Thursday, June 21, 2007

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.

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