First Tournament...Syoknya Futsal 2, 5th Feb 2006

So here goes... a review of the first tournament Tok Jinjang entered...

Tourney: Syoknya Futsal 2
Date: 5th Feb 2006
Venue: Sportsplanet Sunway

List of Players: Badar, Bob, Embi, Kimi, Pakcik, Pak Lah, Popai, Wafi and Wan.
That's 9 players although i think only 8 were required. heheh...

I heard there were 96 teams in the tournament, not including the U-18 category. 3 teams in a group, top 2 go through to 2nd round.

1st group game was against Edar FC. Wan conceded a penalty because of handball, duly converted. Wan made amends though by scoring the equalizer with a trademark powerful shot.

2nd group game was against Visual Point. Finished 0-0. Modesty forbids me to say it, but I played well in this game...heheh..they did come close a few times..i remember them hitting the inside of the post....and actually putting it past me once...but it was disallowed...dunno why....anyway, all 3 teams finished equal on points, but Visual Point was eliminated because they failed to score in both matches. We won the coin toss to become group champions. woohooooo...wat a surprise...

2nd round...up against MPPJ 'A'..wat the...MPPJ??? 'A' team some more..we were intimidated, to say the least. We won though, 2-1. Our scorers were Pak Lah and Kimi..Wat a dream run..we're into the 3rd round...

3rd round..c'mon laa..this is 2 rounds further then we thought we wud go...surely this would be it. Against Gombak Otai...we won again...2-0, much easier then expected. Scorers were Bob and Wafi.

4th round..against Bursa Malaysia...we weren't ready..there we were..sitting outside watching the previous game..with our shoes still off...and suddenly this guy came up and said "Tok Jinjang kan? masuk laa..main skang"..dammit....we lost..1-3..Pak Lah scored the 1st goal of the match, but Bursa came back strongly...the end of the road...



Summary:
To finish in the last 16 out of 96 teams is not bad, methinks, esp considering this was our first tournament. Paying RM20 each to play 5 games and getting a Figos jersey is well worth it. 1 win away from getting a prize...sigh...mebbe next time...

Pak Lah : 2 goals Bob, Kimi, Wafi, Wan : 1 goal
Embi : 2 clean sheets