Defeated Again.

We played at RBA Field last night. We expected a win last night against Jana Villa (again), but failed to do so. Here's our first XI:


Malik wasn't supposed to be our goalkeeper, but because of Aqil's absence, we had no choice. Unfortunately, we were poor in the first half. We were repeatedly invaded by their long and high shots and weren't fast enough to outrun their attackers. Our defenders were easily pulled away from their positions creating numerous chances for Jana Villa. Fathul was shown a yellow for a foul on their forward, Chun. We conceded 3 goals in the first half while we soldiered on with nothing. There were chances by our attackers Afeek, Amin and Fathul, but they failed to convert them to goals. Referee blew for the end of the first half with a scoreline of 3 - 0.

We decided to change formation and this time, we tried the 4-4-2 formation.


The second half performance was much better than the first! Despite Ashif's own goal to put Jana one goal ahead which made us having to chase them 4 goals further, we did pretty well! A goal for Cobra came not long after we kept on attacking. A cross was fed by Afeek into the box, but the keeper - instead of catching it - he punched it into the middle of the box and later was confidently left-footed into the net by our #23, Haadi. A few minutes after that, we bagged another goal! Fathul did brilliantly to put in the ball  from the far right side into the box and it was eventually headed comfortably towards goal. The keeper tried to save it, but he couldn't. Amin was shown yellow for a late challenge on one of the defenders after losing the ball. We tried to even the score, but we were too late as the referee blew for full time. The score ended 4 - 2 with another loss in Cobra history against a strong Jana Villa. Well played, lads!

Here's a group photo after the hard fought game!

Labels: 4 - 2, Cobra, jana villa fc

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