All Stars

hey ppl!!!
just a few pointers on matches in general

1. the pace only picks up after the first goal
start fighting the moment we start the game. for eg.the man u and chelsea match last night.man u prob only started attacking after chelsea scored 15min into the first half. and for those of us who played against ny...did the second feel shorter than the first?so the point is...

we've gotta put in our 101% effort right from the start of the game

tt's the point of our warmup isnt it?to ensure tt we'd be in good form and reduce percentage errors during the real game. see...cos in any match, we cant afford to waste any chances. every ball brought forward is a chance

2. the desire to win
like vj...nth is impossible if we want it badly enough. maybe we control our emotions better...but how many of us would cry after losing a match and feel so sad cos all the effort in training so hard has just been flushed down the toilet bowl. enjoying the process is one thing...but we have a lot a lot...too much...at stake to lose any matches...

3. negative pressure
aka no stress. its really true dun u guys think so?i was considering...maybe its because we wanted to beat ny so so much that it formed a kind of negative pressure tt made it such tt we din perform to our fullest.so yesh...no stress.just give it our best shot.
BUT
sometimes putting in our best is simply not enough...cos ultimately its the result tt matters...
just consider...
if we're actually the same standard as rj
if we're actually 1/8 the standard as vj

heh...sounds depressing?its just sad that if we lose our next match...the semifinals are almost as good as over.so i do hope tt everyone would just let go and play with all our guts and mind and soul for this is our deciding match...

jiayous everyone :)

hongpei