First match jitters left Bowen Bullets undone

19th Jan 2015

Bowen B Div Boys School Team Squad 2015

The B Div Boys from the Bowen Bullets suffered a damaging 3-0 defeat at the hands of their bogey team, Woodgrove Secondary School in their first match of the North Zone Inter-Schools Football Competition this afternoon at the home ground of their opponent.

Bullets captain Muhd Danial at the coin toss

The Bullets could not overcome their first match jitters and were in sixes and sevens when they conceded the first goal to Woodgrove in the very first minute of the match. Almost the whole Bullets defence was left stranded as Woodgrove poured forward, leaving stand-in goalkeeper Aden Kuo with little cover. After the goal, the Bullets continued to commit silly mistakes in their own half and were lucky to go into the break only a goal down.

Right-back Moses Tan heading the ball away while Riley looks on

What did not happen in the first half eventually materialised as Woodgrove sensed the discomfort of the Bullets on natural turf. In the space of 12 minutes, Woodgrove scored 2 more goals, taking advantage of some loose marking and hesitant defending by the Bullets.

A free-kick by Muhd Danial on its way to being saved by the Woodgrove keeper

The Bullets tried to make amends but the few chances they created were well handled by the Woodgrove goalkeeper who put up a 5-star performance to shut out Bullets skipper Muhd Danial at set-pieces and a stiff shot from striker Josiah Phua.

A busy Bowen defence having to tidy up another threatening move by the opponent

The 3-0 scoreline was a shock to the Bullet system and they will have to find a way to resolve their defensive issues sooner than later if they want to have any chance of progressing to the next round.

Woodgrove	3 - 0	Bowen
Goals Scored (Bowen only)
Nil
Substitutions
Muhd Dzulfadhl for Damien Se 40’ Ithar Iqmal for Moses Tan 57’ David Sanjay for Riley Gomez 65’