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Thanks for the effort from our team member - Ernest Kwok.

Upcoming Games for Month June, 2007:

1. 2nd June (Sat)
11:30am-1:00pm, Happy Valley Artificial grass pitch 跑馬地遊樂場人造草地足球場(7-a-side)

2. 9th June (Sat)
9:30am-11:00am, Happy Valley Artificial grass pitch 跑馬地遊樂場人造草地足球場(7-a-side)

3. 16th June (Sat)
9:30am-11:00am, Kowloon Tsai Park Football Field 九龍仔公園仿真草地足球場

12th May: Friendly Match Against Bayer Group

Swarovski 2 - 2 Bayer



A day under the hot sun behind the humid scenes ended with a 2-2 draw against opponent Leverkusen again courtesy of Martin Rainer's injury-time strike at Happy Valley.

Bayer led twice through Sandman and Superman, and only two goals from Martin Rainer denied them an unexpected chance of victory.

Swarovski Fans had suggested the burning weather could affect the home team with only just 10 players for a 9 against 9 game , yet the Crystallized fighters showed their character to come from behind to have a final draw.

There was little in the way of goalmouth action before Sandman broke the deadlock, although Martin Rainer had a sight of goal with less than 2 minutes gone from the match kicked off.

Sandman played the ball forward with Kwan and Ray made a handful of their clearance magnificently. First shoot from Bayer was a Batman scooping an awkward ball over Wilson, who played as goalkeeper at the beginning, but failing to direct it on target.

Martin was driving Swarovski forward from midfield in the early stages and had a speculative effort from long range that did not offer encouragement of him scoring his third goal for the club, up to that moment though.

The visitor scored the first goal of the day with Batman got the ball in from the right, and Sandman saw a stabbed shot clip defender Kwan, with Ernest beaten by the six-yard effort.

Martin Gattinger had been struggling with a flu this week but the risk was justified and the Austrian striker extended his recent record to a power presence in the attacking department for the second consecutive matches. His header increased the intensity although he was denied a couple of scoring chances along with his striking partner Wilson.

Skipping Kenneth was out for the first time and his replacement Andrew showed quality passes from the right, although the home fans were sure missing their captain.

But the home team was not to be denied their equaliser and levelled in the 20th minute when Martin floated a long shot to the far post and finished past Spiderman, his third goal of the season.

Martin then had a shot blocked on the edge of the area as Swarovski chased a second. It got worse for Andrew when he scooped another chance over the bar after Ernest had dummied a Martin cross from the left.

Wilson struck straight the goalie in first-half stoppage time after exchanging passes with Andrew on the right flank.

Bayer continued to attack while Swarovski defended brilliantly with a lead by Ming and with several counter-attacks led by the Martins that nearly finished Bayer off. Spiderman together probably had brought all his spells and had stopped two clear shots from Wilson in the second-half.

But Swarovski was soon behind again, this time when Sandman's set piece was eventually swung in, Superman met it firmly with a shot and with a minor deflect from Ming, the third goalkeeper of the day Gary is helpless to stop.

Martin had a half-chance in the Third half when Ho's long-throw was flicked on by Rocketeer but his fellow centre-back could just get over the ball and cleared the danger.

The impressive Spiderman then had to be alerted to half-block a Martin shot after Wilson's quickly-taken corner.

Sandman then rose highest to meet substitute Greyman's corner but turned his header wide at the far post.

Time went go under the 30 degrees condition and it seemed the two teams were so exhausted. However, with seconds remaining Martin picked the ball up 40 yards out and drilled into the bottom corner with a fierce drive just at the edge of the penalty area.

Debutant Right-Back Ray: 'To come back as we did a point felt like it was the winner. The late goal gave us a lift. Consider we had only get 10 players it was an exceptional result, but of course we could do even better.'We are conceding goals but we are scoring them too and that means we are still on course for a bright season.'

5th May: Friendly Match Against Bayer Group

Swarovski 6 - 4 Bayer

Martin Rainer hit two goals to beat Bayer. Swarovski secured their victory with a stunning comeback win at Happy Valley.

Swarvoski Crystallized roared back from one goal down to wrap a firm hand around the Super League season opener by beating Bayer Leverkusen 6-4 at Happy Valley.

