D Squad FC Tournament Report 2011

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D SQUAD FC 2011 TOURNAMENT REPORT

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INTRODUCTION

This report is mainly based on the D Squad FCs preparations for the 11th

MJS Football

Tournament 2011. This includes each and every task which the DKG carried out, from fund

raising till the end of the tournament. The works DKG did to find capable players for the team

and how each and every match D Squad FC played went on will be highlighted in this report.

We would like to use this opportunity to thank all, who helped D Squad FC to win the 11th MJS

football tournament 2011.

-DKG-


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CONTENT

1 The Plan 4

1.1 - Finance.. 4

2 Players . 5

2.1 The full squad .. 7

3 Management . 8

4 The Team Kit 10

5 As the tournament drew near . 10

6 Facing the Tournament . 11

7 The Tournament Kicks off.. 12

7.1 Match day 1 (30th

August 2011) - GSK vs IMG 12

7.2 Match day 2 (31st

August 2011) - D Squad FC vs FC Funpeace . 13

7.2.1 Team Line-up .. 14

7.2.2 Match kicks off.. 14

7.2.3 After the match . 15


September 2011) - IMG vs D Squad FC . 16

7.3.1 The match kicked off. 17

7.3.2 After the Match . 18

7.4 Match day 4 (2nd

September 2011) - GSK vs FC Funpeace 19

7.5 Match day 5 (3rd

September 2011) - FC Funpeace vs IMG 19


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September 2011) - D Squad FC vs GSK . 20

7.6.1 Match kicks off 22

7.6.2 Review .. 23

7.7 The Big Match The Final (6th

September 2011) - IMG vs D Squad FC .. 24

7.7.1 The Final Kicks Off . 26

7.7.2 After the match .. 28

8- Celebrations 30

9- Thanks . 31


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1-The planDuring the year 2008, DKG decided to participate in the 11

thMJS football tournament which

was to be held during the year 2011. So, before start of the 10th

MJS football tournament in

2010, we shortlisted the players to play for our team in 2011. From the first day onwards, our

main aim was to give the chance for young players to show their talents in Meedhoos elite club

competition and the average age of the first shortlisted team was 18.5 years.

1.1- Finance:After shortlisting the players, then we discussed the ways that we could generate the required

finance to run the team. After discussion among the group members, it was decided to collect a

subscription of Mrf 40/- from each member for 12 months, commencing September 2010. After

collecting subscription at this rate till the end of December 2010, the budget was reviewed and

was decided to increase the subscription to Mrf 50/- from the month of January 2011.

After that, we aimed at finding a sponsorship for our team. For that, sponsorship proposals

were sent to 20 different businesses in Male. No businesses responded to the proposals within

two months, so we talked with Key Biz enterprises Pvt Ltd of R. Meedhoo for a sponsorship for

our team in 11th

MJS football tournament. And after the talks, a verbal agreement was made

among both parties, which brought a huge financial satisfaction for the team.

To get extra funds for the team, the group decided to meet the Member of the Parliament for

the Maduvvari Constituency, Honorable Visam Ali. After two separate meetings during the

month of July 2011, the MP donated Mrf. 2000/- for D Squad FC, which we thankfully

appreciate.

The situation was pretty calm until late July, when the owner of Key Biz enterprises Pvt Ltd

decided to terminate the verbal agreement made between them before signing a formal deal.

Even though this brought a downturn in the financial status of the team, it does not affect the

motivation of the team. Rather, we discussed about other ways to get the lost amount into the

D Squad FCs budget 2011. As the tournament were getting closer and closer, we were left with


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few options and from that, the group members decided to cover up the amount lost through

the cancellation of the agreement of Key Biz by collecting another extra Mrf. 1000/- from those

members who received the May 2011s National Student Loan Scheme. (i.e. AthifZahir, Malik

Abdul Qafur, Maumoon Afeef and Hassan Fawaaz). In addition to this further subscription was

taken from the following members:-

- Abdul Hannan Mrf. 1000/-- Mohamed Shamveen Mrf. 500/-- Muaviath Nizar Mrf. 500/-- Ismail Rishan Mrf. 300/-- Nazeeh Mohamed Mrf.100/-- Abdulla Hafeez Mrf.100/-- Mohamed Ahmed Mrf.100/-- Ahmed Faaris Mrf.100/-

We would like to thank all the group members for their effort to collect these outstanding

amounts of money, within such a short period of time.

