00:00One more hard!
00:02Two!
00:07Don't waste my freaking time.
00:08And you know what's worse?
00:10We are winning.
00:25So the thing about SNL is we play with a lot of hard.
00:30One more hard!
00:38To be part of SNL, right?
00:40There's a standard that you have to meet.
00:47Each game is only 18 minutes long.
00:49We don't have time to just let the game slide by just like that.
01:01We are very strong mentally.
01:04On match day, everyone has ownership in the team.
01:07Everyone is a manager themselves.
01:09It's that resilience.
01:10It's that drive to win.
01:11It's that never say die attitude.
01:13I'm Derek.
01:14I'm the captain gaffer of SNL football team.
01:23The team is run like North Korea.
01:26North Korea has a dictator, Kim.
01:28Down here, we have dictator, Lim.
01:30Which is run by me.
01:31Yeah.
01:32Yeah.
01:33Who's your football player?
01:34You need to say Derek, bro.
01:36You don't say Derek, you don't get the bidings.
01:40Derek is a versatile player.
01:42When he speaks, the team members, they listen to him.
01:45He always leads by example.
01:47He has a really good footballing brain.
01:49It really helps you get through games and sometimes even win you games.
01:53He's in the heart of the team.
01:55He's always very tenacious.
01:56DJ is my example.
01:58Every time we are down, he's the first one to get his good hit and get a strength DJ.
02:03They respect his decisions and the tactics that he wants to use.
02:07If they are playing the ball to the right, let's jockey.
02:09Let's shift.
02:10Just shift.
02:11Man to man.
02:12The one thing that sets him out is his willingness to put his body on the line for the team.
02:17So the thing about SNL is we are not just a bunch of football players who are good at football
02:35and coming together to form a football team and just play football and win.
02:41SNL is all about the friendship.
02:43Our bond actually transcends football.
02:46It's actually a group of friends who want to do what they are good at for as long as they can
02:51and to the best of their abilities.
02:55It's about playing together and we are in a losing position.
02:58I know that, hey, my teammates will be there.
03:01Go fight it out until the final whistle to make sure that we do not lose
03:05and make sure we go home with the three points.
03:07And that's why we are so strong.
03:16Hi, I'm Jon. I'm a left back for SNL FC.
03:26Jon is a very simple and effective player.
03:29He doesn't overdo things.
03:31He has a precise and accurate pass.
03:34I've linked up with him numerous times.
03:37His words of encouragement really helped me to grow as a player.
03:41One of the smarter players in the team.
03:43His left foot just wins us the games a lot of times.
03:46When we were in the Great Eastern Finals a couple of years back,
03:51I had to leave Leon out of the starting line-up.
03:55He was very disappointed but it wasn't the last minute decision.
03:58I told him it was because of tactical decision.
04:00I had to leave him out for the finals.
04:02But there's still X-Cup upcoming and I'm very happy that we made it to the finals this time.
04:07And he's sure to be a starter for us this time round.
04:11Once the Cup is over, because of his injury, I don't want to put his body at risk.
04:16I'm probably going to hang out my boots.
04:18He's also had a niggling injuries over the last couple of years.
04:21Very bad sleep days.
04:23Usually after a match itself, it takes me two to three days to recover.
04:27And of course, his good kids are going up.
04:29He needs to spend more time on Sundays with his kids.
04:32After having kids, it's just all about the kids.
04:34Everything we do revolves around them.
04:38Having children really changed my life.
04:40Because previously, you know, just carefree.
04:43Just me and my wife, we just have to take care of ourselves.
04:47I think it's bittersweet.
04:49I mean, it's sad of course to give out football on a regular basis.
04:54But then at the same time, I look at it as
04:57I'm spending more time with my kids.
04:59I get to watch them go out happily.
05:01Spend more time with them.
05:02You know, being there for them as a dad.
05:14Hi guys, this is Leia.
05:15She's almost three weeks old.
05:17And I'm very happy to have her in our lives.
05:1920 degrees angle.
05:31Incline.
05:32Baby's head tilting up.
05:35Learn from YouTube.
05:37How's the adjustment to power?
05:40We're still getting the hang of it.
05:42Because we actually don't have a confinement nanny or a helper.
