FreeKick 2006 – Day 6, The battle for supremacy…

August 26


Day 6 of FreeKick 2006 was an eventful day with both the matches being played for supremacy in different contexts.

The first match of the evening was between Head Bangers and BIM Bagan. The two minnows of group A played against each other to reign supreme amongst themselves. BIM Bagan being the stronger of the two saw themselves to a 3-0 victory over Head Bangers.

The 2nd match of the evening was probably the best match of the tournament till now. Trojans took on Blitzkrieg late in the night to give themselves a chance to go through to the semi-finals. Blitzkrieg was placed better than Trojans on goal difference in the group even though both the teams had same points. A draw would have been enough for Blitzkrieg to go through but Trojans had to win the game.

The game was fast paced and highly tensed from the word go. Blitzkrieg drew first blood when Giridhar scored direct from a free kick from behind the center line. Arun, the goal keeper of Trojans couldn’t do anything to stop the ball from hitting the back of the net. Giridhar’s goal was easily the best till now. Pushpreet, the goalie of Blitzkrieg kept well to ward off all attempts of Trojan’s forwards to equalize in the first half.
The 2nd half saw Trojans go all out on the attack and after 15 minutes into the game Trojans hit the back of the net. The score 1-1 and tensions were high, another mistake by Blitzkrieg and Trojans would go through and that is what happened. A foul immediately outside the D, saw Chacko flight a superb curling free kick towards the goal which was headed in by one of the Trojan forwards. A Costly miss by the Blitzkrieg goal keeper meant one up lead for the Trojans. Although the goal of Blitzkrieg tried hard to stop the ball from going in but the effort was in vain. Final score was 2-1 in favor Trojans.
With a lot of injury and players not doing well the Trojans pulled off a great victory when mattered. The journey of Blitzkrieg came to an end for FreeKick 2006 and their effort was hugely applauded by one and all.