FreeKick 2006- The third day’s drama….
August 23

Freekick 2006 continued into the 3rd day with a lot of entertainment for the audience and the players. Prof YLK graced the tournament by being available to watch the proceedings on the 3rd day for a couple of matches.

The 3rd evening began with Penalty United taking on Khaleej United. Manish Bhardawaj made a comeback today and his presence had raised the spirit of the team to a new high. Siddharth Rambadri and Manish Sharma scored for Penalty United. Nabarun and Karthik D tried hard to penetrate Penalty United’s defense but were unsuccessful. The final score was 2-0 in favor of Penalty United.

The 2nd match of the evening was between Marine United and Real Mad-Ride. Two strong teams from group B were seen fighting for glory. Having lost the first match, Marine United had to win this match to book a spot for the semi finals. Real Mad-Ride would have been there with a draw but didn’t take this match lightly and beat Marine United 4-2. The match saw Sir Dharamraj playing for Marine United in the second half.

The next match was between Cavaliers and BIM Bagan. Cavaliers being the favorites for the trophy destroyed the almost non existent defense of BIM Bagan. Prabhakar, Varun Prasad and Vellu hit the back of BIM Bagan’s net very often. Prabhakar scored a whooping 6 goals for the Cavaliers out of their 13. He’s the favorite for the Golden Boot award. Cavaliers won the game 13-0.

The fourth and the last match of the night was played between Blitzkrieg and HeadBangers. Blitzkrieg being another strong contender for the tournament had to win the match by a good margin to maintain a decent goal difference. They got off to a slow start with only 2 goals being scored in the first half. The second half saw a much better and faster performance by Blitzkrieg. Bibek scored an amazing header on a corner kick from Giridhar in his tally of 4 goals. Giridhar the captain scored from the center off a free kick given on a foul against Blitzkrieg. All in all it was a good game with Blitzkrieg winning 10-0.