Tampines Central C. C.
Kallang CS 6 - 0 Carrera FC 28 January 2007

Line-Up
Tuan Jiaw; Yong Teng, Shanghao, Luqman, John; Robin, Ivan, Se Wei, Daniel; Daryl, Alvin; Johnny, Ian, Bernard.

Scorer(s)
-

Man of the Match
Ian

Was is really complacency? Or were we intimidated by the professional approach our opponents produced? Or was it because we were never ready for this game? After 2 games of emphatic victories, have we, Carrera FC, lost the will to continue playing well in the tournament?

This was exactly what we produced on the pitch. Since kick off, we were just defending all the while, hoping that we would cling on to the clean sheet until the end of the game. Honestly, from the way we're playing, that was what had been going through my mind during the entire first half. None of us wer.e willing to challenge for headers. None of us were willing to close down the opponents. We were not passing We were not playing like a team.

Fair enough, I, as the captain of the team, wasn't even playing like how i should be playing. Wasn't even motivated. and definitely, not motivating the team.

Why must we always have a wake up call before we improve? and then sit back again and wait for another wake up call. And why are we always afraid of our opponents? Why is it that football as to be a racially determined game; just because the whole team have malays mean they play better football? Why is it that we always have to emphasize on the issue of punctuality?

Can we clear all these discipline and attitude issues once and for all? Because, at least when we lose, there is nothing to feel guilty about.

At least we were able to take out some positives from this setback. Robin blasted the whole team, and woke me up from my dreamland. Luqman was still very positive. And i liked what he said, "Make it difficult for the opponents. We have nothing to lose."

And we improved in the second half. Though we were still outplayed by the opponent, at least we were fighting for the ball. We were motivated. We were at some point, attacking. And to think that this is the first time when we played better in the second time, amazing.

At the end of the day, we asked ourselves, could we have won this game? Maybe? Definitely. Or at least a draw.

Let us all take this back as a lesson. Prepare ourselves for the next game.

Go go Carrera FC! Vroom Vroom!