Asian Cup 2010

Hi all,

Here is another blog-treat from me.

On 9th and 10th of August which is Singapore National Day holiday, Asian Cup which is an inter-nation boarding school soccer tournament was held. Together with my 4 other friends, I organized this event and played on the same time which took place on school's artificial soccer turf. I still remember vividly how we fought till the end last year to clinch the prestigious sought-after Asian Cup trophy. This year, however, the story didn't go as smoothly. Indonesia sent two teams, Indo A and Indo B. On preliminary matches on the first day, Indo A defeated India and Vietnam B 3-0 and drew with Indo B 1-1 to claim the top position of Group 1. Indo B didn't make it to the second round though. Another bad news is that I injured my right leg. Badly.

We faced ASEAN team Chuckwow in semifinal. They first scored from right wing with Louis' strike after a nice through pass from Geliang (I think). Then we equalized with Kevin's long-range shot which was unreachable by Arthit their goalie. Unfortunately, Louis defeated Brian our goalie once again with a goal similar to the first one. I had to be substituted before half time as well due to my foot injury. The final whistle blew: 2-1 victory for Chuckwow. To cut the long story short, Vietnam A eventually defeated Chuckwow in the final.

Result:

1st position: Vietnam A

2nd position: Chuckwow

3rd position: Indo A

Although we failed to win this tournament, I believe we had played really well. Even better than last year, I have to say. Perhaps the thing that we lack is a proper strategy. Our players have to follow on-field instructions as well. Sadly, the two goals from Chuckwow was a result of the weakness in our team's strategy. Our captain Alvin instructed me to do overlaps frequently. For your info, I played as a left wing back which was the side where Louis scored from. When I overlap, the defensive midfielder was supposed to cover my position. However, he didn't follow the instruction from Alvin which resulted in a very fatal consequence of 2 goals from Chuckwow. Despite of that, our team played really well. Like, really.

So yeah, next year I promise to bring the glory back to our side. Most likely I will be the captain next year. With my brother and other good players including the juniors, we'll give a good fight next year. Well done Indo A and Indo B =)