saturday's last 16 lan battle was at e2max. i was struggling to make past the last 16, because i was trailing to a goal after my slip-up, allowing my opponent to score in his first attack, at 3mins. hmm, i huffed and puffed and told myself, okay, if i score the first, the floodgates will open. true enough, i equalised and even got the lead just before half time. 2-1. eventually, i went on to win the game 6-3.
2nd leg : my opponent this time, produced a much convincing display
for himself, leading me 3-1 at half time. had he scored, he would have
won me 4-1 and won me by away goals. of cos, i defended desperately.
i knew luck was on my side when i scored late in the game to make it 2-3
and pull a goal back in the aggregate
score. soon after, i made it 3-3,
and put the icing on the cake in the
last min of the game, when i was
rewarded a penalty for a nudge when
i tried to turn. slotted the ball neatly.
1-3 down, came back to win 4-3, and
10-6 on aggregate.
last 8 match :
vs : singapore seed 1 - extreme a.k.a phirkan.
he was the wcg 2008 champion and gave up his wcg slot to be there.
extreme had more than 15 supporters
at the scene. mine was lesser, but i had
around 10. i saw how his fans/friends
shouted each goal he scored in his last
16 game and spurred him on for every attack..
one of the marshalls kicked us off,
three other marshalls came to watch as well, including the community manager, and the gamemasters.
i felt very pressurised to go against sg's no 1 .. but i tried my best.
i fell to a careless mistake, 0-1 and the crowd cheered for him. it became 0-2 soon after, as it was a forced error by me. i never gave up, and captilised on extreme's errors but lost the game 3-4. how close was the game, i thought. i thought i had a chance.
however, in the second leg, i lost my
focus and was brutally crushed. 4-0 the full time score.
congrats extreme, for he eventually
went on to win the finals..
rather than being disappointed, i
have taken this valuble experience
and will be back stronger for
one asia ( i think im ineligible ) .
hmm, till then, next battle, here i come.