League

Monkey Field
Spectators: 9233 (Terracing: 6926, Seating: 2124, VIP seats: 183) Jester Monkeys's Azly Yi-Sheng started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 5 minutes had been played when some careless play by Danbery City's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Iskandar Siong was slow to take the kick. During this time Jester Monkeys's players had a chance to rest. In the 11th minute of the match Famih Seng sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jithu Rajah skillfully saved the ball. In the 14th minute, Zafran Chan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Jester Monkeys fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Jithu Rajah stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Azly Yi-Sheng's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. In the 25th minute, Danbery City's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Zafran Chan fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Albert Chian kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Azly Yi-Sheng's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jithu Rajah was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. Daniz Yip charged in rather forcefully in the 31st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Daniz Yip the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After having played for 32 minutes, Azly Yi-Sheng managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Jester Monkeys's supporters crossed their fingers, but Azly Yi-Sheng was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 45th minute, Jester Monkeys's Azly Yi-Sheng dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 3-0. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Felix Braddell to make the kick off. Zafran Chan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 50th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Azly Yi-Sheng succeeded in the game's 53rd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 4-0. After a defensive mix-up in Danbery City's zone, Azly Yi-Sheng stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jithu Rajah came out of the goal and Azly Yi-Sheng tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 64th minute, Azly Yi-Sheng hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zack Hsin lost his temper 65 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. 65 minutes into the game, one of Danbery City:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 67th minute there was a penalty for Jester Monkeys. Iskandar Siong stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Jithu Rajah. 5-0. In the 70th minute the ball was on its way in behind Danbery City's goalkeeper Jithu Rajah, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Jester Monkeys's Albert Chian got a good chance for a goal in the 74th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After having played for 77 minutes, Zafran Chan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Jester Monkeys's supporters crossed their fingers, but Zafran Chan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Danbery City's zone, Azly Yi-Sheng stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jithu Rajah came out of the goal and Azly Yi-Sheng tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Danbery City's Felix Braddell got a free kick in the 80th minute. In the 81st minute, Azly Yi-Sheng ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jithu Rajah was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. Jithu Rajah came out of the goal in the 85th minute to try and stop a shot by Jester Monkeys's Azly Yi-Sheng. But to his dismay, Azly Yi-Sheng quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-0. Danbery City's Jithu Rajah played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Azly Yi-Sheng in the 91st minute of play. Zafran Chan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Jester Monkeys's Zafran Chan in the 95th minute got a chance for a shot 95th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Danbery City's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpected shot in the 96th minute by Darren Chong got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Jester Monkeys fully deserved thier win.