Futsal Fever

Litho starting a league of our own after the recent concluded World Cup '06. The upsets, the moolahs lost.. The Headbutt... Some (most) guys just can't get enough of football, you know. I'm probably the remaining 5% who knows about as much football as my mom does.

Now here i am, playing the 6th man for team Netherland after much coaxing from our FIFA Official, Mr.EH Wong to help fill up the void... hey, bench-warmers also play important roles you know... like warming the bench (duh!), doubling as cheer leaders & stepping in as buffer for team-mates in need of a breather before they expire from exhaustion.

We aced the first game of the preliminary round, staging an amazing comeback down 6-3 in the 1st half to beat the Chinese team (they're team MU, i think) 10-8. Played for like 10mins in the gruelling 20mins 2nd half.... i was dead from knees down after that....

Off to a good start, i expected my beginner's luck to continue...

We are Team Orange!

However, we ourside got short handed....

Our Korean import, Kim Jimmy got MIA due to some fab issues & our deal to acquire another mid-fielder never got underway.... so basically left with 5 guys to run on full steam for the entire game.

First half was tough, we fought & kept within striking distance being down 3-1 after fending off repeated attacks by the more agile, energetic & fully backed Inter (Saat Iz Holy & Co.) We were running ourselves flat.

A bad move - 1-2-3 Head Attack?

2nd half? A hell of a massacre... swapping my boots for the keeper's gloves was the killer move. Well, things did not exactly work out the way we intended it to be. Conceded 5 goals in 10 mins under my steady hands & fancy foot-work.... well, at least i broke some record; hey, what do u expect from a guy who last kicked a ball in World Cup '02 & who scratches his ball trying to figure out what the hell's a futsal?

So i thought... until i heard news that some other team got thrashed 15-1 in another match taking place in a stadium not named Stadium Antarabangsa Sports Planet. Boo, there goes my record....