The Futsal Journey!!!! Part - 1

Well, after a certain hiatus (partly caused by my annoyance at forcibly having to remove my last post) I reluctantly begin blogging again. :D

It was February the 2nd when the intra-campus Futsal tournament was announced to be held, a week later. Now, obviously as a big fan of football, I wanted to make a team , a team which could go all the way, but friendship was what prevailed in the end!! :P (doesn't mean i didn't think it couldn't go all the way!!!). Let me introduce the the other team members.

Abhro - Easily the best technical player we had. Sprinting is seen to be believed and forges, I assume, a very good understanding with me (a.l.a Gerrard and Torress :D) . The number of one twos of ours that have resulted into beautiful goals is justt \m/

Abhineet - Most energetic player of the team. Never stops running.... gives 200% .... very handy player to have .... and oh yeah our Penalty Expert :)

Manvir - The (false :P) motivator of our team .... never partial in his criticism or praise of any move or player. The most I respect about him is his honesty. Runs a lot like a headless chicken tho :P , tries loads of solo stuff unsuccessfully tho always :D ... good shooter from distance.

Vishal - 'Langda' is a very dedicated player. He is the one who organised practice matches and was always up to play football at any time. Plays on adrenalin totally.... and on innumerable times fails to fall back in Ronaldesque fashion :D .. btw decent winger

Sumit - Potential to become a gud player. However always becomes lazy in matches .... tries to run his best but not his fault ... a player in Luca Toni or Berba mode :D :P .. overthinks sometimes


There it is, as coined by Sumit, the (in)famous FC Zuari. We were raring to go and then came the bombshell. Drawn in the Group of Death beside Bhaskar's team and Deepak (Lijaan's - the favourites) team, it was going to be an awesome week for sure.

1st MATCH - FC Zuari vs Bhaskar's team

Cool...what a way to kick off the tournament. Abhineet suggested we all wear black and we promptly agreed. Turned out they came out wearing black too. GR8 HMPHHHH I thought.

Manvir started with his usual pre-match motivational rant (oh w8 I was Captain :-/) ,Vishal his usual mad self, Abhro his usual super-cool demeanor and Abhineet as usall joined in with Manvir in attempts to scare s&*t out of the opponents.

The ref's Whistle blew(donno who he was but must be a twat...all refs are :D) and the Game started. Cheered on by the huge crowd who voiced support for both the teams, the match started to unravel.

2' - Manvir makes a hilarious attempt at a fake and cut , gets beaten easily and a mouthful from me :P

4' - Bhaskar shoots from distance - comes close.

6' - Abhro with the direct kick-in ..jjust wide...

Oh by the way ... matches were in halves of 15 minutes with kick-ins instead of throw-ins.

9' - Manvir, in his usual energetic self, kicks the ball way way wayyyyyyyyyyyy out of play, gets a warning

13' - Manvir, now over-energetic , kicks the ball even wayyyyyyy further .... i somehow save him from the booking :D

15' - HALFTIME

2nd HALF

1' - Cautious start by both teams

4' - The match finally implodes. attempted pass by Abhro breaks to Abhineet and he shootss ..... GOALLLLLLLLLLL for FC Zuari. Abhineet did wat he does best, danced his heart out while we congratulated him.

4'30'' - The team is still in party-mood when we get hit by a sucker-punch. Vishal gives the ball away cheaply, we are caught 3 on 2 ,Bhaskar passes it wide and an expert finish by some1 (dont rem their name). Game On!!!

4'35'' - Manvir starts ranting yet again , positively criticising teammates ,blaming them to have lost their concentration (oh w8 i was Captain right??? or was I now?? :-/)

6' - Our lot were playing like Headless Chickens. somehow we again catch ourselves in a 3 on 2 and Bhaskar shoots into an open goal.

6'2'' - Miraculously, it goes wide. *phewww*

9' - Slowly coming into grips with the game ... Draw wont be a bad result after all :-|

12' - Great tenacity by Abhineet results in him winning the ball , I shout for it vociferously, he squares it.

12'1'' - I somehow toe poke it.

12'4'' - Ball heading towards goal slowly but surely

12'6'' - Ball crawling innnnnnn slowly but surely

12'7'' - Its in!!!! GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!! and I go absolutely deliruous, jumping with joy and high fives with anyone within five feet!!!!

13' - But we are FC Zuari ...obviously dont learn our lessons... I make a deplorable error ... somehow Vishal, tracking back, lunges forward and saves the day.

14' - err we forgot Sumit here... time for a sub ..Abhro volunteers

15' - Blow the whistle refff ...btw he wont (as i said all refs are twats!! :-/)

15'30'' - Manvir isn't happy wid the ref ... he wants to make it more difficult for us to win ... with one mighty kick ,the ball's into the bushes and Manvir in the ref's book ... yellow card... have to see out the match with 4 men then....

16' - still waiting for the whistle and Sumit's first touch

16'30'' - Bhaskar shoots narrowly ....and i mean narrowly wide .... wud hv been quite a story

17' - Ref reluctantly blows the whistle and there it is ..... the First win for FC Zuari....

A team huddle results ..... we have done it ... won our first match .. What an evening ... btw long way to go yet..

The team go have a bath and all of us assemble at the mess for dinner. Manvir starts with his usual congratulations, hip-hip hurrays and detailed analysis of the match (I surely have to be acting captain or smthin :P) and the news that the favourites had drawn against the so-called minnows (Falcon's team) made the victory all the more sweeter.......... Top of GOD after Day - 1 .... and on top of the world ... couldn't wait for the 2nd match to start!!!

PS - I kno i kno ..a very long blog ....apologies to those who hated it :P ... and tho I think it can fit under dramatized fiction 90% of the stuff is probably true neways :D :D