team xinmin
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1st august 2009
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we played against team xinmin yesterday for the second time in less than a month at hougang street 21, the field opposite to the old hougang interchange near kovan mrt station. boon gee, kwee chuang and yibin, played for zelva again in this rematch.

we made some major changes to our starting lineup - waikien played goalkeeper, kenneth hu as defensive midfielder and nick wong as a striker. the changes were effective as nick scored an early goal in the first half.

yibin replaced waikien as goalkeepr while simon, faisal, beechai and shang were substituted in before the start of the second half. nick wong scored another goal minutes into the second half before we conceded a soft penalty to team xinmin, after defensive errors from left-back teck wee and centre-back chee keet. the match was eventually concluded when nick wong sealed the game for zelva with his third goal of the match.

hat-trick hero nick truly deserves to be the man of the match! waikien and yibin were strong contenders for the award. both of them pulled off match-winning saves to secure a win for us. overall it was a very good team performance from everyone.