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euro2008
angry. sad. disappointed.
i was near tears after yesterday night's match. how could france lose by such a huge margin when we were talking about how solid our defence was? what the fuck happened to henry? why did netherlands score immediately our goal, when i was fresh from doing my 10 push ups?? for every french goal i'd do 10 push ups and if france won i'd do 20.
i tell you, i'm thanking mutu profusely for missing his penalty. because if romania won, france would most probably be out.
i did the math last night as i struggled to come into terms with the defeat.
netherlands (6):
gf: 7
ga: 1
gd: 6
romania (2):
gf: 1
ga: 1
gd: 0
france (1):
gf: 1
ga: 4
gd: -3
italy (1):
gf: 1
ga: 4
gd: -3
for france to qualify, romania must lose and france must win. of course we mustn't concede any goals against italy, which is easier said than done, seeing tonight's scoreline. hey, at least italy's attack looked threatening, unlike france. oh man i'm so angry at france's strikers. i fucking don't know what the hell is wrong with our team. the dutch played such flowing football that it's no surprise many arsenal players support netherlands too.
but all is not lost yet. i have faith in the players, and i'll definitely be supporting them in the match against italy.
diva la futbol
i went to fico sports hub feeling sceptical we'd even score a single goal, seeing we were the youngest team in the tournament and that other players played for their school football teams. but what do you know, we topped our group :O and made it to the knockout stages after getting top 2 in the 2nd round group which consisted 2 other teams who topped their groups.
admittedly i was only screaming encouragement in the sidelines and didn't contribute much to the team (brander na scored a hat trick by the way). you know, we were so good we even impressed the nyjc and vjc (who's damn pro) and nus players! nyjc asked us to go to their school while vjc invited us to go for football trials next year :O nus invited us to play with them in the weekends :O
yay i can juggle much better with my new boots :)
in the knockout stages we were playing against vj and i knew we were out then. we lost 3-1, which is a respectable scoreline considering we scored 1 against them. hey, we were the youngest team and we made it into the last 16 of the diva la futbol CHAMPIONS cup (for the top 3 teams in the 1st round group). this translates to TOP 16 out of 48 TEAMS :O they were full-time pros playing for their schools with coaches and sponsors, while us, we were the 'come on friday if you want to' (quote by xw) people. HEH!!!!!!!!
but these achievements are quite hollow to me, as i know i didn't do much for the team. the goals were scored by brenda, brander and stacey. the shots were blocked by xi wen. the defence was taken care of by jingwen and hazel. me, on the other hand, was giving away possession and missing tackles etc. :( but i tell myself my goal is not to become a footballer but a pilot.
spent the rest of the afternoon in pizza hut playing cards and eating. on the mrt home brenda and i were talking about the episodes we watched on air crash investigation. she knows her stuff man. like me, she wants to be a pilot. :)
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