05:46So we are learning everything ourselves.
05:48So we hope to be perfect in a couple of days' time.
05:53Hopefully.
05:54Yeah.
05:58In Secretary, there was once my result was so bad.
06:01My father was invited to buy my principal to talk about my results.
06:03Just nice that day, I had a football game to go to.
06:06After the talk with the principal, my father sent me to the game.
06:09During the car ride, he didn't talk to me at all.
06:12I think that day he took the whole day off.
06:14He didn't have anything to do.
06:15So he just came down and then watched me play a bit of football.
06:20But at that point of time,
06:23I didn't know he was there.
06:25Every three to five minutes, I was scoring one goal.
06:28I was just scoring goals after goals after goals.
06:31Then after a few goals, I turned around.
06:33He was there.
06:35After like 15-20 minutes, I turned around.
06:37I looked at him.
06:40He had a very big smile on his face.
06:44He knotted his head.
06:50We were smart.
06:51And he laughed.
06:53That was...
06:57One of the proudest days of my life.
07:01Cause my dad knew I was good at something.
07:03Yeah.
07:06Yeah.
07:07But playing it this time with SNL,
07:09it would be a hell out to me.
07:11It would be the biggest game of my life.
07:13Playing with people who were there for me all the way.
07:16From when I lost my father.
07:19These boys were there all the way through my highest highs in my life.
07:25And the lowest lows of my life.
07:27It would mean even more if my father were there to watch me.
07:32Watch me,
07:33leading the team to a victory especially.
07:35Yeah.
07:36But either way,
07:37I'm sure he will be very proud of my achievements already.
07:40On and off the field today.
07:41I know I've done improv.
07:42Yeah.
07:43We're now preparing for the X-Cup finals this weekend.
07:57So, long story short, Manish and I have been friends for 25 years.
08:01And this is where we started.
08:03At the cage, Kalang.
08:04Playing futsal.
08:05It's a great place for us to practice our shooting one-on-ones
08:07and apply our finishing touches for the game this weekend.
08:10Yeah.
08:12X-Cup is a platform for all teams in the X-League to pit themselves against each other.
08:17So, when the draw came out, we were up against the BFA.
08:20We knocked them out.
08:21But they came back because there was a loser pool to be played.
08:24Then we moved on to the next round against Kamikaze.
08:27Then we moved on to the quarter-finals, which we won as well.
08:30In the semi-finals, we played against Shamrock.
08:33We beat them.
08:34And now we're in the finals.
08:36The other finalist is BFA.
08:38I think they are preparing really hard if I know BFA well.
08:41They give us a good challenge all the time.
08:42One of the best technical teams in X-League.
08:45You know you're up for a game when DFA turns up.
08:48SNL is a very unforgiving team.
08:51So, if they have the chance, they will lock it in.
08:54I expect it to be a good game.
08:55I think both teams are going to bring their best players to show who's the better team.
08:59When we play the X-Cup final against SNL,
09:02we will have to stay focused and switched on at all times.
09:06Every single mistake, SNL will punish us.
09:15How are you feeling today?
09:18I'm nervous, definitely.
09:23A big game for us.
09:24Because game of the season.
09:26I really hope the boys do their best.
09:28And we do our best.
09:29I'm sure of it, actually.
09:30Just hope that the result goes away.
09:32And I'm looking forward to a great game today.
09:35Okay, listen.
09:37This team.
09:39We're family, boys.
09:41You know that.
09:42Today, whatever you do on the field,
09:43the 11 who are playing on the field,
09:45it will not be enough.
09:46It will not be enough until everyone gets to step on the field.
09:49So, no matter we are 1-0 up, 2-0 up, 3-0 up,
09:51it doesn't matter.
09:52Until they come on, we've got to keep pushing.
09:54I really hope we got to win today, boys.
09:56Okay?
09:57Let's move.
09:58Let's go.
09:59It's my last game.
10:00It's going to be my last, you know, official game for SNL.
10:03I'm just going to give it my all.
10:05Do what I do best.
10:06Know my role.
10:07Do my role.
10:08Do my part.
10:09Just leave it all out on the pitch.
10:12Just don't leave the game with any regrets.
10:22It was a massive game for a lot of us.