2-Players:As mentioned earlier, our preparation for MJS football tournament 2011 began with shortlisting

of players to play for our team. The shortlisted players were handed over with a temporary

agreement and all the players except Mohamed Shamveen and Ibrahim Rasheed signed the

agreement at a small dinner night held at Dhoores during the month of September 2010. From

the shortlisted players Majid Abdul Ghafoor and Saamee Saeed were withdrawn from the

squad for some personnel reasons.

After losing some players for above mentioned reasons, the group then started scouting for

their replacement. Thus, all the DKG members agreed to add a little bit of experience to our

squad as we found that they would play an important role in leading the team as we were


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heading to our first major tournament. At the very first moment everyone decided to offer a

contract to Hussain Amir (Ando), a player from last years Champion team and was nominated

to the best 5 players from Meedhoo during that year. A one year contract was offered to Ando

during September of the same year. It took Ando a while to decide on our offer.

During those days we then offered a contract to another player from last years Champions,

Moosa Rashad (Moosa). The latter one played an

important role in convincing Ando to our team and they

both signed for our team during the month of November

2010.

During the same month, the two players who did not sign

during the dinner night (i.e. Mohamed Shamveen and

Ibrahim Rasheed) signed for the team, which brought

courage to our ambition of being the new Champions of

MJS football Tournament 2011.

The squad remained like that for another six months until


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the most expensive player in Meedhoo and the player which almost all the Meedhoo defenders

fear to play against, joined us. During June 2011 Hassan Shareef (Rom) signed for D Squad FC

and completed the squad for the tournament.

It was less than a month to the start of the tournament and we got miserable news that our

second Goal Keeper, Ali Samir got injured and will not be able to play in the tournament and we

were faced with another problem. We tried our best to find a replacement for that post and

could not succeed until the late August as Sharafuddin Abdulla (Saraf) agreed to play in that

position. The Goal Keeper problem did not end there and it continued until the last minute to

the tournament. Saraf was declared not eligible for the tournament by the governing body and

we did not get another chance to add a replacement for Saraf. Therefore, we faced the

tournament with a risk of only just 1 Goal Keeper in the squad. Finally, on 27th August 2011, the

final squad of D Squad FC was submitted to the MJS. Following are the players included in the

final call-up.

2.1- The Full SquadGOAL KEEPERS

1-

MaumoonAfeef (Matie)

DEFENDERS

1- Hussain Amir (Aando)2- Ahmed Asif (Oittey)3- AthifZahir (Athie)4- Hassan Fawaaz (Fawaa)5- Shafiu Abdul Latheef (Saappe)6- Ahmed Faaris (Fedo)7- Ismail Rishan (Iku)8- Abdulla Hafeez (Abo)


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MIDFIELDERS

1- Moosa Rashad (Moosa)2- Ibrahim Rasheed (Rattey)3- Maalik Abdul Ghafoor (Malik)4- Mohamed Shamveen (Shamveen)5- Nazeeh Mohamed (Nadda)6- Ibrahim Naeem (Ibbe)7- Abdul Baasith (baathu)

STRIKERS

1- Hassan Shareef (Rom)2- Najih Jameel (Najih)3- Ibrahim Shaheem (Bulley)

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Management

We started scouting for a suitable manager for our team, from the day we decided to build up

the team for the tournament during September 2010. We

looked for a person with management qualities and who can

lead us through difficult situation to ease. The first name

nominated by the group members was Mr. Ahmed Naeem, a

Business Studies teacher at Raa Atoll Education Centre and

also who was later elected for the Vice President of MJS.

During the first official meeting held with Mr. Ahmed Naeem,

he accepted that offer and gave his full support for the team

from that day onwards. He signed the contract with the


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shortlisted players during the dinner night. Then we turned our

attention to find an Assistant Manager for the team, making an

offer to Mr. Ahmed Zahir, a Primary Teacher at Raa Atoll Education

Centre. It took a while for him to accept our offer and signed the

contract during the month of

October 2010.

