FAS Called-Up

28 Nov, I was invited to represent FAS (Stunner) team to play a friendly against the Mediacorp All-Star at Jalan Besar Stadium. I was donning the national red jersey with my favourite footballing number, 25, playing against well-known artists like Chen Wencong, Alan Term, Mark Richmond and etc.

We lost 2-4 to the artists team. Although we lost the game, I enjoyed the game a lot. The artists team did impress me with their stamina throughout the game. I always thought that they will be too busy with filming and no time for exercise. Well, they proved me wrong. My team did include 3 ladies too. Particularly there's one young lady, Shiya, who's playing for the National Women Team, impressed me with her "One-Woman-Show" outran 3 opponents and shot straight to the keeper! Immediately she followed up with the rebound and cross in for a header!! Awesome! I just couldn't imagine how a lady can actually play that well in a "mens' game"??

Halfway through the first half, Coach P.N Sivaji (FAS Technical Director) shouted to me at the byline,"Jun! S-League player can't play lah!" For those who don't understand what he meant, he's trying to say that Jun (me) as a former S-League player, shouldn't be playing that game. This is the first time that he actually acknowledged me as a former S-League player, haha! I always thought that I am just one of his reserve boys. Opps!

After the actual game, FAS players played among ourselves so as to fully utilize the world-class playing facility at Jalan Besar Stadium. Right after that, it's dinner time! Overall it's a wonderful experience to be involved in this kind of game. If I'm going to rate my own performance, I'd say 7 out of 10. Three miss points were the lack of fittness to last the entire competitive friendly game; I suffered a cramp in the last 15mins of game but I did endure through the whole game. Not too sure if I'm going to be included in the next game but keep my fingers crossed, I am delighted with the invitation and satisfied with my own performance.