10:24Most of my boys, we didn't play professional or semi-pro before.
10:29And this was a totally different experience for them.
10:34First five minutes,
10:35our ball was flying back and forth.
10:37They had their first chance,
10:39and they cut the ball back.
10:40They had an open player.
10:42Boom, bottom corner,
10:43and we're already down 1-0 in five minutes.
10:48Being down in the first five minutes,
10:50it was disheartening.
10:52We always put ourselves under pressure during the start of the game.
10:56What do we do now?
10:57You know, we spend so much time building up,
10:59talking about how we should play,
11:01and the first five minutes, we conceded one already.
11:03They had the goal to defend.
11:06They were feeling it,
11:07and they kept pushing and attacking,
11:08and I think sometimes the occasion plays with the team.
11:12You know, firstly the final,
11:13and football goes either way sometimes.
11:15And the other opponent, BFA, was hungrier,
11:18winning 50-50,
11:19and they were up for it.
11:20So, I think they deserved the lead,
11:22and they played well the first 20 minutes.
11:24I could feel the team being a little unsure
11:25of how they should play.
11:26We were playing rather stagnant.
11:27We didn't make any breakthrough.
11:28Things weren't working out.
11:29In the first half, we diverted a bit from the plan.
11:32I guess, maybe it was due to nerves,
11:33lack of concentration,
11:34and that's why we didn't play SL as we could have.
11:36Once we have the ball,
11:37they are all dropping back with it,
11:38so we have time to play in the middle.
11:39Okay.
11:40Okay, let's go.
11:41Let's get there.
11:42Okay. Let's go!
11:43Let's go!
11:44Let's go! Let's go!
11:45Let's go! Let's go!
11:47Let's go! Let's go!
11:48Let's go! Let's go!
11:49Let's go! Let's go!
11:50Let's go! Let's go!
11:52Let's go!
11:54Once we have the ball, they are all dropping back with it, so we have time to play in the middle, okay?
12:01Move that 2-3 metres, everyone will get the ball up, the field will get the ball up to score.
12:05We are one go down, but we don't need to rush, okay?
12:08We can see they are suffering more than us, really.
12:10They are suffering more than us, come on, we need to make it count, come on.
12:14We only have the last 45 minutes to give out the damn absolute best, and to change the game around.
12:20If you are shocked, you let me know, I will take you out, okay?
12:24And, I don't have time to wait for people to get ready to lose track of your markers,
12:30to not track whatever second ball is coming.
12:33You know what's worse or not? They are winning.
12:35It's the finals, once in a lifetime already, okay?
12:38There's no more already, I can't get you any more, these kind of games with magnitudes.
12:41You give it your all, okay?
12:44I knew that we just needed one goal.
12:49If we didn't have to win the game outright, a draw would have been enough.
13:02That was a wake-up call, so we played with more intensity and showed that we wanted more.
13:07This is the difficult part that I think, I feel that Derek does well.
13:13He wants to balance between playing good football, but at the same time winning.
13:18And at the same time, trying to let everyone have equal game time.
13:20So, balancing these three, I must say, is not an easy task.
13:24Derek understood the situation.
13:26I think I also understood that I have to play a little different, be more aggressive.
13:30So, I think we had to change something or else our cup run is over.
13:35Out of the blue, throw in, I got control.
13:38I saw Phil open, I passed him the ball, he controlled it well.
13:41Bottom corner, he hit it.
13:42So, out of nowhere, we're back in the game.
13:49That's when you feel okay.
13:50Momentum will come on our side.
13:52And five minutes later, guess what happened?
13:55So, the striker went to pick up the loose ball, and I went to close him down.
13:59So, I was too tight on him.
14:01So, apparently he gave me a shove, and I just dropped to the floor.
14:04Then, he squared the ball across the goal, and they just tapped it in me.
14:14Yeah, that was rather short-lived.
14:15Here we go again.
14:16We keep conceding goals.
14:18I mean, it was down to my personal mistake, because I was too eager to win the ball back.
14:23Frankly, at that point of time, I could feel the boys were very fired up.
14:26It was a very smart striker move.
14:27He poked the ball away.
14:28Let the BFA goalie contact him.
14:29So, I got a penalty for that.
