Not lagging back, the Vikings brought on quality of their own for the second period, restricting the Blacks of their space and movement forward. The introduction of Jason Lu would spur the team on in search for the equaliser as they continued to press ahead. The first half was to end with an appalling freekick by Ian Morris, one which certainly ranks amongst the list of the worst of them all. The Blacks, though feeling annoyed by the manner which the Vikings took the somewhat underserved lead, almost pulled level but yet again could not find that extra inch in front of goal. Having nothing to do up till then, keeper Lim Yong Kiat was hard done to pick the ball from a well taken spotkick, though he almost kept it out after guessing to go the right way. In the same vein of proceedings, the Blacks went close again to opening the scoring when skipper for the day and HFC’s league top scorer, Mikhail Baiman watched in anguish as his shot went agonisingly wide.įrom almost two goals up, the Hilderincs were cruelly dealt with by the referee after he awarded the Vikings a dubious penalty, confusing the notion of ball to hand with hand to ball.Īs much as one could clamour about the refereeing decision, it was no doubt a result of a momentary lapse of judgment and indecisiveness on the Blacks' part which invited unnecessary pressure inside their own box. Pinning the Danes in their own half for good periods, the Blacks continued their industry, collectively asking questions of their more experienced opponents. However, the Blacks were unfortunate to the see Vijay Ramadoss’ finish squirm past the post after all the hard work done. It was no surprise then that the first chance of the game would fall for the Blacks when a fine ball, well worked from defence to midfield, and played on to the attack in swift and efficient counter attack with Leslie Eng, Graham Henderson and Leonard Chua all involved heavily. Graham Henderson and Regis Cavalie, playing their hearts out in the engine room, worked well and constantly linking up with the attacking quartet of Leonard Chua, Frank Pintor, Mikhail Baiman and Vijay Ramadoss. With Kavin Singh rolling back the years, youngster Jimmy Ong showed what the future looks with both, along with Sunny Tharidu and Leslie Eng played a faultless game at the back, leaving Lim Yong Kiat little to do in goal. Not being bothered by the heavy pitch, the Blacks prodded at the Danes backline looking to find cracks to exploit.Īgainst all logical odds, it was the Blacks who looked the more dangerous with the forward line looking increasingly potent with supplies from the defence and midfield working in tandem to get them into goal scoring positions. Taking the initiative right from kick off, the Blacks wasted no time in announcing their intention by going at the Vikings. Taking on a highly organised and almost professional Danes would have caused any team to buckle under some form of inferiority complex but the Blacks had none of that and proved to be warriors at heart by producing a magnificent team display, earning even the plaudits of a gracious opponent. If there were any doubt about Hilderinc Football Club’s upward progression, the hard fought ESPZEN FA Cup tie against Division 3 Singapore Vikings would have firmly dispelled it.
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