Complacency Costs Myjia Three Points
Tampines - Caretaker manager Eugene Low's first match in charge ended in disappointment as Myjia threw away a two goal lead and conceded two goals in the final five minutes to finish 3-3 with Spansolina City on Saturday.
Myjia started the match in a spirited mood with an almost full strength squad barring Eric Low, Vincent Low, Chan Mingchun and Ng Yong Chun who is on loan to FC Hanoi.
The first real attack of the match from Myjia in the 15th minute resulted in the opening goal, such is the dominance of Myjia that it was only a matter of time before the family team opened the scoring.
Jerry Lim, once again impressive for Myjia, floated a deep freekick into City penalty box which caused mayhem when Delvin Ng darted in from the blind side to clip the ball past the keeper. Delvin fast rediscovering his first season form for Myjia was a constant menace for the City defence and that goal will have done wonders to his morale ahead of an energy sapping examinations week.
Myjia's suspected concentration level surfaced again after the defence decided to pass around the penalty area before finally presenting Spansolina their equaliser.
Totally against the run of play, the stunned Myjia players awoke from their slumber and launched the offensive. Leong Wai Meng was beginning to get into good positions in the City box and when two legitimate penalty calls were turned down, the referee finally got one decision right when Wai Meng was pulled from behind after receiving the ball inside the penalty area.
Up stepped Wai Meng for the resulting penalty and the midfielder made no mistake slotting the ball home into the bottom right corner from the penalty spot.
2-1 to Myjia and for all the possession, the Family team failed to increase their lead as both teams trooped in after 45 minutes.
Team tactics were reshuffled during halftime by Eugene Low and the introduction of Jackson Seetoh down Myjia's left flank soon provided the impetus for Myjia's attack. Jackson's close control and flank play provided Myjia with the width and chances were building up rapidly.
Chia Junhao missed an absolute sitter when put through one on one with the keeper and the off-colour striker's shot ricocheted off the keeper's leg's for a corner.
Several corners were taken and aimed for the head of towering defender Lucio but the attempts failed to find the target.
Lanky striker Ronnie Low was providing good decoy and support for the Myjia midfielders to push forward and when another corner was cleared weakly by the City defence, Wai Meng stormed forward to take charge of the loose ball and belted home a stiff grounder from just outside the penalty box to give Myjia a 3-1 advantage.
Myjia was in total control of the game and passes were sprayed around with confidence and poise. Eugene Low showed good touches and glimpses of his footballin brain as he continually linked the midfield and attack with his short passes.
By now, the smell of complacency was beginning to fill the air as the passes begun to get sloppy and Myjia were eventually punished for their arrogance with two quick goals in the final five minutes of the game following two defensive errors from Myjia.
The stats were not available but it certainly appeared that Spansolina City had scored 3 goals from only their three real attacks in the game.
Myjia on the other hand though superior in every aspect of the game, had nothing but one paltry point to show for their total dominance.
Complacency resulting in conceded goals is fast becoming a regular theme for this Myjia team.
