11th Tournament...Pertandingan Futsal Anjuran UMNO Bahagian Hulu Langat (Group Stage), 3rd September 2006

Tourney : Pertandingan Futsal Anjuran UMNO Bahagian Hulu Langat (Group Stage)
Venue : Kicksports, Taman Jasmin, Kajang
Date : 3rd September 2006

List of Players : Badar, Embi, Nuar (protege), Pakcik, Pak Lah and Popai (mentor). For the 1st time, Bob didn't play.
Again, we represented the TAMAN RAKAN branch in this tourney and managed by Adi.

This tourney is being held on 3 consecutive Sundays, where the first 2 Sundays are group games followed by the knockout stages on the last Sunday. So we were to play 3 games today, no matter what.

Our first group game was against Sri Puding B. We lost 2-5, where our scorers were Popai and Pakcik. It was obvious yg ketiadaan bek yg establish cam Wan, Bidin, Matad, Bangkai etc... mmg menyebabkan team kelam-kabut. This big loss means we need to win the other 2 games.

2nd group game was against GB4B Indah Jaya. We won 3-2, but not without some heart-stopping moments. Scorers were Pak Lah (2) and Pakcik. We played with 2 defenders, with our top striker Pak Lah playing alongside Badar and he did very well.

Last game was against Kampung Jawa A. In the earlier tournament, we played to a 2-2 draw against Kg Jawa. This time, we were both fighting for the last slot. A draw would be good enuff for them while we needed a win. They scored 1st and the score was 0-1 til half-time. Early in the second half, Popai miskicked a kick-in and they scored their 2nd. 0-2 and that should have been it. However, to everyone's surprise we played better after that and Pakcik scored a hattrick for the final scoreline of 3-2. Yahoo, we qualified. Alhamdulillah.

It has to be said, generally, ganas betul players kat tourney ni. Kat pitch 1 brp kali gaduh, and brp kad yg dilayang, both red and yellow. Pakcik beberapa kali jadi mangsa. x dpt bola, kaki pun bole, bola jauh dr player, tp tarik badan player, bukan kejar bola..waduh...

Meanwhile, Popai gave me a short lecture on how I could improve, which I appreciate very much. I'm still learning...

So in 2 weeks we will be back, hopefully with a stronger team.

Summary:
Wat a turnaround. Getting thrashed in the first game and coming back from 2 goals down in the last game to clinch the last remaining slot for the knockout stages was great. Strong character shown. Congrats all.

Pakcik : 5 goals Pak Lah : 2 goals Popai : 1 goal
Embi : No clean sheet, but oklaa, we qualified!! I'm happy enuff.