SECOND LOSS!!!!!!

Vanilla Stars vs Gombak

Again the match report by Ferdi :

"Dear Vanilla Stars,

looks like we still have a fare bit to go before we can show a solid performance over the whole length of a match. 15 minutes in the second half wasn't enough to secure a victory and therefore the Gombak team run away with a 25:23 victory.

The start was already woody as Romain, Ferdinand and Thomas tested the post and cross-bar with some wood-cracking shots, but unfortunately Gombak utilized on our lack of converting our chances and lead immediately 3:0. From there the whole first half we were always trailing one or two goals. Our defence was the weak point in this phase and we conceded easy goals from the wings. Also our 6:0 starting formation wasn't the chinese wall as we planned and some distance shot found there way into our goal. After changing to a 5:1 formation we could at least limit the goals from Gombak's distance shots.

Luckily our attack improved and it was also relatively easy for us to score our goals. Easy driving of the ball, starting from the wings, provided good distance shooting possibilities for the center or center left/right. Thomas was able to capitalize on these opportunities and kept us going at this stage. Though it wasn't enough to take the lead and therefore we went into the break with a 12:15 for Gombak.

It seemed the break brought some fresh concentration to us and suddenly our defense was solid and the conversion of our chances increased. Soon we leveled the score and took over the lead. Again driving the ball from the wings provided us the chances. In addition Romain had some good actions on teh right wing and scored his share of goals in this phase. After 15 minutes in the second half we were leading by 21:17. But suddenly our concentration was gone and we became too easy going. Chances were missed and the defence lacked the bite of the first 15 minutes. Additionally the referees had some decisions, which weren't in our favor and suddenly Gombak leveled again. The last five minutes became hectic and we tried to defend our lead with force instead playing out our chances. Gombak used this for a few fast breaks which finally saved them the victory.

At this stage I like to say thank you to Antoine who supported us in this match as goalkeeper. he adapted fast to the game and did a good job as rookie to handball.

Players in this match and goals :

Ferdinand D. (2)

Ferdinand O. (3)

Nicholas (2)

Thomas (9)

Romain (7)

Simon

Antoine (GK)

Nicolei

Vincent

Other news:

• Training is canceled for coming Wednesday, 21.03.07!!! OCM needs the arena for a different function
• Next training is scheduled for Wednesday, 28.03.07 from 7pm to 8pm at OCM. I'll look for an additional training slot on 31.03. at SportPlaza, PJ. I'll confirm time by end of this week
• Next matches are on 15.04.07 against Cempaka and 22.04.07 against Kinta

Please try to free some time for the trainings.

Go Vanilla Stars, Go

Ferdi "

Blogger's note :

We can't afford any more losses.

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