Then, the most important

part of building the team

came, which is finding a

Coach for the team. At the very first minute, we knew

that Mr. Mohamed Shareef (Coach of the Last years

Champion-Kashavaru) was available for talks, so we

started talks with him and offered a contract. The talks between both the parties continued for

almost a month and finally, during the month of June 2011, Mr. Mohamed Shareef (Koka)

joined the batch of youth, D Squad FC. Mr. Firaq Ali was appointed as an Assistant to Koka.

To complete the management team, we then chose Abdul Hannan as a Medical Assistant, and

Mr. Ali Rasheed and Mohamed Ziyad as other officials for the team.

Here is a list of D Squad FC 2011s Management Team:

1- Ahmed Naeem (Manager)2- Ahmed Zahir (Assistant Manager)3- Mohamed Shareef (Coach)4- Firag Ali (Assistant Coach)5- Abdul Hannan (Medical Assistant)6- Ali Rasheed (Official)7- Mohamed Ziyad (Official)

We would like to thank the management team for their valuable service and contribution to D

Squad FCs success in the tournament.


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4 Team KitWe started to design our jersey in early July 2011. After

designing the jersey, first with black and yellow colour, we gave

it to a business who stitches jerseys, on 10th

of July. But, it was

only 15 days prior to the tournament when the company

informed us that our jersey might not be ready for the start of

the tournament. On the same day, we then turned our

attention to find another business that could do it for us within a week. Then all the members

of the group found that the only remaining option was to go for a local business and we

ordered EVE garments to stitch it for us. They finished and

delivered the jersey for us on 23rd

of August 2011 and then

we gave the jerseys for numbering to Print Line.

The socks were purchased from a local retailer, Sonee Sports

and the hand sleeves which were used by D Squad FC for the

first time in Meedhoo, were purchased from Fothi Fihaara.

5 As the tournament drew nearAs the tournament drew near to us, we arranged a meeting with all the players that was

available in the island at that time to discuss about how to proceed from there. In that meeting,

it was decided to start the practice with the available 8 or so players during mid-August. Even

though the practice was canceled for 3 days due to some mistakes from the players, with hard

work and great effort of the Coach and also the players, the practice continued that way till the

tournament began. We would like to thank all those few players and of course others who

joined later and especially the Coach and the management for their full support prior to the

tournament.


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The practice continued with half of the team players until 3 days to go when we could unite the

whole team in the practice. Even though we could not practice a lot for the tournament as a

team, the players and the coaching staff were satisfied with the way we approached the

tournament. After almost 2 weeks of continuous practice, we held our last practice session on

29th

August 2011.

6 Facing the tournamentThe team participated in all the meetings held by MJS regarding the tournament issues. The

Manager, his Assistant and some of the members from the group represented the team in the

meetings held on 21st

, 26th

and finally 29th

of August 2011. The Manager, Captain Ando and

Vice-Captain Rom represented the team in the meeting held during the tournament.

During the first meeting held on 21st

of August, the draws were made to arrange the match

schedule for the tournament. D Squad FC got the letter C in the draw. Here is the match

schedule:

Date Home Team Away Team Time

30th

August 2011 GSK vs IMG 1600 Hrs

31st

August 2011 D Squad FC vs FC Funpeace 1600 Hrs

1st

September 2011 IMG vs D Squad FC 1600 Hrs

2nd

September 2011 GSK vs FC Funpeace 1600 Hrs

3rd

September 2011 FC Funpeace vs IMG 1600 Hrs

4

th

September 2011 GSK vs D Squad FC 1600 Hrs

6th

September 2011 The FINAL 1600 Hrs

During the second meeting held on 26th

August, Friday the tournament committee shared the

teams with tournament rules and regulations. The next day brought sad news for the team.


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That day, rumors started that 4 of the D Squad FCs registered players were ineligible for the

tournament. They were Hassan Fawaaz, Ahmed Faaris, Abdul basith and Ismail Rishan. That

issue was raised by one of our major rivals in the tournament, FC Funpeace. After two days of

controversial debate over the issue, with the help of our manager Mr. Ahmed Naeem and

Official Ali Rasheed, the case ended in our favour. We as a group appreciate their work in this

case. So, on behalf of DKG, We thank them a lot. Then, the last meeting was to introduce the

tournament officials to the teams, held on 29th

of August 2011.

