JiFL Blog

German Plus 2 v. Nomads 4

nico — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:01:30 +0000

A little bit of rain, but a perfect pitch and good conditions. Both teams had full squads available.

15:55 – Start 16:05 – 1-0 German Plus against the run of play, thanks to a freekick missed by the goalkeeper of the Nomads

16:20 – 1-1 16:30 – 1-2 16:35 – Break 16:45 – Restart and first attack by German Plus resulted in the 2-2 17:20 – 2-3 17:25 – 2-4 17:30 -

Final whistle Final score: German Plus vs Nomads 2-4 German Plus scorers: Ralph Scheunemann / Michael Cremer German Plus MOM: Tobias Weckerle Nomads MOM: Marc Giovanola Yellow cards: German Plus 1 (Vali Birau) Nomads 1 (Nico Clementz ??) Referee team: M. Soleh 6/10

Peter (German Plus)

German + 3 Wanderers 8

nico — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:04:01 +0000

Both teams had enough players, conditions very good, a little bit of rain.
And it looked good for German Plus, as we were dominating the first 15 minutes.
5th min: 1-0 for German Plus
15th min: 1-1 as the German defence was not able to get the ball out of the
box
25th min: 1-2
30th min: 1-3
40th min: Break
50th min: 1-4
55th min: 1-5
60th min: 2-5
62th min: goal for German Plus, but disallowed, instead a penalty was
awarded, but Michi Cremer missed it. The last hopes disappeared,
instead of 3-5 it became
65th min: 2-6
70th min: 2-7
75th min: 2-8
85th min: 3-8
Thanks to the Wanderers for a fair match and just another soccer lesson.

German Plus – Wanderers 3-8
German Plus scorers: Tobias Weckerle 2
Vali Birau 1
German Plus MOM: Michael Guenther (Micha)
Wanderers MOM: Thomas Neander
No cards
Referee (Sita) team: 6/10

Peter (German Plus)

Do It Satu Lagi 3 v- Sabor Latino 8

nico — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:30:09 +0000

Match Headline : Outplayed.

A bit dark for the warm up but finally the lights came on to show a fine looking Lebak Bulus Arena. Do It managed a couple of early chances, with Graham causing trouble and clipping the bar early on and two others frittered away. Those early chances gone the action moved to the other end where the Latino team began to carve out the openings and stretch Do Its Back line. Eventually the first goal came only to be equalised from a Do It corner. Latino MOTM Cristian started to cause mayhem on the wing though and it wasn’t long before the Latinos were back in front. A couple of yellow cards for Do It (Ian didn’t deserve, his but Dan did) didn’t help Do Its cause and meant that the midfield battle was starting to go Latinos way.

Al managed to expose the Latinos at the back with a mazy run and finish but it still left time for the Latinos to pass their way to another to go in to the break two goals to the good (4-2).

Straight after half time the accurate and flowing passing game of the Latinos took its further toll as the effortlessly pinged it across the wide pitch and back again before finishing in style. Several chances went begging again for Do It and too often the ball was given away cheaply to the Latinos who rarely let a pass go astray. Some wonderful moments of skill, including an unstoppable first time volley for the Latinos and a consolation top corner effort from Al but at the end of the day Latinos were in total control and if they keep playing like that will remain so through the season.

Highlights

A lesson in passing and movement.

A lesson in finishing.

Ronan breaking the keepers ribs from 2 yards.

Ronan remembering the emergency carton in case Paul turns up to watch.

Match Headline : Outplayed.

Al managed to expose the Latinos at the back with a mazy run and finish but it still left time for the Latinos to pass their way to another to go in to the break two goals to the good (4-2).

Highlights

- A lesson in passing and movement.

- A lesson in finishing.

- Ronan breaking the keepers ribs from 2 yards.

- Ronan remembering the emergency carton in case Paul turns up to watch.

Lions 2 – Sabor Latino 11

nico — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:36:37 +0000

Home Team: Lions
Date: Saturday, December 2nd, 2009
Place: ISCI
Time: 15:30

Goals Sabor Latino: Hernan 2, Juan Pablo 4, Cristian González 1, Julico 1, Eladio 2, Rodrigo 1
Goals Wanderers: Ruben, Rob
YELLOW CARDS SABOR LATINO: (0)
YELLOW CARDS WANDERERS: (2) Johnny, Paul
MOM Sabor Latino: Julico
MOM Wanderers: Justin
REFEREE: Rusdi. RATING: 4/10

It was nice and cool Saturday afternoon and Sabor Latino arrived in one caravan to the Home Pitch of the Lions, Sekolah Global Jaya. Upon entering the main gate, there is an electronic billboard that read “Welcome Latinos to the Home Ground of the Mighty Lions”. Definitely a very nice touch by which the hospitality was felt from the time we arrived.

