FreeKick 2006 – The do or die stage, Semi-finals

August 27th

The semi-finals were finally here. Top 2 teams from each group were now playing for a spot in the finals.

The first semifinal was played between Cavaliers and Real Mad-Ride. Cavaliers like before were the favorites to win this game by a decent margin. The game was easy paced compared to the previous games of Cavaliers. Though Real Mad-Ride set some pace to the game in the first half the game slowed down after a one goal lead when Suman found the net for Cavaliers. Suman, Prabhakar, Vellu and Jagdeesh scored for Cavaliers. Jagdeesh is the only goal keeper of the tournament to score a goal. He opened his account with a penalty that Cavaliers won due to a handball committed in the D by Real Mad-Ride. Cavaliers won the game 4-0 and booked a slot for themselves in the final.

The 2nd semifinal of the evening was played between Trojans and Penalty United. The Trojans after their win over Blitzkrieg seemed a little tired. The game was slow and Penalty United tried hard to take advantage of the fatigue factor. Two key players for Trojans, Elango and Mohan Raja were on bench today because of injury. Despite the fatigue factor and absence of players Trojans found the back of the Penalty United defense twice and won the game 2-0. A valiant effort by Bhavesh Vikramaditya’s team saw them win the hearts of the crowd.
With Monday being a rest day the finals and the playoff for the 3rd place would take place on Tuesday 29th August 2006.