Today was the first day of the inter-IT football tournament. The opening match
was Infosys vs Kanbay. Having seen Kanbay's game before, we knew how we had
to play and what exactly we had to do to win. The good part is that everybody
stuck to their task and stuck to the plan. The plan was really simple. Choke
up Kanbay's supply options. One way to do that was to mark Sam Chauvhan.
Having tried that many times before and failed, having seen others try that
before and having seen them fail, that option was just disregarded. The other
way to do it was to prevent him from making his trademark passes and supplies
by choking off the rest of them. And we did that pretty well.
The first goal for Infy came via Peeyush who capitalised on a great through
ball by Rajeev. The second was a penalty which I converted. I was a bit
nervous when Sam C himself decided to keep for the penalty. Nervous because
he has seen me taking penalties quite a few penalties before and he knows my
style. The third was scored by Sandeep with a run through the defence (there
wasn't much of it by then) and a cool headed flick past the keeper.
Kanbay hit one back, but I dont even recall how that happened. The game was
almost over by then. Final result - 3:1.
The shock of the day came when Zensar, a first timer in corporate football
tournaments beat the group favourites MBT 3:2. The most amazing thing was
that Zensar had 3 shots on goal - all three went in. Zensar have a very fast
centre forward with a powerfull left foot.
This win by Zensar now throws the pool completely wide open. Infy will have to
fight their way right through the tournament!
was Infosys vs Kanbay. Having seen Kanbay's game before, we knew how we had
to play and what exactly we had to do to win. The good part is that everybody
stuck to their task and stuck to the plan. The plan was really simple. Choke
up Kanbay's supply options. One way to do that was to mark Sam Chauvhan.
Having tried that many times before and failed, having seen others try that
before and having seen them fail, that option was just disregarded. The other
way to do it was to prevent him from making his trademark passes and supplies
by choking off the rest of them. And we did that pretty well.
The first goal for Infy came via Peeyush who capitalised on a great through
ball by Rajeev. The second was a penalty which I converted. I was a bit
nervous when Sam C himself decided to keep for the penalty. Nervous because
he has seen me taking penalties quite a few penalties before and he knows my
style. The third was scored by Sandeep with a run through the defence (there
wasn't much of it by then) and a cool headed flick past the keeper.
Kanbay hit one back, but I dont even recall how that happened. The game was
almost over by then. Final result - 3:1.
The shock of the day came when Zensar, a first timer in corporate football
tournaments beat the group favourites MBT 3:2. The most amazing thing was
that Zensar had 3 shots on goal - all three went in. Zensar have a very fast
centre forward with a powerfull left foot.
This win by Zensar now throws the pool completely wide open. Infy will have to
fight their way right through the tournament!
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