Daniel Farhan Tan (Sports School #8) tries to hold off a challenge by Jonathan Yew (St Patrick’s #40). (Photo 3 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Muhd Nabil successfully converted St Patrick’s next penalty to put the pressure on Sports School captain Shannon Stephen. It was high drama as Shannon’s resulting effort went into goal and bounced straight out, with the St Patrick’s fans rushing onto the field thinking the shot went off the bar to gift their school the title. However they had to persuaded off the pitch after the official announcement.
The pressure probably got to St Patrick’s next taker Jonathan Yew as his feeble effort was saved by Khairul Karim. That paved the way for Sports School substitute Andrew Leow to be a hero as he duly converted his penalty to send the Sports School fans into ecstasy.
“It was tense,” commented the victorious Sports School captain Shannon Stephen. “Even though we toiled very hard, I think we deserve the victory. In the second half, we showed more fighting spirit than the first as we really wanted to retain this championship.”
“We didn’t train,” he said when quizzed about the preparation for the penalty shootout. “It was all down to confidence. “
Meanwhile St Patrick’s captain Basil Gerard Teo remained proud of his team in defeat.
“It was a good game,” said Basil. “Both teams were evenly matched. We showed a lot of fighting spirit in this game, but eventually there had to be a loser. The pressure is definitely big on the penalty takers in such games.”
“I think I ran too much,” he said when quizzed about his injury. “It resulted in cramp. But my teammates defended really well for me after I went off.”
“We’re disappointed of course,” he added. “But we’re also happy in the way that we managed to hold Sports School to penalties.”
Final Result
St Patrick’s 3 Sports School 3 (Sports School win 6-5 on penalties)
End of Normal Time
St Patrick’s 3
Dharvin Hiranand Mirpuri 5’, 10’
Jeremy Louis Koh 78’
Sports School 3
Tajeli Bin Selamat 7’
Shannon Stephen 31’
Danial Farhan Tan 42’
Penalty Shootout
St Patrick’s 5
Dharvin Hiranand Mirpuri (scored)
Chester Leander Tan Kian Cher (scored)
Daniel Christopher Chai (scored)
Arvin Singh s/o Jaswant Singh (scored)
Jeremy Louis Koh (missed)
Muhd Nabil B Muhd N (scored)
Jonathan Yew Ping Shen (saved)
Sports School 6
Tajeli Bin Selamat (scored)
Muhd Fuad Bin Ramli (scored)
Muhd Nurullah (scored)
Muhd Alif Haiqal (scored)
Muhd Zakir B Samsudin (saved)
Shannon Stephen (scored)
Andrew Leow (scored)
St Patrick’s Starting Lineup
Ashwyn Seth (#1, GK), Jonathan Yew Ping Sheng (#40), Raziv Reshad B Mohd Fauzi (#36), Daniel Christopher Chai (#27), Santa Maria Ryan John (#32), Chester Leander Tan Kiah Cher (#22), Basil Gerard Teo (#37, captain), Ahmad Nadhier B Adnan (#30), Daniel Thong Yu Chiang (#33), Erfan B Subadi (#39), Dharvin Hiranand Mirpuri (#38)
Substitutes
Agustin Colombo Couste (#18), Muhammad Deferdauz (#21), Muhd Nabil B Muhd N (#23), Jeremy Louis Koh (#29), Ahmad Nadhier B Adnan (#30), Kemas Muhd Irfan B K M R (#31), Daryl Woon Tian Kai (#34), Jeremy Ian Leong Wei Jie (#35), Erfan B Subadi (#39), Erfan B Subadi (#39).
Sports School Starting Lineup
Khairul Karim B Zulhanif (#1, GK), Shannon Stephen (#15, captain), Jamilul Hadi Bin Jamil(#7), Muhd Syafiq B Bidin (#6), Marcus Adi Wheeler (#2), Muhd Zakir B Samsudin (#17), Muhd Fuad Bin Ramli (#10), Tajeli Bin Selemat (#3), Jasvinder Singh s/o Kuldeep (#14), Muhd Nurullah (#12), Danial Farhan Tan (#8)
Substitutes
Andrew Loew Shao Siong (#4), Muhd Alif Haiqal (#5), Nicholas Marc Cher (#9), Muhd Syafiq Bin Siraj (#16), Nurul Hasif B Shamsudin (#48), Muhd Shahrin Bin Saber (#55)
Shannon Stephen celebrates his goal against St Patrick’s. (Photo 4 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
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The opponent’s name which shows him clearing the ball away from Sport’s School Zakir B Samsudin is Jeremy Ian Leong Wei Jie.
They should put the entire st pats team to play for yog.
The inconsolable player in photo 40 is Raziv Reshad.
-NSP
thanks.
isn’t the vice captain the number 36 dude?
ST PATS ALL THE WAY
ST PATS!!!! WAY TO GO!!!! We showed the world that sports school is not invincible and that just because they train everyday,they are not much better than us!!OUR PLAYERS PLAY WITH HEART!!!!
What Feeble effort by jonathan yew!! he deffended for st pats well.
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Good matured quotes from captain Basil there..well done boys! You definitely gave them a run for their money…
I still don’t get how the penalties were won by SSS, didn’t the player hit the pole?!
well, where were you watching from??? obviously the ref, and linesman have a better view.
The final penalty scorer was Andrew Leow Shao Siong and not Nicholas Marc Cher. Please make the necessary changes throughout your entire report. Otherwise, it was a well-written, detailed account of the enticing encounter between the North and East zone champions.
Thanks for the name correction.
ST PATS ALL THE WAY. LADY LUCK WASNT ON OUR SIDE, THATS ALL.
Yeah! By just looking at the results, St. Pat’s are just as good as Sports School. Luck was just on the Sports School’s side.
kudos to st pats,an embarassing result indeed for sports school, who apart frm a few hrs in class, spent the majority of their time honing their skills.is sports school the way to go to improve soccer in sg? or u reckon the monies will be well spent if each cluster has a school identified to promote the game. SS has been arnd 5 to six years, what have they acheived. think think think
even the best/ fav teams lost in the recent world-cup. luck does play a part even in major games.
dude could you put the rest of the photos?