Hi, guys.
As you can see in the title of this entry, I took part in a day-long football tournament as a menber of Ghana team, who a friend of mine is a skipper. There were 16 teams in the competition. And from the first game, it was a knockout stage, so once you lose, you'd be kicked out.
Actually, I didn't think we'd make it through to the finals, but we made it in the end.. wow!! We had 3 consecutive wins to get to it, and two third was on penalties. haha We were so lucky!!
What I was surprised at when I got to the field in the morning was that most of the teams in the comp were African teams which means I had to be concerned about getting injured in every game!!!!! As you know, Africans are so physical and ridiculously vicious on the pitch, especially when they are taken a lead, the situation I'm really concerned about get much worse as they get more excited to bounce back.
As I had expected, many controvesial judgement occured throughout the tournament. In my opinion, some of them were an fair judgement, but they didn't just agree with the ones referee made. They can't just shut their mouth unless they whinge at referee once.
In the finals, they put too much intensity into the performances with so many collisions and filthy tackles everywhere in the game. We ended up lose the game by 1-0, but the second half was the worst 45 minutes I've ever played in. Every time someone receive a ball, a defender went a nasty challenge on the ball, and the game was stopped by ref..... Fuck.. sick of it.....
I actually a bit felt compassion to the ref as he had to control the crappest game in the world. He should have got paid for his bravery and patience. I totally paid respect to him as soon as he blew the final whistle.
On plus note, I got given a medal for runners-up. It wasn't just a hectic day but also an exciting day!!!!!!!
タイトルにあるように、この前所属リーグとは別の１日トーナメントに参加してきた。参加チームは１６チームで決勝までいけば１日に４試合。１試合目は２０分ハーフだったのが回を追うごとに長くなっていき、決勝は３０分ハーフ。きつかった・・・。
結局PK２試合もあったが運良く勝ち抜き、決勝まで辿り着いた。決勝では０－１で負けちゃったんだけども。まぁ記念のメダルももらえたし、楽しかったね。自分は友達の誘いでガーナチームに参加。というか、この大会のほとんどがアフリカンのチーム。荒いし、身体能力頼りのフィジカルサッカー。怪我人は出るわ、試合中揉め合いはよく起こるわ・・・。
決勝前、あくまで非公式の大会だからあんまり熱くなるなって話してたのに、始まったら荒れ放題。ハーフタイムには相手の監督がこっちにきて、おれの従兄弟を削ったら殺すぞ！って怒鳴り込んできたしね。笑
そして終了間際に向こうがボックスの中でハンド。PKか！？と思ったらNO！！もうそっから試合になりませんでした。ここでは書けないくらい罵声を主審に浴びせてたからね。試合が終わってもこっちの怒りは収まらず、まだ詰め寄って抗議。
どうやら審判はうちの選手の友達みたいで、「おい、おれは今日審判だけど、その前に俺達友達じゃないか！」って叫んでたのが見てて辛かった。恐らく、この審判は今日審判として裁いたのを後悔してんじゃないかな。もう絶交くらいの勢いだったし。
とまぁなんとも熱い、過酷なトーナメント。ほぼフルで出たので、今日の練習までまだ足に疲労残ってました。怪我せず終われたのが一番。楽しいのが一番やね。