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HFL Matchday 1 Review

MATCHDAY - 1

The new version of the HFL, inspired the IPL was launched on Sunday (18/05/08). The concept of HFL remains the same only the approach was changed this time around & the response has been overwhelming. I once again thank the Owners Srinidhi, Abhi, Sunil & Vasu for coming forward to buy the teams.

Red Devils vs Bangalore – 55
0 0

The inaugural match was held between the Red devils and Bangalore-55, Red devils one of the favorites were a bit rusty & the energetic B-55 played really well & were the team who looked like to score, but both the teams cudnt score & it ended in a draw

Bangalore – 55 vs Danger Bulls
0 2 (HARISH & SRINIDHI)

After a good display from the B-55 against Red Devils, they were up against the formidable Danger Bulls, Game was fast paced one where both the teams were looking to score & it was the quality of Harish which gave Danger Bulls the break & Srinidhi added one more to seal the match

Red Devils vs Hoysala Royal Challengers
1(Darshan) 4(Das 2, Chander, Samarth)


With Danger Bulls securing the win, Red Devils went on to take Hoysala Royal Challengers hoping to secure their first win, HRC mixture of both youth and experience took the lead thru their experienced campaigner Chander, Samarth scored goal of the tournament to double their lead within moments of the first goal, then Das chipped in with a couple to take HRC to top of the table, meanwhile Darshan opened his account for RD with consolation goal.

Hoysala Royal Challengers vs Danger Bulls
1(Sunil) 3(Harish 2, Srinidhi)


With top of the table clash set, Hoysala Royal Challengers took on the Danger bulls to justify their place in the league standings, HRC were boosted by there owner Sunil’s presence for the match, Danger Bulls once again opened the scoring thru Srinidhi, harish chipped in with double to send DB to the top of the table, meanwhile Sunil opened his account for the HRC with a consolation goal to their name.


Danger Bulls vs Red Devils
2(Raja, Harish) 5(obul 4, darshan)

After disappointing first 2 matches Red Devils needed to put in a good performance against DB & they were excellent. Obul was the man..he scored 4 stunning goals, Darshan scored one. Though DB came back by scoring 2 goals thru Harish & Raj..the lead was too broad to catch up.

Hoysala Royal Challengers vs Bangalore – 55
0 1(Narayan)

With a draw & a loss Bangalore 55 needed to win this match to keep up there spirits
This was the best game of the day though it was very physical. Both the teams played wonderful football & Narayan’s brilliant goal was the only difference between the two teams.

HFL : Team Bangalore 560055

Owner - Vasu

Captain - Vasu

Dinesh - 125

Chandru - 100

Mahesh - 100

Nari - 200

Raghu - 100

Total - 1025

HFL - Red Devils

Owner - Naveen
Captain - Naveen
Swamy - 250
Obul - 300
Vineeth - 300
Darshan - 175
Biddu - 450
(Abhi) - Free Player

Total - 1975
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Stats Upto 23rd Match

Hi Guys

Sorry i wasn't able to update the previous 6 match reviews..

Here are the stats upto 23rd match of this season

Review for Matches 13-17

Hi,

After a disappointing C-Division League..we are back again to playing these friendlies..
We have made some changes in strategy & i think it has worked out really well in the games we have played after the League.

Match 13 vs Bangalore Boys
Won 2-0
A great display by the whole team..we played some attractive football throught the game..we cud have scored more but a 2-0 win was enough to get our confidence back. Nari scored both the goals..& All the players looked sharp & passed around beautifully..

Man of the Match - Nari

Match 14 Vs Bangalore Boys
Won 2-1
Here again we continued our fine form from the previous game..with Lohith back in the team we looked even more threatening..the amount of possession we held..we shud have scored more. We conceded a pretty tame consolation goal to them..Vasu was the pick of the players.

Man of the Match - Lohith/Vasu

Match 15 Vs Bangalore Boys
Won 4-2
This was a well fought out match after 2 onesided games..but here again we held the majority of possession & opened the scoring with the much confident Swamy..followed by a goal each by Darshan, Vasu & Lohith..The defence did a fine job to cut out the opposition in closing stages of the match.

Man of the Match - Swamy/Vasu

Match 16 Vs Bangalore Boys
Lost 0-2
Controlled the game right till the end..but cudnt score..& our new defence & goalee Srinidhi made mistakes to let them take 2-0 lead..which cost us the match. But the positive was thing is that we created more than a dozen opportunities in front of the goal..

Man of the Match - Dhruva

Match 17 Vs Bangalore Boys
Lost 1-2
A repeat of the previous game..but the opposition looked much sharper here..after conceding the first goal..we played excellent football to draw level with a strike from Chander..but once again our new look defence allowed too much space & our goalee was not upto the mark to stop them from taking the lead..

Man of the Match - None

C Division League Review : A Great Opportunity Missed

Hi Hoysalas,

After a good start to the season..our confidence was high going into the League. We started off patchily in the first couple of games..Played wonderfully well in the next 2 matches & lost the plot in the next 5 games. This was once in a lifetime opportunity to make it to the B-Division & we have to blame ourselves for the results. Draws against Bangalore Boys & Bharatmatha & losing to velu socials were the turning points in the League. The win against Thamarai Kannan, performance of Biddu, Harish, Vasu, Swamy, Girish, Vrushabh & Lothith are some of the positives going forward. After 4 Matches we were the fav's to make it to the B Division..but unfortunately at this stage, we had to miss Chander & Dhruva for the reminder of the league due to the dubious Devrao & Refrees. Even than we had a pretty gud team to win it for us..but we didnt convert our chances against Velu Socials & Bharatmatha.

Individual Performance/Rating

Biddappa - 9/10
8 goals in 9 games say it all...he was the soul of our team & played brilliantly right thru the league.

Vrushabh - 9/10
After Chander was not allowed to play..he had to fill in his position..to be true..he exceeded our expectation & was very very gud..

Vasu - 8/10
Worked really hard as usual..and was pretty efficientright thru the league..only shortcoming is his inability to score goals.

Girish - 8/10
As Vasu..he was consistent right thru the league & was very good at holding the midfield

Swamy - 8/10
After a poor season, he has been playing wonderfully well & has teamed up quite well with Girish in the central Midfield.

Dhruva - 8/10
Though injured he showed his class in the first few matches he played..worked hard & chased down balls..hopefully he gets fit ASAP.

Chander - 8/10
He has been playing great football for the past many months & he continued that in the league as well..i.e untill he played

Harish - 7/10
Only other player to score goals (2) in the league other than Biddu..was patchy & didnt quite play to his potential..but he looks very promising for the future

Lohith - 7/10
Lohith started very well against Bangalore Boys & after that he played well only in parts..& couldnt quite make an impact in the rest of the games

Srinidhi - 7/10
Played consistently right thru the league..

Darshan - 6/10
Patchy..didnt quite perform to the expected level.

Madan - 5/10
Didnt get too many chances..but he was strictly average whenever he played

Jagga - 5/10
Played only in 3 matches .. did reasonably well in the first 2 games & was pretty poor in the last game..

Windy - 5/10
A poor show from Windy in the league..made too many mistakes

Karthik - 5/10
He was pretty decent whenever he got the chance

Abhi - 5/10
Played only for few moments in one match..

Das - 5/10
Worked hard but was inconsistent right thru the league...very poor performance by him, considering he was our top scorer for the last season

Mahesh - 5/10
Played in 1 match & was pretty poor