DRM Finally Register A Hard Fought Win!!

A quick one. This was our fourth game and after a string of bad luck and some costly defending mistakes we finally managed to score more than we could concede yesterday afternoon to register that elusive first win and the three points that would take us off the bottom of the league table, where i am sure we definitely don't belong. One thing that has hit us this campaign has been an inability to stop the leak at the back, 12 goals conceded in 3 games puts us just behind East B with 18, but really that has always been DRM's style of play.

Worth mentioning though was the manner in which our attack play decimated the Hoist defense in the 1st half. We scored after just a few minutes, when after a corner was won, Danan's inswinger fooled everyone including the keeper to deflect off someone's head and into the back of the net. Tragically we conceded quite soon after that, but the way the game was going it was soon before an Azelin jinking run found him rounding the keeper for his first.

In some way, the referee had been kind to us as the next two DRM goals would probably have been called for offside on any other day. The first was when a through ball from Danan found Sulhi in some space and he slotted that in from the left easy.

A second came from a Rijal cross on the right where he'd been working hard creating chances all day, and some major confusion amongst the Hoist defenders as four of our boys looked to run at the final ball, all of them arguably offside. The on-form Azelin got to the end of that and he didnt dissapoint with his finishing.

We ended up 5 - 3 up at half time, with a seemingly comfy 2 goal cushion, and with the intent of preserving our lead, we opted to keep the strong back line of G Khai, Fakhrul, One Tabang & Vincent hoping to frustrate the Hoist team further.

That we did succeed in doing, and it was a testament to our resolute that we held on for the eventual win as they tried everything they could to claw back in to the game. And that included kicking at anything and everything in the way.

There was a 2nd half flash point as alot of smack talk and finger pointing resulted in Fakhrul getting a yellow for his efforts. Though he was fully justified in feeling aggrieved at nearly having his head whacked off his neck whilst on the ground.

In the end we held on dearly as they scored the one goal in the 2nd to make it an extremely close finish. Extremely relieved we were... as yoda would put it!

DRM FC v TSW Antlerz Match Report

Match Line Up

First 11: Khalid, G Khai, Fadil, Saiful Bulan, Ivan, Saiful R, Azelin, Julberg, Danan, Sulhi, Rijal

Subs Used: Yazid Student, Khairul Student, Haidi, Azwan, Vincent, Renny, Ari

Match Statistics

HT Score: 5 - 3

FT Score: 5 - 4

Goals: Own Goal, Azelin(2), Sulhi(2)

Assists: Danan(2), Fadil, Rijal, Azelin

MOTM: Azelin

Cuci Baju: Sulhi