It appears that even the Gods are unable to stop the Vamosh train relentless steaming on to the first ever IB League Championship, the most prestigious in the land.
After watching Vamos go on a scintillating six match winning streak, the footballing Gods in Heaven had had enough. Our very own Jarvin Lim was told in to uncertain terms that he was to don his old football jersey and put on those seasoned boots and put an end to Vamos’ downright disgusting (in the words of the very revered George Best) run of form.
Jarvin was instructed by the combined talents of Duncan Edwards, Eusebio and Sir Matt Busby to get on to the pitch and work his magic. Unable to even talk about themselves in the same breath, Richard Foong and co. had no choice but to take up the challenge.
The match began with much tension in the air as an extremely nervous Marcus Lim, showing just why he’s called DS, panicked every time Jarvin touched the ball, not only rendering himself useless but causing his team mates’ heart rates to rise as well.
As a result, Vamosh, for the first time this season, actually looked vulnerable. Not only did they not take a single shot at goal in the first half, but were even dominated by Nehmine in terms of possession. A remarkable reversal of roles only that man Jarvin could have engineered.
Jarvin however, was also unable to do much. On every occasion he received the ball, there were immediately at least two uncompromising Vamosh players hounding his every touch, mostly in the form of the assured Richard and the steely form of Justin the Destroyer.
The second half however, proved to be much more exciting. Finally overcoming Jarvinophobia , Vamosh started to put Jason Goh and Nat under some pressure. Credit must be given to the Nehmine defence however, who bravely fought off some of Vamosh’s best efforts.
Unfortunately, they were dealt a cruel blow when a long ball from the Vamosh keeper was allowed to bounce in the Nehmine penalty area. Marcus Lim, up to one of his tricks again, appeared to obstruct Jamal’s view, leaving him helpless as the ball deflected off his leg and into the goal.
Jarvin however, now with more space to work with, began to show just why Bestie picked him for this match. Bringing the ball up his favoured right wing, Jarvin sidestepped one defender, held the ball up, feinted right, left, then right again, and with a super spinning move turned the second defender. With another one closing down, he executed his trademark triple knee shift, giving him just the space he needed to unleash a thunderous strike into the top corner that Jinyan somehow parried. A few seconds later, he repeated the trick, but yet again Jinyan was there to deny him his goal.
Nehmine in truth could have been level, if not for some disgustingly shameful finishing by the woeful Anjan Biswas. Presented with two glorious one-on one opportunities with Jinyan after great work by Jarvin, the Bengalese contrived to misue his kick. BOTH times.
They were duly punished when Marcus Loh wrapped up the game with a neatly taken goal, beating Jamal with a cool shot into the bottom corner. So for the SEVENTH time, Vamosh took home three points leaving them in seventh heaven, where captain Stanley Ong was last seen in a heated debate with Eric Cantona’s dad on how a fish trawler and Vamosh don’t mix.
FINAL SCORE: Vamosh 2-0 Nehmine (and Jarvin Lim)
