Junior Bullets give home crowd reason to cheer with 4-0 victory

26 Feb 2015

Bullets Centre-back, Harith Aniq (no.10), rising to head the ball

The C Div boys from Bowen Secondary School signed off on their preliminary round matches with a comprehensive 4-0 win over North Vista Secondary School this afternoon on their own turf and stayed top of Group B in the NZ Inter-Schools Football Tournament.

Bullets right-back,Tang Guang Yu (no.4), throwing the ball into play

The North Vista Soccerites were playing for pride, having been knocked out of contention after their first two matches. And they brought the game to the Bullets, pressing diligently high up the pitch with 3 players upfront. Space was at a premium for Bowen's attack of Jeremy Chin and Muhd Zamani,so the Bullets' first goal had to come from an unlikely source in the 23rd minute.

Bullets midfielder, Ithar Irfan (no.11), preparing to score the Bullets' first goal

Playing on the right of midfield, Bullet Ithar Irfan who had a torrid time against Sembawang Sec, bulldozed his way into the North Vista penalty box after receiving a return pass from striker, Jeremy Chin. With time on his side, Irfan coolly swept the ball across the North Vista goalkeeper and into goal off the far post.

Scorer Ithar Irfan (right), receiving congratulations from team mate Muhd Shakir

The elation from the goal died immediately after Jeremy Chin was shown a yellow card in the 26th minute for a swing of his arm at his marker whose shirt pulling antics were sorely missed by the referee.

A minute later, Irfan got himself into another one-on one face-off with the North Vista goalkeeper but this time he miscued his shot out for a goal kick.

The Bullets listening attentively during the half-time pep talk

The 2nd half saw the boys from North Vista slowly losing steam, which coincided with the rise of Bullets skipper Muhd Zamani. His curling free kick in the 41st minute from just outside the left side of the penalty box was totally misjudged by the North Vista custodian and flew into the goalmouth for the Bullets' 2nd goal.

Bullets Captain Muhd Zamani, scoring Bullets' 2nd goal from a free kick.

Zamani's speedy runs into the North Vista's penalty area from the right flank was constantly causing problems for the visitors' defence and in the 45th minute, he scored his team's 3rd goal, firing an angled shot from the right past the goalkeeper.

Bullets striker Jeremy Chin (left), and Muhd Zamani, anticipating a throw-in from Muhd Shakir (no.6)

As the pace of the game slowed down with 3 minutes to go, Zamani completed his hat-trick in style, directing a stiff shot into an empty net from just outside the penalty box.

Bullets Muhd Aniq Akmal, jumping the highest to meet a floated corner kick 

Over the 5 matches in the preliminary round, the Bullets have scored 25 goals and conceded only one, and that coming from a penalty. The Bullets' name will be entered into the draw for the quarter-finals and they shall await tougher challenges ahead.

 

	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
Bowen Sec	5	5	0	0	25	1	24	15
Marsiling Sec	5	3	1	1	10	3	7	10
Sembawang Sec	5	3	1	1	10	4	6	10
North Vista Sec	5	2	0	0	12	9	3	6
Yishun Sec	5	1	0	4	3	21	-18	3
Siling Sec	5	0	0	5	0	22	-22	0



 

NZ Inter-Schools C Div Boys Group B Final Standings

 

 



Bullet Muhd Tahalif (no. 5) dancing his way into the penalty box

Bowen	4 - 0	North Vista
Goals Scored (Bowen only)
Ithar Irfan 23’ Muhd Zamani 41’, 45’, 57’
Substitutions
Muhd Aniq for Jeremy Chin  46’ Muhd Azimmie for Tang Guan Yu  46’ Muhd Azhar for Muhd Shafiq 55’ Elhan Akmal for Ithar Irfan 55’