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Central Park capitulated against old rivals Playouts Reunited on Sunday as they went down meekly at Marsiling Secondary School with 2 goals from Aaron Huang, a mere consolation.
The match started with Sharks shorn of a whole slew of players and could only muster 13 for the game but they got off to a good start when Heng Li could have given his team the lead, only to miss a delicious cross from Lasser in the opening exchanges. Then on, things were on the downhill as the opposition controlled almost every aspect of the game as Sharks were put on the backfoot for almost the entire half of the game. It took a turn for the worse when Jorgensen had to limp off the game and shortly afterwards, Brendan rolled his ankle in the space of 20 minutes. With not much option on the bench, the Sharks made use of the players that is left and it didn't help matters when the opposition took the lead after Michael and Yi Quan was caught in an uncanny situation and they converted the freekick from inside the area. The pattern of play seemed all to similar for the remainder of the half but the opposition were unable to increase their lead as Sharks looked to a very long 2nd half.
Several positions were switched at half-time but before Sharks could make any inroads to the scoreline, a mistake by Lasser giftwrapped the opposition with the 2nd goal. That seemed to be the cue as Playouts ran rings in Sharks half as the defense were caught napping on several occasions with stand-in sweeper Charlson unable to control his backline. It was 3 midway in the second-half before Aaron pulled a goal back but whatever comeback the Sharks was having up their sleeves were quickly extinguished when yet another howler from the defense make sure of the points for Playouts. Aaron however made the scoreline respectable when he found the custodian off his line to notch his 2nd goal of the game.
The manager commented, 'This has to be the worst turnout for the team. We were clearly missing so many players out thru injuries and personal commitments and those that come in, just didn't have that extra zest in them. The defense and midfield today was in shambles and they did little to protect Michael in goal. Overall, the team has to play better than what was on show today and the only way is up.
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