Brighton Rocked
Head coach
Tian Yonghang had to accept that survival in Division Two is currently looking like a pipe dream. "To put it straight, that is too much to hope for while we are blooding our youngsters straight out of the academy." Tian said. "No matter what, we are staying the course on this. In a few years, we should be back again, and on the upswing."
It's definitely looking bad for next Sunday against Arcturules, who acquitted themselves pretty well even considering their 1-3 home loss to current leaders Random Curiosity FC. At the same time, Ang Mohs in flip flops cut it very close against CE Sindiket 07, who charged to a 3-1 lead in the 42nd minute, before getting pegged back by half-time. Club Dinosauria then rose to third, as they dealt Benfleet Branch 2 a fourth straight league loss.
Farmer Bunnies kept on chugging to preserve their perfect record in III.9, although they would have to wait to recover from Ng Yeow Lai's opener from a corner in the 33rd minute, which had them nearly fall prey to Ruggero Ceccoli breakaway from the kick-off return. Brighton UK striker Wan Haris Asyraf Rusli would strain his right hamstring striving to get to that, though, and
Jerad Meyer converted a cross after 76 minute, after the Buns had stabilized. The match appeared headed for a draw, before
Sunil Patel won it ten minutes on, with
Lim Su Liang again rampaging down the left side.
Djoko Tambusai, who hit one off the bar at the death, recognized Lim as the club's main attack driver at the moment. "Our issue is getting it in the net, and there's only so much that Vitaliy can do by himself."
Dragon Devil's stay level with the Buns on points following a 4-1 win over Really McCoys, as headache climbed to third with seven, after a 4-0 hammering of also in-administration Unidentified Terrestrial Phenomena F.C.; the contest was perhaps most notable for Shekar Balan's dismissal in the 64th for a second yellow, before Khalil Tamim somehow got booked twice within a minute, despite it being teammate Roberto Coriale scoring in between. Next opponents Mangrove Pittas beat J West 4-1 too, to sum it up.
Grilled International's poor Battle for Division IV form carried on, to more disdain from their fans, as they fell 1-2 to IV.44's Chinese leaders, Brothers in Socks. The Jiangsu representatives were unbeaten in twelve competitive outings, to be fair, with Norwegian Number Nine Otto Pedersen putting them two up.
Wang Hanxuan got one back in the 72nd after some intricate play, but
Safari bin Hj Jali's scoring touch deserted him five minutes later, as International had their best shot at salvaging a tie.
Al Khanal's 4-1 win over Internationale Lenni would make it a draw overall with The Sun men holding Hamburg High Horizon 2-2, which however did not do much to placate the International set. "What are we doing here?" one was heard grousing, as he left the stadium. "We're just wasting our time."
