Spartans G2: Not Over

Frontliners Spartans put up a great second-half display to win some pride back after a poor first-half in a game that they lost by a one-goal deficit to Contact FireAnts.
Missing two of their players, Jason Chan and Por Kai Yann, it showed when the FireAnts stormed to a three goal lead. Passing (the little there was) was disjointed, control was average, and the shots were just not coming in. The first goal came when the Spartans conceded a freehit five meters away from the goal. Their lack of experience showed, when, after a pretty dummy by Edward Lim, Henry Cheang of Contact scored, low past the keeper.
The second goal was a letdown, after some slack defending, and goalie Sharron could do nothing about the goal resulting from a pass to the centre. The third came just after the second, with Edward hitting a crack shot midway into his attacking half, scoring to the bottom-right corner.
To compound it all, the Spartans again were reduced to four men after Steven Tay was sent off for not being a full three meters away from a freehit.
During half time, team captain Khor Kuan Yang calmed the players down and urged them to remember what their team manager had written to them: to stay mentally strong.

Since Jason was not there, it was Joshua Lam who took over his role.
"Spartans! What is your profession?!"
"Floorballers!"

Hyped up and raring for action, the players returned to court and started making their presence count. The defence impressed (bar some nervy moments, but Sharron covered magnificently), and it paid off when Kuan Yang scored a great goal, a shot from nearly 15 meters out.
The Spartans pushed on, and were again rewarded, with Kuan Yang scoring again.
The hall was bursting with pressure, and the noise level rose as the crowd finally started to get vocal. However, in the end, it was 3-2 to the FireAnts.

Congratulations, FireAnts.

"We didn't lose the game. We just ran out of time." (Vince Lombardi)