Frontliners Spartans again produced another heart-stopping encounter with Innebandy! CO, their best performance ever, with free-flowing floorball up and down the court, Mekanath surging to the top of the individual table again with another two goals to his account.
This game was not about individual brilliance but about who would make more mistakes: Frontliners Spartans, Innebandy! CO or the referees.
A few changes were made in the Spartans' formation, with three players out (Joshua Raj, Joshua Lam, Goekula Kannan), meaning that there would only be seven players playing, though none that anyone would expect, with Steven Tay playing as centre and team captain Khor Kuan Yang playing as an attacking defender. A risk taken, that meant Frontliners would be more proficient in attack but have less cover in defence. It paid off, and the game started at a furious pace, with Frontliners scoring inside the first few minutes through a tap-in from Kai Yann after the keeper spilled the ball.
Innebandy quickly equalized after some exquisite exchanges between their forwards and centre.
Frontliners then raced to a two-goal lead, shocking everyone, especially Innebandy's team manager, Kao Lin Ken, with goals from Mekanath and Jason Chan.
Innebandy pulled one back after a dubious freehit was given by the referee, then somemore poor refereeing meant that Innebandy drew level, with the ball sneaking in through the side netting. They then went a goal up after some good play.
3-4 at the break.
"We are two goals away from making history." Quote by team manager, Jason Chan.
Frontliners Spartans again started well, and were rewarded with another goal by Mekanath. Sanjeevan then scored his second goal of his entire career, ten minutes into the second period, with a shot halfway into the attacking half.
Innebandy pressed forward even more, but great defending and goalkeeping meant they could not find an equalizer even though, at one spot the Spartans were reduced to four after Jason was sent out. Then five minutes later, the looked-for goal came after a defensive error by Sanjeevan, leaving their forward on a one-on-one with the keeper.
The pressure heaped onto the Spartans to at least snatch a point, with Innebandy zooming in on them from everywhere, but great and desperate defending made sure that the score remained at
5-5, spoils shared between Frontliners Spartans and Innebandy! CO.
The happier team would be Contact FireAnts, spectators in this great match, with the draw meaning that they are a point above the other two.
There will always be questions asked and what-ifs and could-have-beens, but this game is over, and the only thing to do now is to concentrate on the next game.
"Spartans! What is! Your profession?!"
"Floorballers!"
Enough said.
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