Manager, Bob "The Builder" has a clean bill of health and was able to put out his strongest eleven. Farok "Autopilot" was missing from the line-up simply because people could not see him. Syafiq "Adik Noxs" was also absent as his brother would not let him borrow his Kawasaki Ninja 250cc. It is said that Syafiq refused to wear an all-black outfit asked by his brother as a condition if he wants to borrow the motorcycle. Zul Kecik "Takot Lipas" was given the captain armband for this game as part of his anger management course he is currently attending.
F&F went onto the match wearing their new white away kit as Gakerata came in their traditional fiery red. The gameplay in the first half was cagey as F&F tried to stop Gakerata's passing play with hard challenges. F&F defense, marshalled by veteran centre back, Ferdinadeem was superb in trapping Gakerata players on offside position. The back line consisting of right back, Azim "Pelekat", Zul Kecik "Takot Lipas" and Shahizam "Altec Lansing:The Return" and Ferdinadeem himself, managed to cut down Gakerata's chances by 90% with their offside trap. Gakerata did have a fantastic chance to draw first blood as a phenomenal volley was unleashed towards the F&F goal, but goalkeeper, Adli "Bobot" showed why F&F tried to acquire him for so long with a magnificent dive to clear out the impending danger. The rest of the game went on with half chances for both teams with F&F bombarding the ball forward hoping that the keeper will be caught out and Gakerata keeps getting caught offside. The first half ended 0-0.At half time, Gakerata's representative complained about the some of the refereeing decisions that was made during the first half and asked for the referee to be changed. This was agreed upon by the organizer and both teams eventhough there was no instance of a situation like this ever occuring in an official match before.
F&F made a few changes in the second half by bringing in ex-skipper "Samir" Aie on for Atoy "Pinky" who lacked on match fitness. "Samir" Aie's first touch of the ball turns to be a fatal one as he fails to release the ball early for it to be picked up by Gakerata's left back. The ball was played across the field for a Gakerata player to latch on to, beating the offside trap and capitalising on the mistake. But F&F was resilient in their play and tried to fire their way back into the game. "Samir" Aie exerted the manager's faith in him as he latched on to a throw-in by Azim "Pelekat" and shrugged off the challenges of two Gakerata defenders to put in a cross that was misjudged by the Gakerata goalkeeper. With that leveller, F&F continued their pursuit for the second goal and their persistence was awarded when the legendary Mid "Totti" burst forward with the ball to the right side of the field. Mid "Totti" thereafter released an inch perfect cross for Eskandar "Macheda". Eskandar connected spectacularly with Mid's cross with a flying header. With the score now 2-1, Gakerata became more and more frustrated as their attacks were cut-out by F&F's tactical play. A controversial moment erupted when Gakerata appeared to have scored the equaliser but it was not counted as the referee raised his flag for offside a little bit late. The ball was played by a Gakerata midfielder into F&F's penalty box, intended for another Gakerata player who was in an offside position. While the ball was in-flight, it scrubbed off Azim's "Pelekat"s head and fall into the path of the offside Gakerata player. The linesman was hesistant to raise his flag but eventually did but a little bit late. The Gakerata players resented this decision. F&F went on with the game and tried to launch a counter attack with Ferdinadeem releasing the ball quickly from the defense area straight to Boynaldo who was waiting on the touchline. Boynaldo then released a monster ball to Eskandar "Macheda" who trapped the ball nicely to the path of Chun Yang "Mascherano". Chun Yang shrugged off the challenge of a Gakerata defender and laid on the ball for Eskandar "Macheda" to tap the ball home for his second goal of the game.
The game was marred at this point when the Gakerata players refused to get back into the field, still protesting about the goal that was not given. F&F players stayed on the pitch and waited for the opposition players to get back on the field but that proved to be non-existant. The referee finished off the game after a few minutes of waiting with the scoreline of 3-1 to F&F.
It is such a shame that the game had to be finished off the way it did. At the end of the day, football is still football and the game is played to provide a healthy competition among the MMU and Cyberjaya community. Protesting and leaving the game halfway would not do anyone any good and it shows a lack of maturity among the players. It is hoped that an incident like this would not happen again and it would be best to see the game played out to the end and hands shaking shortly after that.
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