www.jifl.net - Season 5. Vol.15

A smile to your face
 

Dear Kickermaniacs,

Greetings to you all.  I wanted to mention that the Grasshoppers defeated the formerly almighty Wanderers 2-0 last week and celebrated a historical moment that was good for the league but recently Marvin sprang a little psychological tool on me and mentioned that I was pointing out problems but not providing solutions.  This froze me on the spot and I immediately tried to identify solutions simultaneously as I spotted potential problems.  This then got me to thinking of outcomes before institutionalizing changes. Therefore, I have several announcements to make in this week's Newsletter with problems & solutions provided side-by-side.  So here we go:

Regarding proper footballs:  Being the most important part of the entire process for all that which is playing the game of football, Ray Goggles had another 'Sepp Blater FIFA' moment recently, when he took Newsletter No.10 into serious consideration and decided that we should approach the league chairman, Phillip Knaggs, with the idea that the league itself can afford to and should provide a uniformed football for match play.  His idea being that we purchase 20-30 balls of one high quality and have three balls available to every team for each match.  The referees could be in charge of this aspect of the equipment.  This solution provides a standardization for ball quality and consistency that we needed in the league and an amount of added organization that does not affect the clubs themselves in any way.  We just need Herr Jesper Boutrup, to release funds to pay for the league balls.  Besides, we have the funds available since we haven't thrown any parties for ages in this league.

Regarding JIFL-ISCI Futsal Tournament February 28th, 2009:  Because ISCI's renovations to adapt the gym will not be ready on time, we are going to move the tournament to a later date most likely at the end of the season.  This gives every team more time to choose their sides.  Most teams should be able to put 2 sides in of 6-8 players per side.  We will maintain the entries to 16 teams as originally planned.  And we may move the tournament to the new futsal center across the street from ISCI (where they have two fields with artificial grass) on a Saturday morning.  Any teams wishing to book outstanding JIFL matches for Feb. 28th then feel free to do so at this time.

Regarding Arsenal SSI Semester 3:  Semester 3 is starting up and SSI wants everybody to know that 'Arsenal is for Everybody'.  It is not exclusive and you mustn't be invited or recruited by the coaches contrary to popular rumour.  SSI has an open-house policy.  Come and try a session at no cost.  Join if you want under no pressure.  Click on Arsenalindonesia.com for more information.

Regarding 2009 Champion's League Final on Saturday:  UIFL (United International Football Leagues) Champion's League Final:  Saturday, Feb. 21st, 2009 - Wanderers of Jakarta, Indonesia -vs- Red Asterixs of Kuala Lumpur of Malaysia postponed to June do to severe and unpredictable weather at this time. Well, those are the most important things that you all wanted to know this week.  Check the league standings below.  Interesting at the top with Vikings and DoIt coming up on the standoff of the season.  Check the schedule for that.  That particular contest should be televised.  I'm gonna be there.  It is well worth it and one more thing before I go.... it's good seeing the Wanderers lose matches, isn't it?  You know it makes you feel good inside and brings a smile to your face.  Admit it...  and until then, see you Live on the Pitches...

Your Hero

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11 feb. 8.00PM

ISCI

ONE TREE

2

0

WANDERERS

Oh yesss, it feels good, it really does.  For long time already we owed ourselves a victory like this one, combining very good football but a lot of attitude.  We all knew that Wednesday was going to be D-day, previous games against Wanderers ended as unfair defeats and draws many times.  This time finally luck changed and One Tree proved everybody what is perfectly known by its members: with a full team and the right attitude we have enough potential to win against anybody in the JIFL League.

As usual against a great team like Wanderers the game started very even, also the ball was hard to control due to the previous rains and the pitch not being at its best.  However a very focused team starting from excellent and confident performances throughout all defense (a total achievement since beginning of the league) by toughs Marc and "feel my elbow" Jeff + Reza in very good shape transmitting calmness to the team.  A great, GREAT game for Jean Paul who managed to control the midfield and Wanderers most dangerous strikers.  The joint work by offensive midfield and strikers was also key, Nico Clementz, Guillermo and Patty built a solid circuit of short and safe passes to keep the ball and wait for the right moment to give it to Nico No, Armand or themselves to hurt Wanderers through long passes creating many goal options.

The first goal came after a quick start by Alex and Armand who then gave the ball to Jean Paul who managed to dribble 3 guys and sent a long pass to Nico Clementz who next to the goal had nothing else to do but give a pass to the net...  1-0 but not enough, once Wanderers played the ball after the 1st goal, One Tree went to pressure them again and trying to get the ball (best weapon is to attack, not defend!).  Guillermo got the ball from Nico Clementz and sent at once a long pass to Nico No behind Wanderer's last defender, Nico No decided to kick that air ball at once even though being very far from the goal and as a result he got such a tremendous goal and not expected after the ball was lying in the air like for 4 seconds, it took everybody 2 or 3 seconds to celebrate once the ball netted.

