Four Chances = Four Goals = Four Points

That’s how it read for Totaalvoetbal after the opening week of Season 7 in the RM Invitational.

The Dutch side kicked off their campaign away at Pahang and were made to struggle by a resilient home team. Pierre van Diemen did put them in front early on but that was as good as it got for Totaal who couldn’t manage another chance in the whole game. Pahang duly equalised on 68 minutes courtesy of a great strike by Kilian Strongbow and a point was the least they deserved.

Things did improve for the Oranje men in their first fixture of the season at Metelo Park on Friday. A first-half blitz saw Ramiro Verona, van Diemen and William Ralph Dean all find the net to leave Splott struggling. The visitors did create a couple of chances after the break but it proved not to be their day.

Robin Meeblind was content after the opening week:
“Of course I am disappointed we couldn’t be more progressive against Pahang but they made things very tough for us,” he opened.

“Thankfully, we look sharp up front and the win against Splott should get us going for the season. No targets have been set, though, as there looks to be a number of teams capable of competing at the top end.”
So a game at a time it is for last season’s runners-up.