We (Inter Milan) had won two of our league matches 1-0 and were into the finals to play against Manchester United.
The rain tried to play spoil-sport. Until the previous night there were no signs of rain, but on the match day morning it poured heavily. More than our players I would thank the opposition players as they insisted on playing, as otherwise their captain had other ideas. After many discussions we made certain changes to the field and goal posts, so that we can play.
For the finals, we had a game plan of playing the first 5 minutes with less intensity; meaning just send the ball on first pass and then suddenly attack the opposition. As per the positioning of players is concerned, we did not change much. The position chalked out were Kiran and Bahubali as forwards, Praveen and Nikhil as left and right out's, Myself and Prashant in the midfield (Centre Halves), in the back were Guru, Prasad and Subhash/Mithun and most importantly Prajesh at the Goal post.
As soon as the game started we were in bad position as the ball went past the half line on our side a few times more than I expected. After 5 minutes into the play our big players Kiran, Bahubali along with Nikhil and Prasad made strong moves on the field. We attacked the ball and were able to send the ball near the goal post but were unable to convert even a single of them. I think the ground being damp and wet made the difference. Scores at the end of 1st half struck 0-0.
In the second half we had many chances than the first one. I miscued a couple of chances. We lost almost lost 2 sure-shot chances in first half and 3 in the latter half. Their attack to end was very good but the ball could reach our goal-keeper only a couple of times, this explains about our defense.
At the end of play the scores were level to 0-0.
The referees Vishwas and Vinod decided to sort the scores via the penalty shoot-out. And suddenly this turned out to be the most interesting part of the match. At BVB Nikhil was goal-keeper playing for Electronics and Communication department, and so the strategy to play him as keeper paid the dividends. The line-up for the shoot-out was Bahubali, Prajesh, Kiran, Nikhil and finally myself/Prasad. Bahu turned the first hit into a goal, while Sandeep (from the other team) lost his first shoot and this made a lot of difference. Nikhil scored the other goal to make us the Champions. We won the match 2-1.
Kudos to the team on this achieving this feat.
Many Congratulations to ManU who played really well compared to their previous performances. Last but not the least, I would like to thank the Referees, the Organizing committee, the tournament Sponsor KarMic Design Centre.
Note: The team names were just choosen for fun and there lies no harmful/criminal intentions. They are proprietary to the football teams Inter Milan and Manchester United.
The rain tried to play spoil-sport. Until the previous night there were no signs of rain, but on the match day morning it poured heavily. More than our players I would thank the opposition players as they insisted on playing, as otherwise their captain had other ideas. After many discussions we made certain changes to the field and goal posts, so that we can play.
For the finals, we had a game plan of playing the first 5 minutes with less intensity; meaning just send the ball on first pass and then suddenly attack the opposition. As per the positioning of players is concerned, we did not change much. The position chalked out were Kiran and Bahubali as forwards, Praveen and Nikhil as left and right out's, Myself and Prashant in the midfield (Centre Halves), in the back were Guru, Prasad and Subhash/Mithun and most importantly Prajesh at the Goal post.
As soon as the game started we were in bad position as the ball went past the half line on our side a few times more than I expected. After 5 minutes into the play our big players Kiran, Bahubali along with Nikhil and Prasad made strong moves on the field. We attacked the ball and were able to send the ball near the goal post but were unable to convert even a single of them. I think the ground being damp and wet made the difference. Scores at the end of 1st half struck 0-0.
In the second half we had many chances than the first one. I miscued a couple of chances. We lost almost lost 2 sure-shot chances in first half and 3 in the latter half. Their attack to end was very good but the ball could reach our goal-keeper only a couple of times, this explains about our defense.
At the end of play the scores were level to 0-0.
The referees Vishwas and Vinod decided to sort the scores via the penalty shoot-out. And suddenly this turned out to be the most interesting part of the match. At BVB Nikhil was goal-keeper playing for Electronics and Communication department, and so the strategy to play him as keeper paid the dividends. The line-up for the shoot-out was Bahubali, Prajesh, Kiran, Nikhil and finally myself/Prasad. Bahu turned the first hit into a goal, while Sandeep (from the other team) lost his first shoot and this made a lot of difference. Nikhil scored the other goal to make us the Champions. We won the match 2-1.
Kudos to the team on this achieving this feat.
Many Congratulations to ManU who played really well compared to their previous performances. Last but not the least, I would like to thank the Referees, the Organizing committee, the tournament Sponsor KarMic Design Centre.
Note: The team names were just choosen for fun and there lies no harmful/criminal intentions. They are proprietary to the football teams Inter Milan and Manchester United.
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