7 Tournament kicks offAfter almost 1 year of preparation, D Squad FC faced the tournament on 30

thAugust 2011 with

lifting the trophy being the only aim of the team. An unofficial meeting was held at the Caf

Osten, with the senior members of the group and the Coach in order to arrange the match day

schedule, on 29th

August 2011. In that meeting the Coach shared some of his views on the team

and his expectations for the team.


August 2011)

GSK vs IMG

The long-awaited tournament kicked off with the match between GSK and IMG. The match

ended in a 1-1 draw with GSK scoring first. Both the goals arrived in the second half. When this

news was reached to the D Squad FCs players, who then were on their final training session for

their first match, it raised their courage to win our first match against FC Funpeace.


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8.2.1 Team Line-up

The Coach decided that our formation for that match will be 4-5-1at the start. The starting eleven for the match was as follows:-

7.2.2 Match kicks off

With the discussed tactics in the players mind, the team stated

the game with a high tempo. It was D Squad FC who created

earlier chances of the game and threatened the opponents goal.

After a quite run in the game, then it came a period where FC

Funpeace strikes 3 to 4 long range efforts to our goal. Luckily we

escaped with one of them, which passes the goal keeper but the

cross bar was for our rescue. With high tempo of the game, the first half ended in a 0-0 draw.


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The team started the second half with little internal changes with the line-up being the same. It

took a while in the second half for both the teams to get into the game, and again it was D

Squad FC who dominated the game from midfield. The nice dribbling and passing of Moosa,

Malik and Ibbe created nervousness in the opposite defense line. Then came the moment of

the game, Najih was setup by a loose ball from the Funpeace defense line and he struck the ball

with one touch to give the team their deserved lead. What a goal that was! After the goal

Funpeace started to threaten our goal by few strikes. And it did not take so long for them to

equalize the game and it was a strike from Abdulla Fayaz who shot outside the box and the ball

passed the goal keeper into the lower right-hand corner of the goal. After that goal our players

worked very hard to end their first game in a major tournament with a win. The team

controlled almost all the possession of the last ten minutes of the game. And when Najih

entered their penalty area with the ball, Ibrahim Rasheed, one of the opposition defender

fouled him and the referee awarded a penalty for D Squad FC. Hassan Shareef (Rom) took the

responsibility and converted the spot kick into a goal and regained the lead for the team.

The match ended with that score line and there were some important things to highlight in the

game, which includes the yellow card shown to Rom.

7.2.3 After the match

D Squad FC ended their first match in a major tournament with a win which increased

motivation in the team and the expectation for the title increased. The management and all the

players were more than satisfied with the effort the team put to win the game and the

beautiful team plays. Moreover, the most important thing was that a team full of youth

recorded a win over a team with 7 years of experience in the tournament.


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After ONE match

After each team completed their first match of the campaign, here is how the point table

looked like.

Rank Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts

1 D Squad FC 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3

2 GSK 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1

3 IMG 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1

4 FC Funpeace 1 0 1 0 1 2 -1 0


September 2011)

IMG vs D Squad FC

When the second round of the matches started, D squad FC was the only team with 3 points

and we were dominating the tournament. Therefore, the importance of the second round of

matches was higher for other teams than us. And for us, the second match was also very

important as a win would secure a place in the Final of the tournament.

To prepare for the second game in two days time, the players gathered at the camp house at

1000Hrs. The same trend continued in the dressing room, as the players enjoyed a lot there.

Again at 1200 hrs the team took a one and half hour break and was back at the house at 1330

Hrs.

Before starting the build up for that days match, there was a review session of previous days

match. All the coaching staffs were happy and satisfied with the performance of the team. The

coach, Assistant Coach, manager and Assistant manager highlighted the positives and the things

to avoid in our upcoming matches. Moreover, all stayed on to praise the nice football the team

showed in that match.


