yah...... --- Scott Bao <sbao@cisco.com> wrote: > Congratulations to all Dragons! We are agailn the division Champion! > > Still with pain breathing and my legs sour, I can't contain my thrill and > joy. We fought a tough game and > we won at last. Here is a brief game summary: > > We started the game missing a lot of players: Chen,Si, Zhang,Cheng, > Bing-Bing, Bai,Qiang and Lao Tang and Daniel. > We had Ray in the " injured list" and couldn't perform 100%. Our > oppenents beat us in regular season and they blowed out Networks 9:2 in > playoff. > So odds are aginst us and people think we are the underdogs. > > Here is our starting lineup: > Forward: He,Ye, Dick > Mids: Da Gang, Zhou,Ge, Xiao,Su, Alex/Zhou,Wei. > Defenders: Dong,Jian, Chen,Jun, Li, Huai, Scott. > > With the game starting, the Reds are overwhelming the drillers. We fully > controlled the first half, with numerous opptunities. He,Ye and Dick have > both a couple of shots on > target, Andy had one on the bar, I had one at close range, miraculosuly > saved by the goalie ..... We are controlling the game. Our defense is > superb. Their #53 and #6 are neutralized by > Li Huai and Dong Jian. Chen, June's right corner is as tight as I ever seen. > His long pass is surprising long and good. And most of all, he seems always > make the right decision at the > right time. Coming back from injury list, Dong Jian's fresh leg yield no > signs of shaky play. He plays tough and quick, with great composure in the > field, showing he is a true veteran. > Mid-field also played tough. Da Gang's head kept dominating the airspace and > as usual, he is the play maker, threading the ball flow and kept the ball > low and ground to give us control > of the game. Zhou Ge presence is a big-plus to our mid-field. His switching > and passing as well as his defensive role give defenders a big relief. An > unsung hero. Again, Xiao,Su 's long > pass is as deadly as before, causing chaos in their defensive lines. Not > many folks in our team have his legs. It's one of a kind. Alex's dribble > was as powerful as always. It did drag down > the energy of their defenders. Zhou,Wei's handling of the ball is smart and > right. His lightness is really hard to defend. His passing is also > delicate. > Eric, our goalie, does not have much pressure in the first half. Our > defensive lines were pushed close to the middle of the field. > > First half ended with 0:0. But apparently we are the upper. > > 2nd half starts. > > #53 did a couple of damage in our right wing, ripping through our defense > and crossed the ball. But that's all about it. With our persistent > pressure, the quality of crossing was no good. > That is as much as I could recall all their offense was. But we did played > zig-zag in the second half, not as dominating as the first one. Maybe due to > playing aginst the wind. But the play > was extremly intensive. > > They socred first almost into the mid of 2nd half. Though it is a > questionable goal. They got this guy who can throw the ball really far. > And he essentally throwed the ball into the net > with nobody touching it. ( the side ref is guilty of the misjudgement, > cause the field referee initially ruled out the goal .) > > We were disappointed and discrougaged for a while. But we regrouped and > commited more attacks. We won a corner kick and He, Ye , again delivered a > quality cross. I was just in the right > place and right time and knocked the ball into the net. out of the two > defenders. That gave us confidence back and turned around the momentum. > Zhou Ge had a shot on goal but it was > again saved by their goalie. He, Ye had a couple of shots which could end > up in the net. Free kicks as well. But our luck comes when Dick, again > our breakaway hero, dribbled the ball into > the forbidden box, thanks to a pass from Andy. Their tall defender > fouled him clearly and we won the penalty. Give the referee credit for > making that call, even though it was a obvious > penalty. With composure and accuracy , He, Ye delivered the fatal shot > and changed the game forever. > > The remaining minutes was tough defense. Forgot to mention our secret > weapon, XiaoYe. This guy is quick and fast and his marking capability is > just remarkable. Due to the injury of > Li, Hui while clearling out a shot and bumped with their players, Xiao Ye > was marking the top player #53 and he did such a tremendous job that after > the game, Xiao Su was joking to grant > him our Green Card--- turning him into a permanent Dragon. > > > So here we are , with the whistle blow, 2:1 is the score and we becomes the > Champion, only winning four games of the whole season. > > > It is team work, encouragement, hard-fought spirit and some luck which > brought us where we are. I fully believe as a team, we are much stronger > than the season starts. We know > how to win crucial game and we have the confidence and means to do so. All > our key players stood up and became strong and carry the team over to the > championship. My hat off to > everybody in the team, as well as Tim and Wang,Qi and others who stood in > the side line cheering and encouraging the dragons. > > > At this point, please take a good rest and enjoy the championship. Everyone > of the team deserve the honor because everyone fought hard for this. Take > good care of your injury and > we will certainly have a party at my place, tentatively scheuded for the > Saturday following the Thanksgiving weekend. Will send out detail email for > that after the holiday. > > > Please be comuicative and send out your comments to the team alias, > expressing everything in your mind. > > > thanks, > > -Scott > > > > > > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Scott Bao | | fax: > 469-255-9490 > Cisco Systems, Inc .|||. .|||. voice: > 469-255-4176 > 2200 E. President George Bush Turnpike .:|||||:. .:|||||:. > http://www.cisco.com > Richardson,TX 75082 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::: > mailto:sbao@cisco.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals http://personals.yahoo.com
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