Match Summary v Mud Boys

We were missing our regular keeper Yusra who was away on offshore duty last weekend, and in his place we had Ivan who turned out in goal for the first time in his DRM career. And what a revelation he was! He kept the DRM goal water tight in the first half, and even risked his neck in a 50/50 situation. For his effort he was voted joint man-of-the-match with Khai who set up our first two DRM goals.

The first half against Mud Boys ended in a stale mate with no goals scored which is becoming a rarity in DRM games. Adi Tabang playing against his old friends wasn't going to let a little thing like friendship get in the way of football and his trademark hard tackling was on show again. The ever improving Vince had another good game at the back with Fadil as the defense got mean and stingy. Julberg and Rahim worked hard upfront, but had very little opportunity to threaten Mud Boy's keeper, despite Khai's efforts running circles round the Mud Boy midfield.

There were several changes in the second half, Romeo and Shaheeb were the two substitutes with the most impact. It was Mud Boy's who got on the score sheet first though, after Renny's failed clearance bounced off their striker and put him through on goal. Shaheeb had several 1 on 1 chances with the goalie which he just couldn't convert perhaps taking abit too long on the ball when he should've taken the shot early but he didnt dissapoint on the third time of asking. Khai's deft touch put Shaheeb through on goal and his left foot shot was well placed to beat the keeper. The same combination produced a second goal this time on the opposite right flank, and with his right foot this time for DRM's second which took us into the lead for the first time. Arch scored our third goal, after running onto Danan's long ball and he side-footed the keeper and sealed our second consecutive away win of the season.