>> [SGWPL] Match Commentary: SAWFC 2-0 HUWT | 22 Jun 2024, 1700hrs, CCK Stadium

FT: SAWFC 2-0 HUWT

87′: HUWT have seven players in their own half defending against three SAWFC players. Attack already!

SAWFC 2-0 HUWT

80′: GOOOAL FOR SAWFC!!!

No.13 Yongkul cushions the ball down from a throw-in on the left side of the pitch just outside the HUWT penalty box. No.17 Reena collects the downed ball and dribbles through a couple of defenders along the edge of the box. She shoots at the near post and the HUWT GK is unable to reach the ball. Goal!

SAWFC 2-0 HUWT

75′: HUWT make an attempt on goal inside the SAWFC box but SAWFC No.10 Sunisa wins possession and dribbles away with the ball. How many caps does she have for Thailand, again?

SAWFC 1-0 HUWT

71′: SAWFC No.8 Nursafura lobs a ball forward from inside the SAWFC half. No.17 Reena Esther collects the ball and drifts left and up the pitch with it. She passes the ball to an onrushing No.13 Yongkul in the centre. Yongkul shoots from just outside the HUWT box. The ball sails over the HUWT goal.

Good play!

SAWFC 1-0 HUWT

67′: GOOOAL FOR SAWFC!!!

Fantastic build-up play by No.13 Yongkul on the right. She runs down the pitch and passes left to No.17 Reena who is at the right side of the semi-circle. Reena then passes the ball left to No.7 Carmen who is on the left side of the semi. Carmen takes a hopeful shot at the far post from just inside the penalty box and scores!!!

SAWFC 1-0 HUWT

65: SAWFC No.7, 13, and 17 combine on the right to bring the ball all the way up into the HUWT box. No.13 Yongkul finds herself in exactly the same spot as when she scored one of her three goals vs. TBWT. However, she is closed down by two HUWT defenders.

The HUWT coach is audibly not happy with his team’s performance.

SAWFC 0-0 HUWT

63: HUWT No.12 gets a chance to run the ball into goal in the six-yard box but SAWFC GK rushes out to grab it. Best chance of the half so far for HUWT.

SAWFC 0-0 HUWT

62: HUWT seems to be reluctant to commit more players forward. Their back five are keeping close to the three SAWFC forwards (No.7, 13, 17).

SAWFC 0-0 HUWT

60: SAWFC No.17 Reena having to fight off three players surrounding her in the midfield. She escapes the surround with the ball and passes it backwards.

SAWFC 0-0 HUWT

56′: Here come the planes again. SAWFC with 10 players are somehow creating more chances than HUWT at the moment.

SAWFC 0-0 HUWT

55′: SAWFC No.13 and No.17 trying to take on five HUWT defenders again in the final third. The ball goes out of play on the right.

SAWFC 0-0 HUWT

51′: Wow… we are being treated to a six plane fly-by in formation right in front of the stands. This coming after a Chinook flew around with the Singapore flag. NDP coming. Elections will come after NDP.

SAWFC 0-0 HUWT

50′: HUWT starting the second half brightly with another long-range attempt from outside the box.

HUWT No.99 Sitianiwati seems to be dropping into midfield to feed the ball forward vis-a-vis being the lone striker up front in the first half. Southgate should let Harry Kane do something similar imo.

SAWFC 0-0 HUWT

2H K.O.: SAWFC 0-0 HUWT

HT: SAWFC 0-0 HUWT

44′: SAWFC No.13 Yongkul passes the ball to No.17 Reena from the edge of the HUWT box on the right. After a bit of a scramble, Reena finds herself open in front of the goal and fires a shot from inside the six-yard box. The ball flies high over the goal. She knew she should have converted the chance.

SAWFC 0-0 HUWT

42′: SAWFC No.7 Carmen and No.17 threaten the HUWT keeper inside the box but the presence of five HUWT players is sufficient to kill off the attack.

SAWFC 0-0 HUWT

37′: RED CARD FOR SAWFC!!!

No.20 Bhanu trips HUWT No.15 as a HWUWT counter-attack was developing. She receives a second yellow card without hesitation from the ref. Her first yellow was for pulling on a HUWT player’s arm after losing a 1v1. SAWFC down to 10.

SAWFC 0-0 HUWT

35′: SAWFC with the bulk of possession and applying pressure now. HUWT just putting numbers into their own half in order to defend. HUWT No.99 making every chance to count-attack when they do get back possession but SAWFC No.6 and No.10 are holding up the SAWFC back line expertly.