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After 30 minutes of review session, the team started the game planning after taking a 15

minute break. Even though there were little injuries in the team, the Coach decided to feature

the same starting eleven for the second consecutive match. Here is the team line up:-

7.3.1 The match kicked off

The team started the match in the same way as previous

days match. The team started the game by giving a lot of

pressure to the IMGs defense line. And finally it got paid off

just 5 minutes into the game, when Najih converted a miss

kicked ball from IMGs defender into a goal giving the

keeper no chance of saving that. It was the strikers second

goal in two games. With the early goal we scored, it made the game much easier for us as we

controlled majority of the possession and the opponents were not able to get into the match

until late in the first half. A low cross from right-hand side of D Squad FCs defense was met by

Saudulla, striker from IMG and scored the equalizer on the stroke of half time as first half of the

match ended in a 1-1 draw.


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Both teams started the second half with same line up and

both teams tried to get the control of the game early in the

second half. But it was D Squad FC who controlled much of

the possession in the second half also but the team was

unable to convert any of those chances into a goal and the

match ended in a 1-1 draw.

The man of the match for that match was Ahmed Asif (Oittey) of our team. The young and

enthusiastic defender showed a solid performance in the team that day. Congratulations

Oittey!!!


Even though the team was unable to win the match, the management praised the teams

performance in the field. The supporters also congratulated the team for their brilliant

performance in that match. In addition, one important thing to highlight was that last years

Footballer of the year, Hussain Shiyam was also playing for the IMG team. But the youth

attackers beat him like they were professionals and the player of the year could not do much to

stop those amazing youth.

The team got a two-day break after that match and players were given enough time to recover

from their injuries. The team then met at a dinner organized by the team on 2nd

September

2011 at the Camp house. Before that meeting some of the D squad FCs players got warning

threat from a GSK player outside the footballing field and one of our player got attacked.

Therefore before starting the review about our previous match, the Management and

especially the Coach mentioned that he was not happy with how D Squad FC players acted that

day. So, the meeting continued with absolute silence. But, following the talks held by our

management and GSK, everything got solved by that night. After the Coachs comments on

previous days match, the meeting ended with a special dinner offered to the team.


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7.4 Match day 4 (2nd

September 2011)

GSK vs FC Funpeace

As both the teams had not recorded a win prior to this match, the match became the most

important of all for both teams. The match was the best so far in that tournament as both

teams tried their best to earn victory. But, at the end it was FC Funpeace who passed through

the test. They won the match 1-0.

After 2 matches

After every team completed 2 matches, here is how the teams were ranked.

Rank Team Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts

1 D Squad FC 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 4

2 FC Funpeace 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 3

3 IMG 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 2

4 GSK 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 1

7.5 Match day 5 (3rd

September 2011)

FC Funpeace vs IMG

As the tournament came to its fifth match, the heat in the tournament increased and both

teams must win this encounter to have a chance to advance to final. And if a team loses they

have to leave the tournament. The match produced some astonishing atmosphere around the

ground. The match stopped for around 15 minutes after the kick off, due to some heavy rain.

Finally, the match ended with a victory for IMG and them securing a position in tournaments

final.


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September 2011)

D Squad FC vs GSK

As both teams were aiming to a spot in the tournament final, the only chance for GSK was to

defeat D Squad FC with more than a 2 goal difference. If not so, D Squad FC will advance

through to the final with IMG. After what happened within the society before the match, it was

believed to be one of the astonishing encounters of the tournament. Additionally, a day before

the match, Ibrahim Naeem (Ibbe) and our Assistant Coach Firaq Ali, two very important

members of our team left the squad for some of their personnel reasons.

A slight change was made for the schedule of our preparation for that match as the Coach and

Assistant Manager was not available with the team from 1330 Hrs till the end of first half.

Therefore the team gathered at the camp house at 1145 Hrs and the meeting started at 1200

Hrs. As there was not much time for the coach to be with the team, quickly the starting eleven

for the match was announced. There was one change from the team that drew 1-1 with IMG as

Hassan Fawaaz, the right-back was replaced by another youngster, Ahmed Faaris (Fedo).

Elsewhere, there were the same players. The team started the match in 4-5-1 formation. Here

is how the team lined up:-


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After discussing about the game plan and how to play against the opponents, the meeting with

Coach concluded at 1330 Hrs. After a break of an hour, the team gathered back at 1430 Hrs. At

this session the team was led by the Manager and Rom.


