FreeKick 2006- the second days play…..

August 22

The historic football tournament at BIM continued into the 2nd day with much fanfare. The 2nd evening began early for the teams as SportsCom had to pre-pone the match timings by an hour.

The first match of the evening started at 8pm between Penalty United and Real Mad-Ride. Both the teams were equally matched and it was just about anyone’s guess who would win. Real Mad-Ride took there chances and hit the back of Penalty United’s net twice. Penalty United missed the services of their player Manish Bhardawaj today and the effect was visible in the score line which read 0-2 in Real Mad-Ride’s favor.

The 2nd match of the evening saw Blitzkrieg take on BIM Bagan. It was expected to be a one-sided match with Blitzkrieg being one of the strong favorites for the tournament. Blitzkrieg strikers Shailesh Joshi, Parthiban and captain Giridhar didn’t struck the goal as and when the opportunities were created. The final score was 8-0 with Blitzkrieg winning their first match in the tournament.

Cavaliers Vs Trojans was the 3rd match in the schedule for the 2nd day. Both the teams were equally matched in terms of quality of players, game tactics, stamina etc. The match was fast paced with both teams making fast runs in the opponent’s area to score goals. Sunil Kaushik supported by Diwakar came up with an amazing defensive play for the Trojans. Prabhakar for Cavaliers tried his heart out to score the ever elusive goal. The match ended in a goal less draw.

The final game of the night was played between Marines United and Khaleej United. Both the teams wanted to win this game as they had lost their first game. Khaleej United’s defense which seemed to be non existent on the 1st day put up a great show today as they didn’t allow any penetration by Marines forwards. Nabarun Paul of Khaleej United had a golden chance to put his team in the front when he won a penalty in the 2nd half but the kick taken by him struck the side post and was put out of play without any change to the score line. This game ended in a 0-0 draw.