Second half, as any team would expect saw Wanderers coming very aggressively towards One Tree's goal, Grasshoppers instead tried to control the ball and waited for the right option to score a one more and lethal goal.  It is fair to admit that Wanderers created a couple of very close to being goal actions, Reza at its best avoided many, also the bar contributed and an enormous Giovanola saved one ball on the line.  When subs came in partly because unfair yellow cards and partly because some players fatigue, Alessandro, Camara, Hugo, Javier, Vincent showed the same commitment and great football like the players already on the pitch.

No goals in 2nd half and finally it was a 2-0 for One Tree. A great team-work game which was largely celebrated not only in Jakarta but in Russia by Yuri watching it live with a couple of vodka bottles, Andre almost on its way to hospital (get better soon banci) and in Argentina by Piojo Guitarte and Gaston who were following the match minute to minute by phone. This is also yours guys...

Last but not least, the writer on behalf of the team would like to mention the horrendous game the referee had. Moreover it seems right to complain about such a scandalous way of referring from the winning side, otherwise once you lose people might think the criticism comes mainly because you lost.  That's not the case, fortunately it was a 2-0 for us but the ref seemed to have done all he could to avoid One Tree's victory.  Our players were being sent off (yellow cards) for stupid things such as normal ball challenges or -and this is the worst one- because one of our strikers scored but the play was invalid due to an offside!  5 minutes before that, the ref was insulted and pushed twice by a Wanderers player and nothing happened... Unacceptable!
Guillermo (One Tree)

Goals One Tree: Nico Clementz, Nico No
MOM One Tree: Jean Paul
MOM Wanderers: Pedro
Referee: 1/10
Yellow cards One Tree: Javier, Nico Clementz

 

11 feb. 8.00PM

JIS

JIS

1

4

DOIT

“ Do It keep pressure on the chasing pack”

Do it kept up the pressure on the chasing pack with a tough fought win over a resilient JIS thanks to a fine late push.
After the recent thumping handed out to JIS the JIS boys were certainly not going to allow the same to happen again, and
fielded a young team to try and keep the Do it boys at bay. Game started similar to the last game with Do it pushing hard
and taking an early lead. A long crossfield ball from Lewis over the top of the defence allowed Pikey Dua to get one on
one with the keeper and he nodded the bouncing ball over him and in to the net for a well taken goal. From then on it was a pretty tight affair with JIS relying on the pace of their youngsters up front and a tenacious midfield keeping the game tight. No further great chances came in the first half apart from a solid penalty claim when Pikey Dua was clearly pushed in the back while going for a cross. First half ended with the scoreline at 1-0 to Do It.

Second half started similar to the first with a pretty tight game but Do It slightly on top. However in a bit of a breakaway
JIS equalized after a speculative cross that was heading toward Erwin but Milan nipped in front and touched the ball past
the keeper for the equalizer. Game on !!

Do It responded to this very well as their midfield started to take a grip on the game, and before long had a great chance
to go ahead after a pretty clear penalty was given for handball. However, in true Pikey fashion like his big (round ) brother he took an absolute crap penalty and although the keeper tried hard to get out of the way, his hat fell off and stopped it on the line. Still one each. The missed penalty could have easily spurred on JIS but in fact it was Do it who continued to push and got back in to the lead via a free kick. Again lots of players wanted to take the penalty but Ian in true bully boy fashion pushed them all away and yet again found the net with a crap free kick that may not have reached the goal but was accelerated and re-directed toward the goal. 2-1 to Do It. Although JIS still had the occasional foray up front Do It were still playing the better and creating chances. Against the run of play though JIS got a great opportunity to equalize when they were awarded a penalty for a push in the back very similar to the one denied to Do It in the first half.

However, truth be told it was probably the correct decision. Milan stepped out to take the pen and although it was about 100 times better than Pikey dua’s Erwin got across well to parry, as Milan run in and hit the follow up shot Erwin again dived bravely and saved with his face. Great double save !. This seemed to really be the final nail on the coffin for JIS and their heads went down. A third goal followed shortly with a good run from Pikey Dua to the by-line and a dangerous cross was stuck away by a JIS defender fortunately as it was going towards Eric. 3-1 Do it.

As the game moved toward the end Do it were well on top and a fourth goal game when super Al broke clear and coolly slotted to make the final score 4-1.
Sid (Do It)

Goals Do It: Ian Roberts, Al Coulthard, Graham Brown, 1 OG
Mom Do It: Ian Roberts
Cards: none
Ref: 6/10


Unlike the previous meeting between these 2 teams, this was a close match and the score line does not really reflect what the game was like.

Things could have been very different if JIS would not have missed a penalty kick with 10 minutes left to play and Do It only leading by 2-1.

Erwin, the Do It keeper, came up with 2 stunning saves to deny Milan Bloem twice and to deny JIS to tie the game. Two minutes later a JIS own goal decided the match with Do It adding insult to injury by scoring a 4th in the dying seconds of the match.
Jurrien (JIS)

Goal JIS: Milan Bloem
MoM JIS: Stephane Thos
MoM Do It: Ian
Cards: none
Ref: 8/10
 

Goal JIS: Milan Bloem 3, Gordon Boyd 2, Stephane Thos, Mark Gray, Dave Suarez, Nico Nemelceff
MoM JIS: Neco Nemelceff
MoM Lions: Paul
Cards: 1 yellow for Lions
Ref : 7/10 (JIS)

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