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7.6.1 Match kicks off

As believed earlier, the match started in a high tempo. Fans from both the teams around the

ground were supporting their teams. Our team started the match with the style we applied in

our two previous games and the opposition was working very hard to regain the possession of

the ball. Rather, it was GSK who took an early lead in the match as a half chance for their jersey

no. 9 was converted into a goal. The team looked little bit nervous after the early goal from the

oppositions. But it did not take much time for D squad FC to regain the possession and it was a

superb pass from Athie to the on running Ibbe who seems to be in an offside position (but it

was Sambe who was in an offside position), converted it into the lower right corner of GSKs

goal. That goal was one of the best goals in the tournament which involved a nice team play

from D Squad FC. After that goal, the tempo of the game increased as GSK players started

attacking D Squad FCs players without the ball. But none of the match official could see this

and no action was taken against those players. Then, came the controversial moment of the

game, it was a well chipped pass from Moosa to Ibbe, over the GSKs defense line, but one of

the GSK defender Buchi stopped the ball with his hand and the referee only showed him a

yellow card. Surely it should be a red card as it was a goal scoring opportunity. But our captain

and vice-captain controlled the overwhelming players of our team as the coach was not in the

bench at that time. And the first half ended in that score.

During the half time the coach and Assistant Manager

came to the bench and advised the team to be calm

and patient and to show fair play to the supporters and

other teams.

When the second half started, it was GSK who should

work double hard to score another two more goals

against us. Rather in this half also they tried to attack

our players than playing with the ball. It was then, the referee clearly saw the tackles of Azmeel

and Saittey on Najih, Ibbe and Fedo respectively without the ball. Even then the referee refused

to send them off the field. Some of the players seems to be crying on the pitch for the attacks


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they faced by the opponents but players showed their patience and continued with the game.

But then, it was a saitteys tackle that injured fedo and was unable to continue the play and was

replaced by Saappe. After a few minutes from that, the motivation of the team and the anger of

the opponents increased as Rom scored the third goal of the game, our second of the match. It

was a misunderstanding in GSKs defense line which allowed Rom to score that goal. The team

then tried to control the play and pass the ball within the field. But, when Rom tried to delay a

free kick of GSK, the referee showed him a yellow card and it was second of the tournament

and was suspended for the teams next match even if we win this tie. But even then the players

continued their nice game. But during the last ten minutes the referee awarded a penalty as the

ball touches the arm of Ibbe inside our own penalty area and GSK converted that penalty into a

goal. The scores were level again. And then the team defended really well for the remaining

minutes of the match and D Squad FC were through to the final of their first ever tournament.

The match ended in 2-2 draw eliminating GSK from the tournament. Many of the D Squad FC

players even cried after that cruel match. The man of the match was the inspiring Hassan

Shareef (Rom).

7.6.2 Review

After the match, the management and officials congratulated and thanked the players on the

pitch for their patience and fair play.

The official review session for the match was held that night at Caf Osten at 2130 Hrs. During

this session every one of the management team congratulated and thanked the team for their

restless effort to come with a draw in that encounter with all the difficulties faced during the

match and the coaching staffs highlighting the positives and little negatives. Unlike other review

sessions, in that particular session, the players were given the chance to express their feelings

after an unsporting football the opponents played. The session ended with a coffee and the

players were told to take rest and get fully prepared for the final match against IMG.

After six days of drama and controversial incidents, it was D Squad FC and IMG who went

through to the final of the tournament. Here is how the teams stood after the tournament.


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suspended Rom. The Coach decided to play in 4-4-2 formation in this match. Here is how the

team line-up looked like:-

After announcing the team line up, then the coach explained

the players, how they should approach to the game and some

tactics. Then, the team went for a one hour break at 1330

Hrs. The team then gathered at the camp house at 1430Hrs

with Rom and the Manager leading the team as the Coach

and Assistant Manager will be out until the halftime with

their official jobs. When it was less than one hour to kickoff,

still Ando could not get release from his office and could not

come to the match. It was about 30 minutes to the match

when Ando informed the team that he cannot come to the

start of the match but will be their within 20 minutes in to the game. Then after discussing this

with the Coach, Rom decided to introduce Abo for the starting elven until Ando comes and


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there were little changes made for the positions of the players. And Oittey was given the

Captain Arm band and he became the youngest ever player to captain a team in the biggest

tournament held in Meedhoo. Here is how the team looked like later:-

7.7.1 The Final Kicks Off

At 1600 Hrs the match kicked off with so many supporters around the ground, supporting their

teams. During the early stages of the game IMG tried to make use of the absence of our skipper

and tried to attack our goal twice. But on both occasions the ball went far beyond the goal. It

took 10 minutes for the team to settle down and start our game. As expected, after 20 minutes

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was all D squad FC players on the field and they were controlling the field of play. After a

superb performance, still the team was unable to convert any of the chances they created

during the first half into a goal and it ended in a 0-0 score line.