14:31On that penalty, he scored, and we equalized.
14:32We could sense that the BFA, they were starting to cramp up.
14:33They were asking for substitutes.
14:34We knew they couldn't match our goalie.
14:35So, we saw the open space.
14:36It was a very smart striker move.
14:37It was a very smart striker move.
14:38He poked the ball away.
14:39Let the BFA goalie contact him.
14:40So, I got a penalty for that.
14:41On that penalty, he scored, and we equalized.
14:54We could sense that the BFA, they were starting to cramp up.
14:58They were asking for substitutes.
15:00We knew they couldn't match our level of fitness.
15:02And that's when we knew we had to go for the kill.
15:04It was either now or never.
15:06One of the Brazilian defenders arm accidentally hit the ball,
15:18but it was still a handball.
15:19So, the referee awarded a penalty to us.
15:22It was very fortunate for us that the referee did hear the contact on the hand
15:27because if the referee didn't manage to catch that,
15:29I don't think he would have given a penalty.
15:31It was very hard to see.
15:32I just took a minute, hell of a bit of time,
15:36so I can get my breath back.
15:38This is the winning goal.
15:40Right here.
15:43I put some power on it.
15:45I hit it.
15:46Boom, the keeper saved it.
15:47And then all of a sudden, the ball lands right at my feet.
15:49And thankfully, I was confident I hit it first time.
15:51And it flew in and I was so relieved, honestly.
15:54I felt that we had the momentum.
16:01We could hold off the lead and take the title.
16:12What a big save that was.
16:13If they scored that 3-3,
16:15then I think that's when we know that the day is ours.
16:19I think the day is ours.
16:35Actually, the day before,
16:37I went to Mandai, I went to the crematorium,
16:39went to speak to my dad,
16:41updated him on my life,
16:42told him I had a very big finals coming up the next day,
16:45told him to give me his blessing.
16:47And that's why I said there was someone watching over us.
16:50On that day.
16:51He's my father.
16:52Yeah.
17:04At my fair share of joy,
17:05and you know winning,
17:07so it's time to let go.
17:09I have to let go.
17:10But then,
17:11I mean, I'm always ready.
17:13I really like.
17:14If they want me to go back to Saber Mark,
17:15or like a game or two,
17:17I'm always ready.
17:22Gentlemen,
17:23congratulations for winning the X-Cup and the League as well.
17:25You've done a double fantastic job.
17:27The strongest team,
17:28the strongest social team is here.
17:30Ooooooh.
17:33HUH!
17:34Ooooooh!
17:35Ooooooh!
17:40Ooooooh!
17:41Ooooooh!
17:42Ooooooh!
17:45Go boys!
17:46Oh boys,
17:47go!
17:51Boys!
17:52Fingers are walking up there,
17:53hip-hip!
17:54Re!
17:55Hip-hip!
17:56Re!
17:57Thanks, mehfe.
17:58I think without SNL, I will feel a little empty in life.
18:02I think SNL is kind of like something I look forward to every week.
18:06As long as our family gives us that time, we will play till we have 50.
18:10We will play till we have, you know, cracks in our back or injuries.
18:15We'll still carry on playing. We'll find a way.
18:17Hopefully we can still push that retirement age a little bit further.
18:22But I guess when it comes to that point, maybe we can transition to playing futsal
18:27or something that's maybe less intensive.
18:29Yeah, hopefully we never stop playing.
18:35This is where Manish and I have played for over 20 years.
18:38And this is where we learned how to be a footballer.
18:41Whether it's at Calang Cage or their new location.
18:44Yeah, we'll still be playing football together regardless.
18:52Fatherhood is going to be a new phase in my life,
18:54which I'm definitely looking forward to.
18:56Of course, there are significant milestones in my family,
18:59which definitely I will have to miss SNL games for.
19:04However, I'm sure the team will be able to,
19:06will be more than able to handle it.
19:08Otherwise, my wife and kid,
19:10they should know that SNL is also a very big priority in my life.
19:13And I will not be giving that up anytime soon.
19:17I just hope to be able to be the best father that I can be for my child,
19:25my children in the future.
19:27And I hope that I can raise my kids to be the best people that they can be.
19:34Just like how the people in SNL are.
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