Real POWER Lost in  Semifinal of 2010 KJS Trophy

Monday, December 20, 2010 By Abhirup Ghosh

Photo: Samik Banerjee

Real POWER is already Five Years Old now. In these Five years Real POWER had gone through different phases. Real POWER not only supported their favourite team East Bengal but also stood beside the team in their bad phase. Real POWER not only cheered for East Bengal from the stand, not only celebrated player’s birthday, not only went to airport to welcome the players but also tries to understand what the players feel when they are being assaulted through slang words from gallery. Real POWER while playing in the field understands how the players feel the pressure while representing a team like East Bengal.

The Real POWER Team participated in the Six-A-Side Kalindi Junior Smriti Trophy Knockout Tournament. The tournament is played in memory of Cristiano JUNIOR. This tournament is played at Kalindi Plot Play Ground and is organized by Kalindi Junior Sporting Club and Kalindi Boys Club. Eight teams participated in the knockout tournament.

The Real POWER’s quarterfinal match was against Kalindi Boys Club. The playing VI was Subhojit (Baku) Goal Keeper, Sambit, Mahadev (Skipper), Sudipto, Bittu, and Montai. Substitute Players were Rajib and Suparno.

Kalindi Boys Club team was pretty strong so The Real POWER team started the match with 2-1-2 combination. Sudipto and Sambit in defence, experienced player and Skipper Mahadev in midfield and also as blocker and at forward line Bittu and Montai. In the 6’ of the match Kalindi Boys Club took the lead. In the 7’ The Real POWER made one change with Rajib came in place of Sudipto. Suddenly the body language of the team got changed and in the 9’ Bittu dribbling pass three Players of Kalindi Boys Club and scored a superb goal. In the second half The Real POWER team made another change Suparno came in place of Rajib. In the second half The Real POWER created more and more attack and as a result in the 17’ of the match Bittu scored the team’s and his second goal. The Real POWER team won the match 2-1.

In the first semifinal The Real POWER played against defending champion and tournament favourites Kalindi Junior Sporting Club. The playing VI of The Real POWER was Subhojit (Baku) Goal Keeper, Sambit, Mahadev (Skipper), Rajib, Bittu, and Montai. Substitute Players were Suparno and Mithun.

Since Kalindi Junior Sporting Club was pretty strong so The Real POWER team started with 2-1-1-1 combination. Though Kalinidi Junior Sporting Club started attacking from the very first minute but it was The Real POWER team who took the lead in the 5’ of the match through an excellent effort of Bittu, Mahadev & Montai trio. Montai gave The Real POWER team a dream lead. In the second half in 16’ Kalindi Junior Sporting Club equalized from corner. In the dying minutes of the match The Real POWER’s player Suparno had to leave the ground for injury and Mithun came as the substitute for Suparno. The match ended with 1-1 result.

In the penalty shootout the score was also level at 4-4. In the penalty shootout Mahadev, Bittu, Montai and Sambit scored for The Real POWER. All the four players also scored for Kalindi Junior Sporting Club. So the result was decided on toss. And in the toss The Real POWER Team lost and was knocked out of the tournament.

Bittu’s performance was pretty impressive and was eligible for Man of the Tournament award, however, since the team lost in the semifinal so Kalindi Junior Sporting Club’s Bishu was awarded with the trophy. Both the players scored two goals and were pretty impressive in the tournament.  

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