The fever of football might have dampened elsewhere after the curtains went down in South Africa but not at Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar. It was evident by the intensity of the football match which was played between the teams representing 1st year and 2nd year MBA students on 31st July, 2010.
The time was 5:30pm and the venue was the football ground at XIMB.
-->Both teams entered the field amongst loud cheer from their respective supporters and with the blow of the whistle, the clock started ticking. It was evident right from the kickoff that it will be an attacking game.Forwards of both the teams kept trying hard to break the defense os opposition but PGP2 was the first to do so and the goal came in the form of a clean strike from Satya. PGP-1 bounced back and equalized within a minute with a delicate touch by Sourav. The match apeared to be in perfect balance with both the sides pushing to their edges. PGP-2 once again took the lead with a strike by Sameer and just before half-time they doubled their lead with the help of a penalty scored by Gladson. The half time scorecard read 3-1 in favour of PGP-2.
The time was 5:30pm and the venue was the football ground at XIMB.
With the start of 2nd half PGP-1 showed that they were not going to fall back that easily and they reduced the margin by a goal from Gokul. PG-2 once again got their 2-goal lead , this time from a own goal by Deepak. Binayak then finished beautifully for PGP-2 and the match was pretty much decided at 5-2. PGP-1 tried hard to fight back and were able to score one in the dying moments- goal scored by Mani. It was too late and the match ended 5-3 in favour of PGP-2.
The whole match was pretty intense and there was great display of skills and competitiveness. If it has to be described in two words: "Total Football".
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