Report Writing

Tournament - two reputed teams clashing-twist and turns - good twist and turns - good team work - some appreciable individual contribution - audience well entertained

Mumbai vs Delhi Due - the daunting Challenge

Satish Ghosh,

Baroda,

21^st December 2015

Amidst this commotion of hectic life people need a few breathers. Sports is an arena which rejuvenates all classes and age groups irrespective of all the social barriers; a kind of catharsis. Yes, this refers to the Football match that was held in the indoor stadium, Delhi on nineteenth of December.

Various teams across India had participated in this legendary tournament. This much awaited tournament took on a fierce outlook, crashing and knocking out all other teams save the two which were to enter the finals. Mumbai Indians and Delhi dare-devils - the cream of India managed to crack the semi-finals.

Millions of spectators were found hanging on the edge of their couches, with their fingers crossed, eagerly awaiting to behold the final outcome. It was not until the completion of the first half of the match that the first goal was scored by the dare-devils. Both the teams were exceptionally splendid in terms of their defense and nullified the furious kicks of their opponents. "It was a mammoth task for us to predict the destiny of this match. Our experience of these many odd years refused to aid us." said the coaches of both the teams. The referee couldn't afford to ben an eyelid for a second's delay would overturn the fortune. Mumbai's team took on altogether a new avskills required to win. Isolated players, tar after the first goal was scored. Passing is the most essential of the skills required. "Scattered individuals however capable and however well-meaning, are powerless singly" said Lala Lajpat Rai. The second half-brought in a totally new coordination among the players of the team. It actually sent jitters down the spine of all the spectator alike.

It was the last fifteen minutes of the match that would decide the team that would win the trophy. Both the teams seemed to be exhausted to their boots but yet they persevered. It was at this critical moment that the attacker - neil, Nitin and Mukesh - charged forward as though they were a funnel shaped tornado showering over Garo, Khasi and Jaintiya! But accidentally Mukesh tripped over and it was declared a foul. The hearts of Mumbai fans were thumbing heavily as Neil came to the forefront to take the free kick. The entire stadium was muted with domes of silence. A minute after there was an explosion of joy; cheers and applause had filled the space as neil scored the goal. With the score of 1:1 there was a tie. This was the time when whole of the India lent its ears, the networks of all televisions, social networks and radios reached to its threshold. Four of the penalty kicks went blank. The final shot of Neil once again won the 'V' of the olive leaves for Mumbai!

The chief guest Mrs. Trivedi congratulated neil, awarded the team their trophy and boosted the morale of the Daredevils. She opined on behalf of the audience of the whole of the country, "In the history of Football, never before have we seen such a stiff competition, such great valor with highly erratic twists and turns. It has been a great appetite for us all!"