Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Admittedly, we didn't play very well. That itself is such a huge understatement. In all honesty, we really played like shit. The defending for the first half was totally off, and we weren't playing our normal transfer game. It was really luck we managed to shut them out, from my perspective. But I am still happy we are into the semis. And hey, just ponder, weren't our objectives in getting to this Group X to avoid RI in the semis in the first place? And yup, we've done it. So c'mon VJ's next. Anything can happen.
The calm I felt when the stroke was awarded, I still don't know why, nor how. I just thought, okay time for my
Lehmann-esque goalkeeping antics. I had a little chat with the ref, on why the stroke was given (calmly, I must emphasize), and whats the procedure for a stroke. After that, the IJ flicker was trying to exude his confidence, and of course, though I was shorter than him, I didn't fear. I had nothing to lose. It was as if we already let in that goal. I also don't know how I managed to shut out the cheering from our girls team on the sidelines. I don't know. The whistle blew, the IJ flicker paused, I didn't fall as he wanted ;) , and when he flicked to my right I just went down. On the ground, looking up at the ref showing the no goal sign, inside, I was ecstatic, but the full emotions would only come if I kept another clean sheet. And I did, albeit with a lot of luck. But I don't care, I deserve that luck. (:
Hmm. Another small act y'all did certainly made me smile. Yet again (: Thanks guys. (:
I need to use this two day break to forget about hockey for awhile and focus on other fun stuff! Like the Europa League! And GH! Haha... Then Saturday's back on preparation for the semi-finals. Our time to, hopefully, shine. (:
Bye~!
my thoughts at 8:54 pm