Both the teams started the second half without any changes. Just minutes after the start of the

second half, IMG lost their main asset, the former player of the year of Meedhoo, Gitey through

injury. It did not meant a lot for our team as he was not so sharp in this years tournament. Just

after a few minutes, Malik the jersey No. 19, got the ball inside IMG penalty area and he

dribbled with the ball really well before sending the keeper wrong way and scored the first goal

of the match. After that goal also, D Squad FC continued threatening the opponents goal in

numerous occasions. As a result, again this time Najih gets the ball freely inside IMGs penalty

area and he who never make mistakes from that distance and scored the second goal of the

team, his third in the tournament. Then also

the Coach asked the team to go forward and

strive for the third goal. It did not take much

for the third goal to arrive as a well curved

cross from right flank was headed home by

the debutant Bulley. Then, the team relaxed

for the final 15 minutes of the game, and

luckily against the run of play, IMG managed

to pull one back through a JK goal towards

the end of the match but the match ended

with a 3-1 victory for the young D squad FC.


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After the superb match, then there was the ceremony to end the tournament. Here are the

awards given during that ceremony.

1- The man of the final match Malik Abdul Ghafoor D squad FC2- Best Goalkeeper of the Tournament Hussain Rasheed IMG3- Best Defender of the Tournament Ahmed Asif D squad FC4- Best Midfielder of the Tournament Amjad Mohamed FC Fun peace5- Best Attacker of the Tournament NajihJameel D Squad FC6- The Most promising Playerof the Tournament Ahmed Asif D Squad FC7-

The Player of the Tournament Ahmed Asif D Squad FC

8- The Best 5 players of the Tournament:-- NajihJameel D Squad FC- Ahmed Asif D squad FC- AthifZahir D Squad FC- MoosaRashad D Squad FC- Amjad Mohamed FC Funpeace

9- The Dream Team of the Tournament:-


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Many from outside the team congratulated the team for its superb

performance throughout the tournament.

After the match there was a review session

at the camp house that night at 2130Hrs

for those players who were there as the

players who came from Male were

arranged to leave at 2030Hrs just after the

match. During that meeting, the coach and the management

congratulated the team and everyone involved in this success and was very happy with the

tournament and instructed the players to continue their

professionalism throughout their career. Also, at that

meeting the management announced that the group has

decided to give a trophy for the best player of the

tournament, which was to be selected by the group

members and announced that this time the award goes

to Ahmed Asif (Oittey) for his solid performance at the

defense if the team. This award would be delivered

during the celebration dinner night to be held on 12

th

ofNovember 2011.


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8-CelebrationsAs D Squad FC became the new MJS Football Champions, the

celebrations were to be begun on the same night. But as many of

the players were set to leave the island to male, the celebrations

were postponed for the month of November, 2011. Later, it was

decided that there would be a Celebration dinner night with all

the players of the team on 12th

November 2011.


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9-ThanksWe would like deliver our sincere thanks to the players who were the real heroes during the

tournament. The coach did a lot of work himself for the team and we would like to thank him a

lot for his work and so as the rest of the management team. Of course, we cannot miss those

from the group who were not playing in the tournament, Nadda and Puppi. Thanks to both of

them.

We would also like to thank everyone who helped in raising the finance required for the team,

including our beloved MP honorable Visam Ali. The managements of the other teams were also

very kind for us, hence we express our deep-hearted thanks to the management of FC

Funpeace, IMG and GSK and the tournament committee for their support for the team.

The last but not the least, we would like to thank the supporters and all the others who helped

the team in winning this trophy for us.

Thank You all!!

Written and Combined by:

Hassan Fawaaz,

On behalf of DKG.

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