As if to rub salt into the Bayer wounds - Swarovski newly-appointed skipper Kenneth Wong blasting the equaliser tearing the rigid defence with his speed and goalkeeper to give Crystallized hope that makes the home crowd starting its gear.

It was another 'old boy' who came up with the devastating blow - Martin Rainer ramming the taunts of the Bayer fans back down their throats with his first two goals of the season.

There was no sign of what was to come when Batman rasped home a brutal counter attack to put Bayer ahead early on and when Elasticboy nearly belted home a second within minutes, Crystallized were on the ropes.

But, as others now knows, player-coach Alan and his team are never more dangerous than when their backs are pressed up against the wall. It proved to be a fairly accurate assessment of the situation too as Chris and Kenneth collected the ball from Martin and Ming before the break, attacked Bayer along the flanks with the usual directness and slammed the ball towards the dangerous zone with huge possession.

Even without injured striker Gary Prince and keeper Clone Cech, the visitors were determined to lay on a performance fit for the occasion.

Batman had already gone close with a header which flicked off the crossbar, which Angus could brilliantly keep out after it had flicked off Kevin.

Wilson was onto the loose ball in a flash, darted not just to the by-line but down it, then picked out Kenneth with a fine cut-back which invited the Skipper's precise finish bypassing two central defenders and unleashing a snapshot which Spiderman could hardly do anything.

As from this moment on the world is working in Crystallized's favour anyway, Alan's discovery of the second White Devils goalscorer would only have fuelled his opponent¡¦s paranoia.

Martin Rainer, who re-joined his old-teammate after a 4 months loan spell at Tirolean Wackers made ease of an horrific defence error from a poor goal kick and slashed home into the roof of the net for his first goal of the season.

There was a bit more huff and puff from Alan's side before half-time though, before Martin doubled Swarvoski's lead with a thunderous effort after he had collected Kenneth's pass, then scored at the far post of Wes Spiderman.

Martin had again a clear chance through a mistake from Leverkusen defender Sandman, who slipped when chasing down a long ball, leaving himself to poke it past goalkeeper Wes Spiderman. However, just as he was preparing to celebrate, the ball bounced back off the left-hand post and bounced to safety.

But hope came quickly for the visitors, and so did Batman, after some sloppy defence that inexplicably dropped Elasticboy's corner at Batman¡¦ feet, allowing the German to bundle home to get back 3-2 in the beginning of the 2nd half.

Sandman looked certain to level when he left Kwan on the edge of the area, then lifted a shot over Angus, only for his old mate Ian to get his body in the way.

But the finish line was not a long way off for Bayer and the game was flowing totally towards the home side¡¦s goalie, only after several great saves from Angus and rigid defence from Kevin and Alan.
Leverkusen drew level on the half-hour mark when Andrew's shot deflected off Swarovski defence, and Batman was on hand to fire the rebound home. It was 3-3.

There was more to come for Crystallized and their story writers, as the winner - and potential title-clincher, curled in off Wilson's boot 20 minutes from time with a long shoot into the bottom left corner.

Wilson still had plenty of work to do when Martin's far-post cross landed at his feet. But, on a difficult day from a personal perspective, the shot was inches wide.

Minutes later Swarovski made it 5-3, again Spiderman was involved, although he could not do much more than get in the way of Wilson's firm header as he rose to meet Kenneth's corner.

Only Spiderman's reflex save prevented Martin Gattinger getting his own name on the score sheet for the first time this season as a reward for his dreadful attack. It¡¦s not a lucky day for him though.
But just when it began to look like honours would be celebrated, Batman hit Bayer's fourth with a 12-yard screamer in the 63rd minute after a decent pass from Andrew to pull a one-goal deficient.
Chris added another in stoppage time after Martin had supplied the pass and then made a neat touch, the celebrations really began.

o Alan hails vital Wilson goal

Swarovski Crystallized player-coach Alan Li believes Wilson's goal was the turning point for his side in their 6-4 win at home.

They had to battle back from 1-0 down to spark a fightback including strikes from Martin Rainer and Wilson Cheung.

Skipper Kenneth said: ¡§This will be a tough season but with the combustive players in both the attacking and defending department, I am quite optimistic that we can break the record of 6 successive wins in a row in year 2005. With debutant goalie Angus played an important role and with firm partnership with Alan and Fast Horse. At that point I feel we really had a chance.

"I'm very pleased. It is a terrific result for us against a Bayer team which is a very good team and make you work all day"