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Expats Football Federation's Asian Football League - Season One
Commences in Style
View more pictures in today's Arab Times (24th Feb. 2010)
The much awaited Expats Football Federation League matches were launched
with much fanfare and excitement at the grass grounds special courtesy
of Shuwaikh Fire Station. A brief introductory ceremony with Julio
Cardozo emceeing the show and presenting the Expats Football Federation
officials Milton Lord and Manuel D’Costa, together with the
representatives of the sponsors including CDS Soccer Inc Sports
Management Co., Al-Mailem Tires, Agility Logistics and Suheb
International in the midst of a large crowd of spectators, team
managers, supporters and football lovers.
A ceremonial flag display and national anthems of the participating
teams’ nations as well as the host country were played and balloons
released to mark the opening of the league tournament. The three matches
played had everyone glued to the field and had a equal enthusiasm of
cheering supporters for their home teams, including children of all ages
and families.
The ensuing matches were played as follows: Goa Boys vs Lankan United -
Goa Boys play a very exciting game against the Lankan’s United,
Francisco at the 1st 10min of the 1st half get a penalty due a to
handball from the Lankan’s and scores his 1st goal in, While Anthony
Joseph Scores his 2nd goal, and Pobres Fernandes tackles a Lankan
players and get the 1st yellow card of the game, Minguel shoots a
amazing goal and put Goa at 3 and Lankan at 0, Anthony Joseph is still
not satisfied and scores his 2nd which again puts Goa at 4 and Lankan at
0. Lankan United had a good game without any cards been used by the
referee’s but had a hard game with the Goans winning their inaugural
match by 4 goals to nil.
Before commencing the second match, the organizers cut in the ceremonial
cake from Ceasar’s Confectionary and served with refreshments to the
spectators. The second match was between Rangers FC vs Kuwait Bangladesh
Challengers played a very hard and goalless game for the first 15
minutes, but soon Hemant, the Striker of Rangers shot the first goal at
a blast, while Abdullah, the right wing striker scores the second goal.
The Kuwait Bangladesh Challengers tried their best to go past the
defense of Rangers to score which proved futile Chessle made his way to
the D area and scored the 3rd goal for Rangers. Bilal was shown the
yellow card for a wrong tackle on the Kuwait Bangladesh Challengers,
Jayan substituted during the second half, and within 5 minutes on the
field he scores the final goal for the Rangers. Challengers had a hard
timing against Rangers, the Final Score of the game was Rangers FC at 4
vs Kuwait Bangladesh Challengers at nil. The third match of the evening
was between Nepal vs Bangladesh Football Club who displayed skillful
pressure on each other showing both sides line up was equally strong and
determined. Sumon of Bangladesh received a yellow card, and Bilal from
Bangladesh broke the ice and scored Bangladesh’s 1st goal. Kali of Nepal
converted a penalty shoot and equaled the score.
The EFFK’s Asian Football League - Season One continues at the Shuwaikh
Fire Station Ground continues which has drawn teams from vibrant
communities from India, Napal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Bangladesh. The
matches are played on Grass Grounds & Under Flood Lights and the
Participating teams are: Rangers FC (organizers), Nepal, Thailand,
Bangladesh Challengers, Bangladesh Football Team, Lankan United, Goa
Boys, Game Breakerz, Churchill India, and Skynet Raiders. All matches
are officiated by Indian Football Referees Association (IFRA).
The match fixtures and all updates are available at EFF-Kuwait's
exclusive website http://www.effkuwait.com/fixtures.html.
The Liberation Day (Friday) matches will commence sharp at 5:00 p.m.
between Kuwait Bangladesh Challengers v/s Skynet Raiders, to be followed
by the next encounter between Churchill India v/s Goa Boys at 6:00 p.m.
and Game Breakers v/s Thailand at 7:00 p.m. All participating team
members are to report in time for the matches.
EFF Kuwait greets all Kuwaiti nationals and expatriates on the National
& Liberation Days and all sports lovers happy holidays.
Report & Photos as documented by EFFKuwait and as forwarded to
www.goa-world.com 20/02/2010
