14th July: Friendly Match Against Matthewians

Swarovski 7 - 6 Matthewians

No Retreat! No Surrender!

An astonishing fought back victory by the Swan on last Saturday 7-a-side game against the Matthewians.

With most of the startups have been out for trip or personal matters, the swan squad were barely composed by Ming, OK Man, Kwan, Ho, Chris, Ernest, Kenneth and loan players Shun and Lam.

The Matthewians dominance the game soon after the start and they have scored 2 goals in the first 20 minutes of the game. Undoubtly the Matthewians have a better side on teamwork and physical as their average age is around 10 years younger than the Swans.

Kenneth scored a goal back on the 25 minutes but the Matty scored 3 more just before the break which made the score 1-5.

After the break, the Matty scored another fast break goal and seems the Swan has already surround to the game.

Warriors Ming, Chris, Ernest, Shun and Lam turned around the game. With just 20 minutes, Shun, Ming and Chris scored to the opposite side goalie and made the score 4-5.

The game is decided to seperate into 3 periods because of the desert like weekend.

The swan pressurized the Matty and the reward gets repaid with only 10 mins before the end of the game. Our hot scoring winger Chris put the ball in the goalie with a power stroke and the scored tied 6 - 6.
Swarovski soon realized a tie would not be enough and Ming scored the winning goal with just 5 minutes to the end.

7th July: Friendly Match Against Bayer Group

Bayer 2 - 3 Swarovski

The UNBEATEN run continues...

Two late goals from Martin Rainer and Martin Gattinger seals the win for the swan.

The game was play at 1:00pm - 2:30pm during the sunny hot burning summer afternoon but all the players from both teams shown their sportmanship till the end of the game.

Collecting a pass from Ming, Kenneth spotted goalkeeper off his line and headed the ball into the net to score Swarovski first just 10 minutes of the game.

But the Bayer made some extrordinary passes and runs soon after they heat up by the stove-like sun, and they got repaid at 30 minutes and the Bayers beat the Swan temp Goalie Ernest Kwok with a lovely vollie.

The melted swan was unable to find a space for the 2nd goal and and the Bayer took the front on a fast break just before half time.

The swan keep presuring the Bayers but they manage their goalkeeper made a few desent saves. Our offense side (M & M, Ming and Roman's son the 16 yrs old rookie Felix) were hardly find a route to the opponents goalie.

Swan finally broke through in the 45th minute when another Ming found M.Gattinger, who hooked the ball past the Bayer with a power jam.

The scores stayed ties at 2-2 and the Swan Top Scorer - M. Rainer broke the deadlock just 5 minutes to the end of the game.

It might be the most fascinating won for this as everyone played enormously hard with the risk of hyperthermia.

Greatly thanks to all the players who gave the best to the team on this game:
Ming, Fast Horse, OK Man, Kwan, Ho, Martin Rainer, Martin Gattinger, Chris Chan, Ernest Kwok, Roman, Felix

30th June: Friendly Match Against Oregon Scientific

Swarovski 5 - 0 Oregon Scientific

Swarovski humilated Oregon Scientific with a 5-0 mauling, in the first meeting between those 2 teams, held last Saturday morning, at the Shun Li Football Field.

The Swarovski goals were scored by Martin Gattinger, Martin Rainer, Ernest Kwok and Kenneth Wong.

Oregon missed the opportunity of opening the score on first 20 minutes, after loan striker Wilson Cheung shot from short range, striking the ball too lightly to the right of keeper Angus Wong, who made the save with ease.

This fright set the Swan into action and they began to pile the pressure on the Oregonians. As a result of this change, Martin Gattinger managed to take the lead after being teed up.

This was the first goal of the Austrian Striker but the goal did not change the attitude of the Swan, who continued to set a slow pace in midfield, despite the efforts of Ernest, the only player to try his luck against the Oregon goal.

The Swan began in top speed, midfield Kenneth grabbed a brace to make it 2-0.