The game started pretty much on time. Sabor Latino was barely able to complete 12 players. We actually included as an additional substitute Alejandro’s 12 year old son Diego who made his debut against the Mighty Lions. Well done Diego. The Lions started with a very strong defensive strategy that proved to be very hard to crack by Sabor Latino. The size of the pitch, as mentioned by Damian before, was a factor for Sabor Latino. Hernan had a very close miss and that showed a bit of frustration by Sabor Latino. Finally, with some patience, Sabor Latino was able to score 5 goals in the first half countered by an excellent goal by Ruben. The Lion’s Indo Goalkeeper made some terrific saves.

On the second half, it was Saka’s time to guard the goal of the Mighty Lion, which he did very well. Sabor Latino kept the attacks coming and was able to capitalize on 6 more occasions. The Mighty Lions were very incisive on the right flank with John and on the left flank by Justin (which made him the MOM) and in one swoosh counterattack, found Sabor Latino’s defense reduced to one man and Rob capitalized on that giving Lions its second goal.

The game ended and both sides shook hands and greeted each other. The game was played in very good spirit. The number of yellow cards in the game showed the nature of the match, as the cards were given for a couple of late-timing tackles. Despite the yellow cards, the game was played with a true sense of the JIFL: camaraderie and good intentions. Once again, we struggled with the referee and his decisions for both teams, hence the low rating.

Sabor Latino would like to extend its gratitude to the Mighty Lions for their hospitality and goodwill. It was a pleasure to visit their Home Ground and hope to be able to reciprocate their hospitality at our Home Ground on the Second Round of the JIFL.

PEDRO

JIS 1 German Plus 3

nico — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:43:57 +0000

First of all many thanks to Uwe for picking me and my stuff up at Hotel Kristal.
I believe it is many years back that German Plus steal the points from JIS, but yesterday we did.
20:05 – Start
20:11 – 0-1 for German Plus, penalty because of handball
20:15 – yellow card for JIS
20:28 – 0-2 for German Plus
20:42 – 0-3 for German Plus, a deflected free kick
20:47 – break
20:57 – Start 2nd half
21:01 – German Plus hit the post
21:13 – penalty for JIS, not really known to me for what reason, 1-3
21:32 – yellow card for German Plus
21:37 – final whistle
Both teams had chances to score further goals, but I believe all in all a well deserved win for German Plus, we are now climbing up in the league-table.

Final score: JIS – German Plus 1-3
German Plus goal scorers: Ralph Scheunemann
Dominik Schill
Vali Birau
MOM: JIS – Gordon Boyd
German Plus – Dominik Schill
Yellow cards: German Plus 1 – Jan Geue
JIS 2 – I was told one yellow card was shown to Jurrien, but I
am not sure
Referee: Erwin: 6/10
Uwe told me he will vote 1/10 (I don’t know)

Peter (German Plus)

Sabor Latino 2 – Wanderers 1

nico — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:44:13 +0000

Dear Nico and Dale,

Below please find below the Match Report from Tuesday night.

Home Team: Wanderers
Date: Tuesday, November 17^th, 2009
Place: ISCI
Time: 20:00

Goals Sabor Latino: Julico 1, Hernan 1
Goals Wanderers: Fandi Achmad 1

YELLOW CARDS SABOR LATINO: (3) Hernan, Alejandro, Pedro
YELLOW CARDS WANDERERS: (4) Saphou, Ebang, Michele, Thomas
MOM Sabor Latino: Cristian Gonzalez
MOM Wanderers: Jules Onana
REFEREE: Erwin. RATING: 10/10

On a perfect Jakarta eve weather, the highly expected match started with a slight delay of 10 minutes due to a complete mess of traffic in Lebak Bulus. It had rained hard since early in the morning which insinuated that the game could be canceled like many other matches in ISCI should the rain persisted throughout the afternoon. Fortunately, it didn’t and the ISCI pitch was in perfect playing conditions.

The Wanderers were wearing their new uniform, at least new for me since I had not seen them play this season yet. A very nice uniform indeed. Both teams were properly dressed and I personally liked Erwin’s initiative to have both teams line up before the game facing the tribune and showing our appreciation to the spectators that came to watch the game (not that many really) and then shake hands with the other team. It was a nice and refreshing change. Kudos to Erwin.

The game started and for the first 15 minutes the Wanderers attacked intensely and their condition of playing in their home pitch was latent. In those 15 minutes the Wanderers knocked on Sabor Latino’s goal 3 times with attempts from Fandi, Thomas and Claudio. After that, Sabor Latino settled down and found its game and started composing some compelling attacks but the Wanderers back-4 prevented any of the attempts from making it into the goal. Probably around the 30^th minute, a nicely created play in the midfield of Sabor Latino and a crafty one-two between Julico and Hernan, allowed Julico to go into the area and score on Jules (0-1). Only 5 minutes after that, in a quick counter attack, Manny made a great pass to Fandi who shot with his left foot and scored on Sabor Latino (1-1). That marked the end of the first half.

