In a friendly soccer match held this morning, class 4K was split into two teams pitting the odd index numbers against the even index numbers. Playing on a pitch almost too small to accommodate all the players, it was a clash to decide which half of the class would come up tops.

With heavyweights Eng Shou Jian, Sean Lim and Thomas Oh lining up for the Odd Team, Even Team's center-back Wayne Tan was quoted saying, "It's going to be a tough match. I know the odds are heavily stacked against us."

However, it was the Even Team who started the game more brightly, with Timothy Ng hitting a quickfire brace to put his team 2-0 up. They were dictating the pace of the game, knowing that the odds were in their favour.

The Odd team though, would not take this lying down, and stormed back to break even. This time, it was stirker Thomas Oh who helped himself to a brace of his own. As time wound down, Even's Theodore Tan crashed a shot off the crossbar, Tan Koon Chong almost put through his own net in the most bizzare of circumstance and Odd's Eng Shou Jian spurned a one-on-one with the keeper. There were to be no more goals in regulation time.

In extra time, Even Team came out with all guns blazing and were unlucky not to be ahead when Odd's Matthew Chan cleared a goalbound shot off his goaline. It was not long, however, before Timothy Ng fired another shot in to complete his hat-trick and a 3-2 victory for the Even Team.

Odd Team's utility player Thia Shan Zhi was quoted after the match, "The odds were initially in our favour, but we unfortunately went 2-0 down quickly. I'm glad we managed to draw even at the end of normal time."

The post-match analysis showed that Odd's Eng Shou Jian sufferred from a sprained toe while taking a shot and would be out for a week. No other serious injuries were reported.