iba talaga pag nanalo
A big CONGRATULATIONS to ASEC's futsal team, Team World Cup, (Kapal noh? Haha! I actually thought of the name) for winning the IAC Futsal Championship! I wasn't really expecting for us to win it, since the one we were up against beat us twice during the eliminations. They were the defending champs, they were obviously more organized and even have their own jerseys. All I wanted was a good game and for our boys to give their best shot para decent loss naman if ever. But you know, watching them play, they sort of had this killer instinct with them. They would really dive and die for the ball. Kesehoda ng matalisod, madapa, gumulong, sumipa (!) gamit ang mukha o kung ano pa. They WERE determined as hell, the Japanese boys (I tagged them as our "futsal superstars", one of them became the MVP of this season, getting the Golden Boot award, with 17 goals) promised one of our orgmates beforehand that they were sure to win it. I was scared since I was pessimistic, God knows what those two will do if we lose. Sabi ko nga, baka mag-harakiri yung mga yun bigla because of the shame and dishonor that comes with losing. Lagot na. LOL.
But we WON! The game was so exciting and it happened like this:
ASEC scored a goal made by French Flo, ASEC-1
Opponent scored a goal, 1-1
Draw
5 minutes overtime
Opponent scored a goal, Opponent-2, ASEC-1. At this time I was kinda psyching myself that the we'd get second. But I was still hoping against hope that there would be that miracle shot.
ASEC scored a goal! Made by Hiro! 2-2 again!!
Draw AGAIN!
Kick off! Yikes!
Soh and opponent scored
1-1
Hiro missed a shot, opponent still scored
2-1
Both from each team scored
3-2
Opponent missed a shot (hit the metal part of the goal), Flo scored
3-3
Pucha, I was really like OMG, it was TIED again! The court was so quiet and I put my hands over my ears because of sheer anxiousness.
Last shot for both teams. Baptiste vs what's-his-face
Baptiste shot first and his goal went in. Yeah!
4-3, in favor of ASEC
Then it was what's-his-face's turn.
He opted for a rolling ball kind of kick.
Unfortunately (for them at least), his shot was blocked.
*cheers from the ASEC side
*applause
*throws confetti
In hindsight, our team really was good. Excuse me, pwede na kong mag-gloat, nanalo eh. LOL. We had tall players and I mean really tall players and we used that height advantage for DEFENSIVE purposes. Not that we don't have the OFFENSIVE advantage, coz we do too, with the Japs as strikers. But the other team was really the team to beat with regard to OFFENSIVE, if you saw how fast they run and how organized they were. Grabe. So the secret really was to prevent them from scoring and yesterday was the most DEFENSIVE I've seen our team. YEAH! I'M ON A HIGH! :)
Well here's hoping for another great batch of football playing foreign students next year to defend the crown.
But we WON! The game was so exciting and it happened like this:
ASEC scored a goal made by French Flo, ASEC-1
Opponent scored a goal, 1-1
Draw
5 minutes overtime
Opponent scored a goal, Opponent-2, ASEC-1. At this time I was kinda psyching myself that the we'd get second. But I was still hoping against hope that there would be that miracle shot.
ASEC scored a goal! Made by Hiro! 2-2 again!!
Draw AGAIN!
Kick off! Yikes!
Soh and opponent scored
1-1
Hiro missed a shot, opponent still scored
2-1
Both from each team scored
3-2
Opponent missed a shot (hit the metal part of the goal), Flo scored
3-3
Pucha, I was really like OMG, it was TIED again! The court was so quiet and I put my hands over my ears because of sheer anxiousness.
Last shot for both teams. Baptiste vs what's-his-face
Baptiste shot first and his goal went in. Yeah!
4-3, in favor of ASEC
Then it was what's-his-face's turn.
He opted for a rolling ball kind of kick.
Unfortunately (for them at least), his shot was blocked.
*cheers from the ASEC side
*applause
*throws confetti
In hindsight, our team really was good. Excuse me, pwede na kong mag-gloat, nanalo eh. LOL. We had tall players and I mean really tall players and we used that height advantage for DEFENSIVE purposes. Not that we don't have the OFFENSIVE advantage, coz we do too, with the Japs as strikers. But the other team was really the team to beat with regard to OFFENSIVE, if you saw how fast they run and how organized they were. Grabe. So the secret really was to prevent them from scoring and yesterday was the most DEFENSIVE I've seen our team. YEAH! I'M ON A HIGH! :)
Well here's hoping for another great batch of football playing foreign students next year to defend the crown.