The match resumed in the second half with pretty much the same script. Both teams had some opportunities that were saved either by the defenders or the goalkeepers. It seemed very likely that the match would end up in a draw. But with 10 minutes to go, Cristian Gonzalez dribbled on the left and executed a perfect center which found Hernan’s head in the middle of the area, an opportunity that Hernan did not waste, heading the ball into the net. The remainder of the match, saw the Wanderers trying to even the score but Sabor Latino was able to maintain the lead and the game ended.

From Sabor Latino and from a very personal perspective, the game was a very rewarding experience. Despite the rumors going around or maybe some expectations from some people on how the game was expected to go, it was comforting to see that the match was played on the basis of mutual respect, sportsmanship, the love for the game and friendship. The match was intense indeed however at no point there was any display of bad blood or bad intentions. I commend the Wanderers on a very strong team, especially the defense. A truly enjoyable match to play and to watch -I got a yellow card towards the end of the game so I did watch it for about 10 mins.

Pedro (Sabor Latino)

About Lions – Arario

nico — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:05:20 +0000

To the JIFL managers
This is an open letter to inform everyone of my interpretation what transpired last Saturday, 14 November at Global Jaya International School in a game between Lions and Arario (Korea).

In the 15th minute of the second half the Korean team walked off the field and refused to start again. At this stage the Lions were leading 2 – 1. Up until this point there had been a lot verbal interaction, especially when a free kick was given to the Lions. On these occasions several Korean players would surround the referee complaining. Fortunately for the referee, most of his decisions were in the favour of the Korean team, so they could definitely not feel hard done by the referee. Overall the game was very clean in terms of no bad fouls from either team.

So the decision to quit the game in the second half was somewhat of a suprise for the referee, the Lions and also many of the Korean players themselves. The ball had gone behind the goal for a goal kick to the Lions. Our goal keeper, Sakai, retrieved the ball and walked back to take the kick. Some Korean players began to complain to the referee that the goal keeper was time wasting. The referee then indicated to them he was stopping his watch. Then one of the players from the sideline called the rest of the players off the field. It was obvious to me that many of the Korean team did not want to leave the field at this point. But they did.

A statement was made by one of the Korean players when asked why they left the field..”We came here to play, not fight”. I want to make it very clear that there was no fighting in the match and, as i mentioned earlier, the game was quite clean in nature.

What should be quite a laughable situation, unfortunately, is not. I will be interested to hear from the JIFL chairperson as to what outcomes will follow.

Regards
Richard Henry

German Plus 3 – 1 BuGils

nico — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:03:32 +0000

The light blue Bugils Army had a full squad available, German Plus at the beginning was actually a little bit short of players.
15:50: kick off
15:53: yellow card for German Plus (Henry Miller). I didn’t see what happened
          but understand from my fellows, that it also could have been a red card
16:13: 1-0 for German Plus
16:19: next yellow card for German Plus (Philipp Munzinger) for kicking the
          ball away
16:23: German Plus hit the post
16:30: Break
16:40: Restart
17:05: Bugils scored 1-1
17:05: The kick off thenafter was directly converted into the Bugils goal by
          Vali Birau. 2-1 German Plus
17:09: Penalty for German Plus, 3-1
17:15: Bugils hit the crossbar
17:17: Correct goal for German Plus not given due to “offside”
17:20: Final whistle

German Plus vs Bugils 3-1
German Plus goal scorers: Philipp Munzinger
                                        Vali Birau
                                        Ralph Scheunemann
Yellow cards: German Plus 2
MOM German Plus: Vali Birau
MOM Bugils:           Damien
Referee rating: M. Soleh 6/10

Peter (German Plus)

Newsletter n°4: Gripes, grumblings and grievances

nico — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:09:52 +0000

Everybody is welcome to post and comment on last newsletter…

Japan 1 – German Plus 1

nico — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:47:57 +0000

5th minute: Japanese goalkeeper already beaten, a header passed him, but
one Japanese defender managed to clear the ball before it passed the goal line

30th minute: German Plus hit the inner goal post
31th minute: One on one, but again German Plus didn’t score
Break

50th minute: 1-0 for Japan (against the run of play)
60th minute: 1-1, German Plus scored
61st minute: German Plus hit the cross bar
80th minute: Yellow card for German Plus

Final score: Japan vs German Plus 1-1
MOM German Plus: Michael Cremer
MOM Japan: No. 33, Mr. Yoshi
Referee team (Safruddin) : 7/10
German Plus scorer: Jan Gaudian
Yellow cards: German Plus 1 (Birau Vali)

Peter