CISA Finals here we come!!

for the first time in columbia college's history the soccer team have made it to the finals! never before have the soccer team got through to the finals. it is always at the semi-finals at most and then the team goes crashing out. but not this time. we scored goals as if it was a badminton game or a tennis game. we played 8 games in total and won 7 of it. we lost one because we dint have enough players but it dint really matter anyways as we have already qualified from our group. here's how we fared in all our 8 games:

first game- 11-1 (won)
second game- 7-1 (won)
third game- 11-1 (won)
fourth game- 8-1 (won)
fifth game- 3-0 (won)
sixth game- 4-3 (lost)
seventh game (quarter-finals) - 7-2 (won)
eight game (semi-finals) - 7-3 (won)

as you can see, the scores were unrealistic but it was made real by us! 51 goals in 8 games. i scored a couple of them. not bad for a defender okay??!! i must say the most exciting game en route to the finals is the semi-finals game. a really intense game which required each and everyone of us to give our best.

here's the summary of the game. game kicks-off. first attack and they scored. second attack and they scored again. within the first two minutes of play they were 2-0 up. wtf man??!! we got one back a couple of minutes later. but right after that we conceded a penalty and they were 3-1 up within the first ten minutes. dint give up and we managed to snatch one back just before half -time. so first half score was 3-2. all of us were pissed off at ourselves for letting in cheap goals but our team spirit were still burning in us and to drive us to play harder for the second half. second half started. was a tough half and very intense but guess what?? we banged in another 5 goals and conceded nothing to make the final score 7-3! credits to our players for not giving up at all and scored in every possible attempt we got and to our opponents who made us work our asses off. we got the news that this team beat the brazillian team in the quarter-finals but little did we know they beat the brazillians 12-3. what a game it was. really the best game i've played so far! i was really put under a lot of pressure as the captain of the team to motivate the players and not allowing anyone of us to give up. celebration started as if we had already won the finals as none of us expected our team to get this far! 1 history created- make it to the finals for the first ever time. 1 more to create- be crowned champions for the first ever time in the school's history!

as for my part in the school team, i was new to the college as everyone knows, and had cert from malaysia to prove that i played soccer and was in school teams for the past few years and played competitively. cc's soccer coach approached me and asked me if i could come for the tryouts and asked me which position i played etc. so i went for the tryouts. the next day he posted the selected players names on the internet and mine was on and next to it there was an indication saying "second captain". i thought it was a privilege. first tourney we joined since i got in the team we crashed out in the semi-finals. but this second tournament, i was selected as the captain. imagine a kinda new and youngest player selected as captain as compared to the rest of the team who has been there for the past few semesters or even years. i must say it is really a privilege and a honour, and a great experience for me to lead this amazing group and talented people from all over the world to the finals of this tournament! next task is to win it! will update more later on!