Weblog for Somtawin Sr. Football Team: August 3, 2008. Another game against another Thai-Nepalese team.

And again an early rise on Sunday. 5 AM... The first picture... only black... As agreed we were at the new Somtawin school at 6 (okay, we were 10 minutes late) and found Billy stretching and warming up. Matt arrived soon after this and then the big wait began. It was untill 6.45 that the schoolbus arrived. The driver forgot... say no more... Then coach Francis started to become a little bit nervous, because his Thai-Nepalese team were late, bút... this is Thailand, you know... Ten minutes past 7 they arrived, 15 adult men in a pickup taxi. Quickly putting on shoes, also quickly breaking in the PE room for a good, well-inflated ball (someone forgot to bring the correct keys...) and at 7.30 the coach Francis let the game begin! At least 6 supporters this time. It is not exaggerated to state that the STW team had possession of the ball 75% of the time. Furthermore they were on "enemy grounds" also 75% of the time, they had around 30 chances for making a goal and still the Thai-Nepalese guys managed to get a 2-0 lead!?!? Concerning not being able to utilize the many opportunities the team got, it seemed that, as opposed to coach Francis' advise after Saturdays training to drink lots of WATER and to go to bed early, some of the STW players found it more fun to go out and have lots of other stuff to drink and only little sleep. This clearly made them weary and thus some of the STW team were not able to find the goal... Because of 2 goals in the last 5 minutes (60th and 65th minute, we played 2 x 30 minutes) it ended being a draw. A pitty, because looking at the overall game our STW team was stronger and really should have won. Hopefully the STW team will be able to play at it's fullest potential the next game. This will help motivate and not frustrate the team! Guys, think about this and... keep it cool next time!!! Here are todays pics: