RMM 3 Cum In My Boxers 6

CRASH AND BURN

RMMs fine run of results finally came to a grinding halt as the veterans got unstuck on a soggy pitch in a hot balmy afternoon.

RMMs first choice stand-in keeper, Shark, found out exactly how thin a line it is between being a hero and a zero in the first half in 2 separate incidents that resulted in Cum In My Boxers (CIMB) goals.

In the first incident, the RMM defense had half cleared a corner when a CIMB midfielder sent a daisy cutter back towards the RMM goal from outside the box. Shark just barely managed to parry the shot but unfortunately for RMM, the rebound fell straight into the path of a straying CIMB striker who easily stroked the ball home. Even worse for RMM, the striker would have been in an offside position had the sleepwalking Speedy not played him onside.

Things then got worse for Shark when another CIMB striker smashed in a shot from distance. The giant keeper had initially parried the ball but had to watch in horror as the ball stopped in mid air, then bounced on the line into the net. A mid air Rob Green moment.

If it wasn’t for the sleepwalking Speedy and an unfortunate bounce, the RMM keeper may have been hailed for the saves but it just wasn’t his day…

Whilst RMM ended the half 2 goals down, the game was by no means 1 way traffic as the veterans had come close several times in the half, with Mat Burit coming closest with a header that was stopped on the line by the CIMB keeper.

With the halftime talk all about trying to get an early goal in order to put some pressure back on the CIMB players, it was no wonder that the wily veterans of RMM came flying out of the blocks.

Within minutes of the re-start, RMM had pulled 1 back when Mat Burit curled a shot from the edge of the CIMB box into the top corner. 2-1 and it was game on.

RMM then could have pulled another back when some good interplay between Mat Burit and Shark who had been released to play upfront resulted in a 1 on 1 situation with the twin strikers facing a intimidated CIMB keeper. Unfortunately for the twin terrors, Mat Butit was adjudged to have committed a foul in the build up.

RMMs second was not long in coming though as the marauding Flash That then equalized when he ran a good 30 yards with the ball and smashed home from almost point blank past a shell shocked CIMB keeper.

Mentally scarred for life, the CIMB keeper was then replaced.

The replacement CIMB keeper then showed his mettle when he managed to parry Shark’s header to safety after some great work from Blindman Poon on the left.

CIMB then pulled ahead again when making the score 3-2 when RMMs poor play out of defence left the central defenders stranded as CIMB’s speedy forwards easily made their way into the RMM box to score.

The RMM defence was caught out again for CIMBs fourth. RMMs second choice keeper, Speedy - the Master Of His Own Alternate Universe, displayed his exceptional positional sense by mirroring the CIMB striker’s run and leaving the entire left side of his goal wide open. The CIMB striker sent Speedy a Thank You card before easily converting.

RMMs Partyman Eddie then gave the veterans a glimmer of hope when he rose high above the rest to power in a header from Iceman’s corner kick.

With the score at 4-3, RMM committed too many forward in the pursuit for the elusive equalizer and conceded a 5th when CIMBs burly Chinaman striker took advantage of wide empty spaces to power home from the edge of RMMs box.

The final nail in RMMs coffin came when Red Devil Meng tripped a CIMB striker in the RMM box after contracting Speedy’s sleepwalking disease. Needless to say, the Master Of The Alternative was not able to make his unusually large frame count in the resulting spot kick.

As the game ended at 6-3 against RMM, the veterans were left to rue what would have been if it wasn’t for Shark’s gaffes in the first half.

Date: 11 July 2010

Venue: Stadium Raja Muda

Scorers: Mat Burit, Flash That, Partyman