SAWFC 0-0 HUWT

27′: SAWFC No.13 Yongkul completes the perfect pass to No.17 Reena down the centre and Reena races into the HUWT box with the ball. She shoots straight at the goal but HUWT GK is right in the path of the ball and she saves it cleanly.

SAWFC 0-0 HUWT

25′: Inaugural Most Underrated Player Award winner SAWFC No.20 Bhanu doing Bhanu stuff. She slide tackles the ball out to the sideline just as HUWT were about to break away from near the halfway line on the left.

SAWFC 0-0 HUWT

20′: HUWT haven’t been shy to try long-range shots from outside the box. None of them have troubled SAWFC GK yet and have gone out instead.

SAWFC 0-0 HUWT

17′: SAWFC No.7 Carmen misses an xG 1.0 chance after HUWT GK fails to collect the ball in the six-yard box. It was just her and the keeper but HUWT GK picks herself up and grabs the ball on a second try.

SAWFC 0-0 HUWT

15′: HUWT wins a second corner, this time on the left. SAWFC GK Pamela safely collects the inbound kick. HUWT have been able to work off both flanks.

SAWFC 0-0 HUWT

10′: Both sides have even possession of the ball so far. HUWT wins the first corner on the right but no good scoring chance comes from it.

SAWFC 0-0 HUWT

K.O.: SAWFC 0-0 HUWT

15 mins to K.O.: Looks like a full SAWFC squad to me. New signing No.17 Reena Esther is on the pitch. She just completed ~20 kicks of the ball into the air without dropping it.

25 mins to K.O.: I don’t know the HUWT that well at all… the last time I watched them play, they refused to let BKWT score their first goal of the season and beat them 3-0 instead at ITE College East. TBF, every team has refused to let BKWT score so far.

The regular Aerion fans are slowly streaming in… there’s four of them right now. And the BKWT coaching staff are sitting behind me (again)!

35 mins to K.O.: I’m in! And I get spotted immediately by friends of the account/blog SAWFC No.6 @fondachai and No.4 @jasminekua just as they head out to the pitch for their warmup routine. Hi! 👋

45 mins to K.O.: SAWFC will move up to 3rd place if they win this match while HUWT just needs a draw to overtake GIWT for 3rd.

The match is going to start soon but the gates are not open yet. “4:30pm then we open,” explained the ActiveSG staff.

4 hours to K.O.: The Sun is out – perfect timing to dry up the pitch a bit!

SAWFC should be razor-sharp for this game after their 7-1 trashing of TBWT earlier in the week, with No.13 Yongkul securing a hat-trick. But HUWT is no pushover and is one spot above SAWFC in the table, so this should be quite a promising matchup.

13 hours to K.O.: Speaking of transfers, SAWFC brought in a new signing of their own all the way from the Seychelles! No kidding, if I were to give you a map of the world and ask you to point out where Seychelles is, could you?

“The Seychelles is an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, off East Africa. It’s home to numerous beaches, coral reefs and nature reserves, as well as rare animals such as giant Aldabra tortoises.” – Google dot com

Anyway, welcome Reena Esther to Singapore and the SGWPL! Congrats on your first two goals – please help SAWFC beat LCSWT 4-0 when you meet them later in the reverse matchup!

16 hours to K.O.: I guess the biggest news over the SGWPL mid-season break has to be that the dominant LCSWT just did a Bayern Munich and signed four new players, including two from BGTRWT.

“The inclusion of these players will foster strong and healthy competition [within the squad] as we head into a crucial period of the season,” says LCSWT Head Coach Daniel Ong in the club’s story release.

With two football campaigns to conquer – one local and one overseas – LCSWT will definitely benefit from the promising additions to the squad.

As for the rest of the SGWPL, this is your Xabi Alonso-Bayern Leverkusen moment! Don’t stop believing that even the mighty Bayern Munich can be beaten.

I’m back. SGWPL is back. What Euros? Come to CCK this weekend and watch four(!) free football matches featuring the best women footballers in Singapore return after a mid-season break (sorry Easties, welcome to the North!).

GFC match commentary coverage (*):
- SAWFC vs. HUWT | 22 Jun 2024, 1700hrs, CCK Stadium*
- BKWT vs. TPUWT | 22 Jun 2024, 1930hrs, CCK Stadium*
- BGTRWT vs. ALBWT | 23 Jun 2024, 1700hrs, CCK Stadium
- GIWT vs. LCSWT | 23 Jun 2024, 1930hrs, CCK Stadium*

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