failed to capitalise on another piece of magic from Iceman. This time Iceman cleverly flicked Snake's long throw into the box and found Shark unmarked but instead of taking a shot at goal, the giant striker somehow chose to head the ball which was knee height. Needless to say, he failed to make a clean connection.

The second half mirrored the 1st as RMM continued to attack relentlessly but unable to find the back of the net until Guvnor decided to take matters in his own hands. The marauding Snake pushing forward at every opportunity finally delivered a decent cross into the box which Guvnor who made up lots of ground to head past the keeper at the near post. 1-0 accompanied by a huge sigh of relief.

Minutes later, it was 2-0 when Shark broke free on the left and delivered a stunning cross (by his standards) to Joe whose header hit a surprised onrushing Bengkoh on his heels before trickling into the net. The skillful part time pilot claimed that it was the result of one of his legendary FFK step overs.

RMM defence began its weekly self destruction act again after the 2nd goal. The defence looked nervous and Danny was first to blink when he totally misjudged a bouncing ball and left the Chelsea striker a clear run at goal. The striker happily accepted the gift and fired past the helpless Speedie in goal to make it 2-1.

Towards the end, RMM were pegged back as the biased ref continued awarding Chelsea mysterious freekicks in dangerous areas.

RMM held on for a 2-1 win after another unconvincing display in defence.

report courtesy of iceman with shark slicing and dicing....