Competition: Sinchi FC vs Paya Lebar Punggol
FC
Date & Time: 27 May 2005 7:00:00 PM
Venue: Jurong
Wang confident but wary against
bottom-placed Paya Lebar
Point-less Paya Lebar Punggol will be taking a trip down to the
Jurong Stadium this Friday as they meet fellow league strugglers,
Sinchi FC.
In a bottom-of-the-table clash, the Chilins will look to heap more
misery on the Seahorses and deny them any point yet again.
Even though Paya Lebar has lost all their matches in the league so
far, Sinchis vice-chairman, Wang Jinhui, is not underestimating
the S.League newcomer.
He said: Paya Lebar is at the bottom of the league but that does
not mean anything. Sinchi will take the match against them very
seriously.
Sinchis league form this season has been quite disappointing, as
they have only managed two wins and two draws so far.
Though they are through to the quarter-finals, after fending off
the challenge of Bruneian side DPMM FC, they languish in ninth
position, far off the mid-table target set before the season
started.
Wang admitted that the match against Paya Lebar will be crucial in
Sinchis aim to improve their league standings but he was that his
boys will be able to do the job.
Said Wang: Now our position in the league is not very good. Sinchi
will go out there and try to get the points.
I think out team will perform well. Our morale has been returning
slowly in recent weeks. Also, the media in China just did a
write-up on our soccer in Singapore."
With their confidence and morale boosted, Sinchi looks on course to
chart their third victory of the season.
While Wang blamed last weeks defeat against Woodlands Wellington
on the lack of quality within his side, it will be a different
story this Friday. The Chilins surely have enough quality compared
to Paya Lebar.
However, the Seahorses are boosted with the services of two new
signings, Nahar Daud and Basri Halis. Hopefully they can help
improve the team's proficiency in front of goal.
Despite putting in gutsy performances against big boys such as
Tampines Rovers and Woodlands Wellington, Paya Lebars strikers
could not translate their chances into goal.
While the Seahorses can be counted on to put a hard fight at the
Jurong Stadium this Friday, coach Chow Kwai Lam will have to solve
their attacking woes if the Seahorses are to nick their first point
from Sinchi.