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1 .. 2 .. 3 .. and heres a strike at the goal .. and .. Oh! missed it by a whisker .. the team has lost! .. the game has ended!

    Woke up at 5 in the morning for more than a month .. just to reach school by 6.30 . Once entered the school, we changed clothes and used to get ready for 15 rounds of warm-up and exercise. Then practiced & performed various drills .. played a practice match afterwards .. and got back to school premises to sit & spend rest of the hectic day in the class.

   Yes, we did this for almost more than a month, we, the 18 members of our SCHOOL'S FOOTBALLL TEAM, managed this all with our studies  but our hard work didn't pay off or should I say that we didn't work hard .. whatever it may be .. but when the actual time came .. we lost .. lost both of our matches with a devastating score line of 4-0 & 1-0. Its hard to believe that after so much of ups & downs we didn't even manage to win a single. But i still feel consolated .. I achieved something what I primarily wanted .. even more than a win. 

    Our journey began on 23rd July, when for the first time we came in the early morning to practice soccer. After much pleading and requesting, we were at last allowed to practice in early morning by our sports department and respected Principal Mam. Everybody was shocked at first sight when they saw us playing before the school had even started. We were committed to what we were doing, showed a great team spirit,  everything fell into the right place : all the players, our tactics, our game plan. We showed everybody that football is not just about playing a match but also practicing and performing various drills. Everyday we came up with a new thing. We learned so much without any coach and most importantly we maintained discipline. Many-a-times we were discouraged .. demotivated, but we kept our cool and kept going. We were successful in the initiative we took, and made a proper soccer team for the first time in our school. At least this thing was appreciated by many that we achieved something that happened never before. We want our school to excel in this sport also.

    We, the twelfthies, being the passing out students, have made an effort to think beyond cricket,volleyball .. basketball. This time we didn't win anything but really hope that next year our school team wins something big. No matter we lost our matches but we gave a very competitive edge to our rivals .. being the underdogs. I’m not going to explain why didn't we win .. but can say that we could have won one of our match. Nevertheless, I got what I desired. The juniors are very excited about Soccer. They are ready to play this game .. they are crazy and i expect them to be a part of our Soccer team in coming years. Now they are aware about this sport. I felt very happy when I saw some young kids playing Soccer in their games period, which is not a usual thing to see. It seems that they are interested in Soccer. At least we have done some good .. and thats spreading awareness about soccer .. it like we have managed to score our first goal!!!!

1 .. 2 .. 3.. n heres a strike at the goal .. & .. Oh! bend it into the top corner .. the team has won .. but the real game begins now.....