Another semester comes along and yet another Futsal tournament kicks off. Day 1 didn’t disappoint as it is safe to say that both supporters and players alike would agree that it was a very good start to this semester’s tournament. So if u missed the games today, don’t fret. Here are summaries from the games that had been fought out tonight.
Guys groups
The tournament kicked off with games from group A. With team Milo Taboq, who consist of Amirul and a few of his Kelkatu teammates entertaining Mageva, led by Baller accompanied by his fellow Trinity team mates. The game ended in a 1-1 draw. Baller scored for Mageva before Amirul equalised for Milo Taboq. In the other game saw Ninja Turtles (B) came from behind to beat Mat Poom-Poom 2-1. Kelvin opened the scoring for Mat Poom-Poom before 2 goals from Barath Kumar saw off the opposition.
In group B drew Machanz, the defending champions, kicking their campaign off with a match against Ninja Turtles (A), the team who were known as Johnny Walker last semester. The game ended with a 3-1 win for Machanz with goals from Jorden, Vicky and Lingesh. Kimu pulled one back for the Turtles. In the other game, team Not the Real Madrid, consisting of Kelkatu players dropped their opening match of the tournament, losing the XLR8 (B) with a goal from Thiagu settling the score at 1-0.
The opening match for group C saw Eagles, containing Mmediong and his fellow Eagles, topple Lakeside Freshman United, mostly new intakes, 4-0. Goals from Nadun (2), Mmediong, and Amate settled a good start to the tournament for the men in yellow. Lakeside Freshman United’s opponents for tomorrow, Pappadam Fc (A) also saw a good start to their campaign with a satisfying 1-0 win over Headhunters. A late goal from Seelan settled the difference between the two teams.
Group D contains last semester’s runners-up XLR8. The team showed signs of ultimate fire power from the get-go. They swooped aside team T-Super Serial with a convincing 10-0 victory. Goals from Berty (1), Steve (2), Salim (3), and Taha (4)proved to be a superb start for XLR8 (A). In the other game from Group D saw Team Butet drop their opening game 2-0 to Papadam Fc (B). Papadam who had one of the most suprising addition to their squad, Raj, took the game with goals from SK and ofcourse he has to, Raj added one.
Girls Groups
The opening match for the girl’s part of this tournament saw team Cengkerik locks horns with team Emergency. Team Emergency proved to be too much to handle as the fought out a convincing 6-0 with 5 goals coming from Shal and one from JSJ. The second game from this group was played out by City Girls and Rama-Rama. Maneesha’s goal was enough to give City Girls a 1-0 victory and a winning start to their tournament.
Group F
As there are only 3 teams in group F, only one game played. Team Red Hawks played out a 6-0 victory over team Kupu-Kupu. Three goals from Esther, 2 from Jessica and one from Jenny separated the teams. The other team in this group, Shush Bugs, were given the night off.
