SAISA SOCCER DHAKA
the time finally arrived for the season we had all been looking forward to. i had set my aims for this season as follows: i wanted to collaborate with others so we could win something as a team, improve on my current skills and have fun in something that is my passion. i was chosen as the captain of my team. as a team we made sure that the morale and comaradry in the team was high and that we all constantly supported each other, i made sure that we were constantly helping one another out. the flight for dhaka left on an early wednesday morning. our team was down to 12 men as some players were not allowed to travel. however we had high belief this year that we could achieve a high position.
we arrived in dhaka as the underdogs. on the first day of SAISA we showed the teams what we were capable of. we won both our matches against bombay and muree christian school. i scored 1 goal in the game. Throughout this tournament i screamed my lungs out motivating players on the pitch and keeping the communication lines between players. no wonder that by the end of the first day i had an extremely sore throat.
we started the 2nd day top of our group. we were to play the team that was hot favourites for the tournament AES. we took the lead 2 minutes in the game when i scored from a free kick. however the equalized soon after. after the halftime break we were hit by tragedy. Rasmus got knocked out and had to be taken to the hospital with a neck injury. We were down to 11, hence no substitutes. After 2 hours of wait the match continued and we really took the game to AES. It ended 1:1, but we almost beat them.
the time finally arrived for the season we had all been looking forward to. i had set my aims for this season as follows: i wanted to collaborate with others so we could win something as a team, improve on my current skills and have fun in something that is my passion. i was chosen as the captain of my team. as a team we made sure that the morale and comaradry in the team was high and that we all constantly supported each other, i made sure that we were constantly helping one another out. the flight for dhaka left on an early wednesday morning. our team was down to 12 men as some players were not allowed to travel. however we had high belief this year that we could achieve a high position.
we arrived in dhaka as the underdogs. on the first day of SAISA we showed the teams what we were capable of. we won both our matches against bombay and muree christian school. i scored 1 goal in the game. Throughout this tournament i screamed my lungs out motivating players on the pitch and keeping the communication lines between players. no wonder that by the end of the first day i had an extremely sore throat.
we started the 2nd day top of our group. we were to play the team that was hot favourites for the tournament AES. we took the lead 2 minutes in the game when i scored from a free kick. however the equalized soon after. after the halftime break we were hit by tragedy. Rasmus got knocked out and had to be taken to the hospital with a neck injury. We were down to 11, hence no substitutes. After 2 hours of wait the match continued and we really took the game to AES. It ended 1:1, but we almost beat them.
Unfortunately luck was not to be with us. The fatigue was taking its toll on us, only 1 hour later we played the home team dhaka in an all or nothing match, the winner would go through, the loser could end up 8th. and we almost made it, upto 6 minutes till the end we led by 3:2, but the home support and use of substitutes just gave them the extra energy to defeat us. We were virtually knocked out now. The fatigue of 2 days of football without rest had its toll on us as we lost both matches on the next day. However we all did ourselves proud by performing at the highest level possible to us. We can only imagine what would have been with a full squad but personally i feel i have achieved my goals of collaboration and personal excellency.
Play
i am playing the main male character in Saba's play Confusions. we have been practicing lines on random days and we will be performing at the end of the month. this has really gives me the oppurtunity to take part in something i really enjoy doing and is creative.
Badminton
i have also been chosen to represent my school in the badminton tournament that will take place in March. we have started training Tuesday's, Friday's and Saturday's. i feel really proud at having made the team since it is a sport i am relatively new in. i am also proud because i perceviered and continued to practice to bring myslef upto the level that i could play for the school team.
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