Shanghai Premier League

Amigo's and Amiga's,

Finally we were back into action after the Chinese New Years
Celebrations. Its good to see all our friends competing
again with a fair-played spirit. Interesting to see that the
Chinese Soccer League is currently under scrutiny and
several clubs and officials have been detained and fined.
Its seems almost every game have been fixed and one scandal
after the other is coming out. I believe the SPL could be a
role model for them as since we exist we have been free
from scandals, or are we missing something ?? I saw Kevin
our referee recently running around with a brand new fake
rolex !!

We had 4 quarter finals of the SPL Cup on Sunday :

ERS - Flamenkos 0-2  Flamenkos were missing their Spanish
topscores that's why it was a bit more difficult to score.
ERS for a long part was still in the game but as well missed
the finishing touch in front of goal.

Hawks - Dulwich 3-6 I noticed that Dulwich are trying to
copy the Japanese style by having several players showing up
one hour before the game and they were doing a serious
warming up ! It seemed to help them as a solid performance
secured them a semi final spot. Hawks are still trying to
rebuild their team and I am sure they will get back into
winning mode soon.

Japan - Lions 0-4 Lions played a tactical game whereas they
decided to play deep with only one front man. The result was
that Japan couldn't counter attack as this is their
strongest weapon. The game was slowed down pace but Lions were
deadly in front of the goal !

Bulls - Galacticos 4-6 Both teams were going for the win
with attacking football. Unfortunately the game ended in 2-2
so the winner had to be decided by penalties. Galacticos
Goalie Chris had bought a new shirt which was so bright that
it surely must have influenced the Bulls penalty takers as
they missed a few. Also check the 'galacticos page' under teams for a report from their perspective.

This coming Sunday we have two massive semi-finals of the
SPL Cup don't miss the action and come out and watch the
games. The weather for now is still lousy with 8 degrees and
on and off rains, but they say Sunday will be dry, lets hope
so !

10.00 Flamenkos - Lions 

12.00 Japan - High school team (friendly)

14.00 Galacticos - Dulwich

Enjoy the Cup Games ! Cheers Freek SPL President on behalf
of the SPL Committee !