Tampines - Myjia notched up an impressive 5-2 win against a youthful Temasek Boys FC on a horrendous East View pitch on a sunny Saturday afternoon.
Veteran player Michael Low made his first appearance of the season in attack for Myjia and at almost 60, Michael has the distinction of holding the record for being the oldest player in the Amateur League. Brilliant.
Edwin continued his excellent goalscoring run with a brace, the first a thumping shot that opened the floodgates and the second using his height to his advantage with a towering header that beat the keeper and into the net.
Tough-tackling leftback Ryan Xie got into the mood as well with his first ever goal for Myjia and what a goal it was. Picking up the loose ball just inside the opponent's half, Ryan unleashed a shot which sailed past the keeper and into the top corner.
At 3-0 and cruising with barely 20 minutes of the match played, Myjia typically entered into sleep mode and allowed Temasek Boys back into the game.
On loan keeper Allan more than showed his goalkeeping abilities with a commanding presence and a sound reading of the game to thwart several Temasek attacks to give Myjia a commanding 3-0 lead at half time.
With a win in sight, player-manager Vincent Low made the first of several changes with the introduction of youth team prodigy Ryan Low in attack.
The youth team star showed much improvement since his last appearance for Myjia and was unlucky not to get his name on the scoresheet after making a purposeful foray on the right side in the 55th min.
Myjia then showed its typical weakness in the second half to concede two goals in succession to leave a win in doubt.
3-2 and with 20 odd minutes to go and with the Temasek Boys piling on the pressure with their spirited attacks, Myjia somehow managed to turn the game around against the flow.
A hesistant pass from Vincent was hurriedly cleared by Waimeng and when the ball flew into the opponent half, Wilson was on hand to break the offside trap and place an immaculate ball past the hapless keeper.
The goal lifted Myjia's spirits and with Wilson's goal celebration - kissing an imaginery ring and pointing to the skies dedicating the goal to his new friends at Beijing Guoan, the fire in Temasek Boys' fight was truly doused.
With the team looking home and dry, Waimeng added further gloss with a goal minutes later for an ecouraging 5-2 scoreline in favour of Myjia.
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