ATD @ COPA DEL SISO'08

Good Morning ALL,
Did anyone ever say “Success comes Cheap”… Infact no one even said you can buy it in the first place. Well we know “Success never comes cheap and easy” and the real example of this was the ATD football team who risked their legs this weekend to get it all for ATD. So Guys & Gals, Ladies & Gentlemen if you find anyone limping around or having a tanned face you can be sure to have spotted someone who did put everything for his team this weekend. A team which went out with full enthu and determination on the field finally landed 3rd on the winning post. Here’s a Recap & Deferred Live briefing on how it went. The Team played the highest number of matches in the tournament i.e. 6 which no other team infact had to play. The Quest began at Day-1 with the league matches and the first match against Support division. As the match started, the play was becoming deadly minute by minute and the teams finding it tough to score against each other till…….. Till Support finally scored one to grab the match from the Teams hands by 1-0. Having already lost one the Team couldn’t afford to lose the next one against DPD2. The Team went on with a different game plan in mind this time & with some excellent skills came out victorious and to add more to it, won it by a huge margin of 5-0. So far so good, still a long way to go coz to get a place in the Quarters the Team had to play another one against WTD2. Having lost all the energy under the intense heat of the Sun the team still managed to win this one again by 3-0.A formidable win without having conceded a single goal. Having ended Day-1 on a good note the Team was back on Day-2 with fresh energy and legs to play against MSD. This one was crucial for both as who ever won would register themselves in the Semi’s. The Team fought hard with some cool Tricks and Tackles to finally take the match away from MSD by 2-0. The Team was excited, the Enthu was bubbling and the Team replenished themselves with energy for the tough match coming ahead against WTD1 in the Semi Finals. The match began with a big shock as the opponents (WTD) scored 2 early goals within first 5 minutes and the Team was helpless. Again a change of Plan, a different Strategy all together helped the Team recover to finally make it 2-2 before the final whistle blew to take the decision to Penalty Shootouts. Everybody had their fingers crossed as the deciding penalties were being taken. But luck and pluck goes hand in hand and the team just missed it by one shoot to lose it by 3-2. Though the team was disappointed but still had to fight for the Second Final’s to at least place themselves for the Bronze. The match was against SLD and the Team did put everything they had into the match to win. Though the Team scored an Early goal to ease the pressure but the opponents didn’t give up till they scored the equalizer in the last 2 minutes to drag the match again into the Penalty Shootout decider. Once Bitten and lost in Penalties the Team had to score all 3 this time with no unforced errors at this crucial juncture. The Shootouts began one after the other and the Team was leading having scored on both shootouts and the opponents had just scored one out of their 2. The score 2-1, the atmosphere tense, with silence in the background and everybody eyeing the football when the final deciding kick had to be taken by SLD (their 3rd and final attempt). Everybody on their toes, hands held together, praying to Allah when the Kick was taken …… & here he wenttttt ………. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO ……. he missed …… The Team had won, Jumping in Joy all over with broad smiles on their faces. Their was nothing else which could have satisfied the Team ATD, as their hard put in effort paid off in the end & It was PARTY time. With all the Strategy, Game plans, Tricks & Comments on the field like “I’ll kill this guy next time he kicks his elbow into mine” plus some censored ones the Copa Del SISO’08 went well and ended on a good note for ATD ……….. Kudos to the ATD Team …………… CONGRATS ……… Keep it Going!!! ……