The Swan tried to hit back playing deep, but left gaps behind for their opponents, who played on the counter. That was how Martin Rainer claimed his goal by beating the Goalie 1-on-1.

The Paraguayans made the most of their indecision to add a fourth with Kenneth Wong, on 60 minutes. Ernest Kwok closed the scoring 10 minutes before the end of the match to make it 5-nil.

Everyone commited well and gave their best to the team, especailly the coach-player Alan dominant the defense line with Ho, Kwan, OK Man and Tak. Teamwork is shown during the game and this each with accurate passing and tight defense.

Roman's debut also boomed the offense side of the Swan.

Upcoming Games for Month July, 2007:

1. 30th June (Sat)
9:30am-11:00am, Shun Lee Tsuen Sport Centre, Kwun Tong 順利 體育館小型人造草足球場(7-a-side)
Opponent: Oregon Scientific

2. 7th July (Sat)
1:00pm-14:30pm, Happy Valley Astro-Turf pitch 跑馬地遊樂場仿真草地足球場(9-a-side)
Opponent: Bayer Group

3. 14th July (Sat)
11:30am-1:00pm, Cherry Street Park, Yau Ma Tei 櫻桃街公園小型人造草地足球場(7-a-side)
Opponent: ??

4. 21th July (Sat)
9:30am-11:00am, Shun Lee Tsuen Sport Centre, Kwun Tong 順利 體育館小型人造草足球場(7-a-side)
Opponent: ??

5. 28th July (Sat)
9:30am-11:00am, Kowloon Tsai Park Football Field 九龍仔公園仿真草地足球場 (11-a-side)
Opponent: ??

16th June: Friendly Match Against China Team

Swarovski 3 - 2 China

Swarovski beat China with five-goal thriller.

Swarovski continued the unbeaten streak as on loan striker Raymond scored a late goal to seal a controversial 3-2 win at competitor on Saturday morning.

4 players (Lok, Kim, Raymond and Goalie Percy) had been brought in to the team on a match loan for the Swan and all of them contributed a lot to the team. With the on loan players - Lok and Kim, they definitely improved both in offense and defense to the squad.

China Team went ahead with a fast break after only 20 minutes from the start.This has wrecked the Swan defense and offense into 2 parts, the best warning to the home side.

Swarovski, who have now unbeaten for 5 successive games, equalised when Martin Rainer scored from 20 yards just before second-half.

After the break, the China Team pushed forward and they got their reward 5 minutes after later by putting them ahead.

Nevertheless, Swarovski failed to get a goal they craved, they played some good football and displayed a never-say-die attitude. The Swarovski Coach-Player Alan Li made a few crucial tackles which prevented another conceded goal.

Swan almost got an equalised goal with 20 minutes remaining. A mild cross from the corner by Kenneth and Midfielder Ming almost headed in to the left side of the goalie – but this was blocked by our teammate Wilson Cheung. Though he tended to escape for it , the power shot was toooooooo quick to hide.

Nice passing and spirit all got filled up by the Swarovski and it paid in the 80th minutes. Kenneth scored from 18 yards while the China Team played a sloppy clear just outside the penalty box.

Swarovski gained the rhythm of the game and the loan striker – Raymond scored the winning goal just 5 minutes before full time.

This secured the victory for Swarovski over China and the unbeaten run continues.

‘Teamwork is shown during the game and the spirit is high during the game,’ said Lok.

‘We should have won more, we need more shots from the outsides,’ said Alan.

‘Our team getting better and better after games we played, and definitely we have more team work than ever,’ concluded Kenneth.

News Update:

New Comers:

After the Footballer Recruitment Poster has been posted, we have two new comers. Big Jason and Big J-son.

Please give our warm welcome to Big J and his son and let's train Big J-son to be the next Pele.

News Update:

The Swarovski Football Team will change the name to Swarovski Hong Kong Football Club with immediate effect.