A win finally!!!!

DRM managed a well deserved win yesterday at BSRC against determined opponents CP-7, a result that ends their win-less streak which stretches back past the last few games before Ramadhan.

We had new signing Jai play our first game for us in centre midfield and he showed glimpses of the talent that he will bring to DRM with his passing and long range shots! Jame, Arch and Nazrul who have not featured in the line-up for too long also made their appearances yesterday on the muddy BSRC pitch. It was definitely a strong DRM squad on show yesterday as both 1st and 2nd half teams had a right balance of players going forward as well as in defense.

Rahimin commented on the emerging DRM style of play when he said, "It seems like we're a team that plays very high up the pitch with our strikers setting up stall close to the opposite goal, and our defense sitting on the half-way line most times. We get hit far too many times on the counter-attack! Looking back at all our recent games, we've been by far the more dominant team but have always leaked goals at the back whilst on the counter.."

And from what i saw yesterday was no different! Long may it stay that way!

Our first goal came from a well worked ball on the right side (the muddier side) when our South American import, Javier put through Arch in the penalty box. Arch who had been a threat all day, had nothing in mind but trashing the ball into the back of the net, and we we're up one nil.

On the other end, Alex saved our skins with a kamikaze tackle which in any other pitch condition would probably have earned him a red card. It turned out as clean as a white sheet in anycase and allowed us the benefit of the one goal cushion for abit more.

Azelin had to come off injured after his foot got caught in heavy ground, and we lost a little bit of bite when he left the pitch. CP-7 subsequently managed to pull one back before half time. Another performance worth mentioning, was Haidi up in front where he's most comfortable. The big guy had several headed chances to score, and also used his phsyique to hold the ball up well, using the pacy players around him to good advantage.

The second half saw the new generation of DRM players take the field, and they were determind to put on a show for those on the sidelines. Khairulizan wow-ed us with his tricks and turns, and he worked well in the middle with Jame and Jai, providing plenty for the guys up-front. We played a very attack minded 3-5-2 and the 2nd half back three of Nazrul, Rahimin and Fakhrul defended extremely well in the situations they were put in.

Rijal's goal came from the left when Khairulizan put Fadil free on the left, his first shot was saved by the keeper but bounced right back to his feet. This time round he put in a weighted ball into the box which Rijal muscled his way to and we were up by a goal!