Thursday, February 09, 2006

The World with moral boosting win.

The World managed to come back from their downturn in form, which saw them lose their last 2 matches, by recording a moral boosting win against Orange in this largely one-sided affair.

Boosted by the return of their defensive rock, Darren and midfield enforcer, Sid, both who were away on Operation Chingay and Codename Laos respectively, The World set out to avenge their humiliating defeat at the hands of Orange this past 2 weeks.

Orange on the other hand, while seeing the return of the double "A" team of Alice and Andrew, seemed to sorely miss the speed and shooting ability of Ben. So is (2A = 1B)? If B = 1 and A = 1/2, then yes. Unfortunately, it did not seem to be the case, as Orange were at times over-run by the rampant The World players.

The return of Darren and Sid brought an added bite and steel to a once soft The World team. Matching Orange's own enforcer Shaun, move for move, tackle for tackle, The World battled to a 2-0 first half lead. Were it not for the heroics in goal by Huifang and some sloopy shooting by The World, it could have been more.

The second half saw Orange rocked by more bad news. Part-time player JiaHui decided that her poser mohawk was too precious and backed out, claiming that she needed personal time off. She was last seen trying to wheel walk down a railing on a 70 degree incline slope that ended in a cliff overlooking shark infested waters. Condolences can be sent to Singapore Unicyclist.

Orange, however battled on and were rewarded with a goal when a testing long range shot somehow evaded all the defenders to roll into goal.

Spured on by that humiliation, The World fought back, fiercer then before, resulting in numerous crashes and falls. 2 goals later, Orange found themselves 4-1 down on aggregate, and 2 players on their butts. Seeing as how this wasn't to be their night, Orange conceeded the match to allow The World to a moral boosting win.

Will Orange be able to get over this blip when they see the return of Ben? Or will The World have to start looking for a new enforcer with the imminent transfer of Sid to Club Australia? Tune in next week for more news!

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