Once again, thanks to our goalie Jais for a great weekly match report

Unknowns 2-0 Brazil (Over-23 Select)

Unknowns clinch massive win.

After last weekend's disappointing defeat at bendeemeer, Unknowns bounced back with an impressive win at Mayflower Stadium.

Determine to prove that last weeks result was fluke, Unknowns turn up several notches to beat the opponents convincingly.

Unknowns arrived at the stadium later than usual, only to find a full squad of the Brazilians "Oldsters" already warming up. Just the kind of team Unknowns love to beat.

First half was a tight affair, with only 2 important moments of note. First was a good team play which resulted in Zhenrong taking a snap shot which went agonisingly wide. Second was a deflected shot that looked like dipping into Unknowns' goal, only for gaolie Jais to claw it away with a flying save.

Second half saw the Brazilians melting under the sweltering heat, and Unknowns began to take control. Breakthrough came in the second half, when the Unknowns, leading my Kevin upfront, pressed the opponents aggressively and forced a mistake between the defender and goalie, with the later drawn out of his area to collect a bad pass from the defender. Seizing on the opportunity, Top-Scorer Zhenrong swooped in to lift the loose ball over the whole defence into the goal to give unknowns the all important lead.

The brazilians began to pour foward, only to find the defensive wall of Leslie, Alvin, Andy and Yuanji/Sherman unbeatable and well marshalled. With such strong defence as basis, Unknowns countered with pace and were rewarded with the game killing goal. Good play down the right resulted in the ball being played to Zhenrong out wide, who threaded a pass to the on rushing Apple to rifle a shot in. Though the initial effort was saved by the keeper, he reacted to slam the rebound home.

Unknowns later stayed firm and held on for a valuable win, not only to proved last week's critics wrong, but also half a run of 5 games without a win (4 draws 1 lost).

Man of the match: Zhenrong - Scored one and made the other. Conbined well with kevin to constantly press the opponents into errors.

Moan of the match: Becky - After the ealy season full of twist and turn and blitz of goals, the midfield marshaller has dipped in form, and has even been fined recently for turning up for matches VERY late. Gotta buck up and find your form Becky!