A FUTSAL TOURNAMENT BETTER TO FORGET... hihihi

1. At 8.20am today (and that was very very early for me...), I was already at the Ampang's Futsal Sports Planet hall. Me and some of my young office mates participated in the Inter-media Futsal Tournament organised by Bank Muamalat. And man... when I said ``young office mates'' that is because during the submission of participation, I realised I was the only person whose I.C number started with 7 while the rest were 8. I have to accept that I am no longer belong to that age group. hmmm....
   
   
2. First thing I noticed when I arrived at the hall, I hardly recognised the other media participants. It's either they are also represented by the young thugs or they are non-editorial staffers. I told my mates that even though we got knackered, we should be proud because our line-ups were 100 % from the Editorial Dept. hahaha just to patronise ourselves...
   
   
3. The result... well... I achieved our modest target... one win, one draw and 2 losses. hahaha... I must say that our team was assembled in a week and having myself playing as the fullback, didn't really help when most of my mates couldn't connect with my style of play. I combined a bit of Carragher and Agger. Robust and tough body contact. Of course, using such tactics didn't really work in futsal. It was quick thinking, quick feet and serious kick on the target. One funny moment was that I had to use both of my hands to cover my head from a direct hard kick in front of me. I apologised to the ref to which he answer, it's okay, I know you didn't do it on purposed. The ensuing freekick cause us another goal. Darned....! A good lesson for me.
   
   
4. The great lesson I got is that, don't play futsal with the younger generation. You simply don't have the stamina to compete. Not with a pot belly and cigarettes a pack a day! I must rethink my involvement in the futsal setup. May be I am more suitable to be the manager and not manager/player. I think I can satisfy myself by having the game with my fellow generation in Shah Alam. At least, I know if I really push it hard, my opponent would stop. But the younger generation won't do that. They'll give you one hell of a time! hahaha... Actually I am pretty exhausted tonight. I hope I can sustain til 12.30am. That's when Torres score against West Ham. Thank you for visiting my blog at this wee-hour! (I'm in the office still now...)