Not only do i love watching football, but off-late i have been playing football! (or at least trying to play some decent football)
We took part in 3 corporate tournaments so far
One is still on, one we won!.
This brings me to the 3rd tournament............this weekend we played the kingfisher cup which was supposed to be an all india corporate football league......but not a single women's team registered from any part of the country (disappointing!) But 5 teams registered from mumbai (that itself is a big thing!)
This weekend saw us playing 4 matches and then a final based on the standings.......
Our first match was against kotak...and they took us by surprise.....they followed a simple rule,,,,,,,, IF U CANT KICK THE BALL, KICK THE FOOT
played really rough football, but for people who know me, i was obviously not going to keep quiet..
Few elbows here and there saw us win the match 1-0
Our next match was against WNS (no less than kotak)....only managed a draw which was disappointing considering that we had ample chances. We failed to convert many and luck was also not on our side and many goals hit the post
At the end of the day we were not too content wid a win and a draw.......
The next day, we were supposed to play the thomas cook team
They had been beaten and bruised on the previous day.......they had conceeded 11 goals in their 2 matches.
I wud not term it as over confidence, but we were pretty sure of beating them
I was even looking forward to play up front (i play defence otherwise)..........but the team dint turn up at all! i guess they cud not recover from their humiliating losses.
So we were awarded 3 points, wich we gladly accepted
Our final league match was against deustche bank (great team i must add!)
They were already leading the table, with 3 wins and we cud not afford to lose against them.......we had to at least play for a draw, to be in the top 2 and hence play in the finals
being the pessimist (i prefer realist), i played for a draw, but then again i am in defence and i cant really score up front!
And as u guessed it (or did u?), we drew!!!(yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay)
(yes genius, that meant we were in the finals)
the finals saw us face deustche bank(yes, again)
It went down to the wire......it was 0-0 at the end of play
there was no extra time and it went direct to penalties
i will not describe how the events unfolded (its too painful)
We lost 0-1 on penalties
P.S: On the upside, We got free beer - 48 cans per person
CHEERS!
We took part in 3 corporate tournaments so far
One is still on, one we won!.
This brings me to the 3rd tournament............this weekend we played the kingfisher cup which was supposed to be an all india corporate football league......but not a single women's team registered from any part of the country (disappointing!) But 5 teams registered from mumbai (that itself is a big thing!)
This weekend saw us playing 4 matches and then a final based on the standings.......
Our first match was against kotak...and they took us by surprise.....they followed a simple rule,,,,,,,, IF U CANT KICK THE BALL, KICK THE FOOT
played really rough football, but for people who know me, i was obviously not going to keep quiet..
Few elbows here and there saw us win the match 1-0
Our next match was against WNS (no less than kotak)....only managed a draw which was disappointing considering that we had ample chances. We failed to convert many and luck was also not on our side and many goals hit the post
At the end of the day we were not too content wid a win and a draw.......
The next day, we were supposed to play the thomas cook team
They had been beaten and bruised on the previous day.......they had conceeded 11 goals in their 2 matches.
I wud not term it as over confidence, but we were pretty sure of beating them
I was even looking forward to play up front (i play defence otherwise)..........but the team dint turn up at all! i guess they cud not recover from their humiliating losses.
So we were awarded 3 points, wich we gladly accepted
Our final league match was against deustche bank (great team i must add!)
They were already leading the table, with 3 wins and we cud not afford to lose against them.......we had to at least play for a draw, to be in the top 2 and hence play in the finals
being the pessimist (i prefer realist), i played for a draw, but then again i am in defence and i cant really score up front!
And as u guessed it (or did u?), we drew!!!(yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay)
(yes genius, that meant we were in the finals)
the finals saw us face deustche bank(yes, again)
It went down to the wire......it was 0-0 at the end of play
there was no extra time and it went direct to penalties
i will not describe how the events unfolded (its too painful)
We lost 0-1 on penalties
P.S: On the upside, We got free beer - 48 cans per person
CHEERS!
