Saturday, September 24, 2005
News Update:
This is Elena's Sports News, bringing you the latest news on the ongoing IMU CUP 2005. Right now, the Female Futsal Championship is going on and the news so far.
For the past two hours, 6 teams has been trashing it out in the cages trying to outlast, outkick and outshoot each other with two teams emerging from the semis to battle it out in the finals.
In Group A, teams are M2/03, M1/04 and M2/04. In Group B, we had M1/05, M2/05 and Pharm. The defending champions M2/03 are the top favourites this year, but being SEM 5s, they are naturally targeted and everyone wants them to lose. Will they succeed to defending the trophy this year? M1/05 is also a favourite, with a powerful field footballer as the core of their team. They are hoping to topple the champions and claim the trophy for themselves. Will they suceed, or will they fail and have to try again?
And as predicted, both favourites would be meeting for the showdown of the season which would start in two minutes time. Two hours ago, the betting odds had been on the odds of nine to ten against, nine for M2/03. This equalled the betting odds of the match between ManUnited and Arsenal a few months back.
But those odds have even out with the injury of M2/03's captain and she is now out of the game. We will now go over to Lucifer Light to give us the latest coverage.
Over to you Lucifer.
Background noise:
Ole! Ole Ole Ole... (Sem 5)
Ole... (Sem 5), Ole... (Sem 5)
Zoom in to Lucifer:
Thank you, Elena. I am now standing in front of Bukit Jalil Sports Village where the finals of the IMU CUP Female Futsal Championship is about to begin. Tai Ken Lin has just been carried out by strongman Aravindra.
Span to the back and zoom in to a group of people surrounding a girl in agony:
Tai Ken Lin apparently suffered from cramps during the game in the semi-finals. Now she is placed in the capable hands of M2/03's basketball captain who is seen here trying to relieve the cramp.
Adrian Lim: Think happy thoughts, Ken Lin, happy thoughts.
Tak Ken Lin: Argh!!! Ergh!!! Argh!!!
Aravindra: You sound like you are giving birth.
Span back to Lucifer who stands with Bruce Lee:
With me now is the coach of team M2/03, Bruce Lee. Coach Lee, with your core player out of the game, is there any change in strategy?
Bruce Lee: The strategy planned for this game against M1/05 has been simple. Give the ball to Ken Lin at all opportunity and she'll score. We are planning to sic Tan ShuJ on Diana, M1/05's core. But I guess we have to change a little now.
And Coach Lee, who would you be putting in to substitute Tai Ken Lin?
Bruce Lee: Priya would be taking Ken Lin's place to score. But just because our star player is injured doesn't mean my team will suffer in any way. All my players are stars, they are all equally good. They will win this game.
Zoom in to Lucifer alone:
Words of wisdom from the Coach. Now let's move over to the opposition side and see what they have to say.
Zoom out and zoom in on a group of blue jerseyed players:
Here we have the M1/05's preparing themselves for the game. Tell me, girls, how confident are you in winning this game?
Big ugly brute: We will win la. With their star player out of the game, we can easily defend and leave Diana to do the scoring.
Small tiny bitch: Yup, they may be good, but we are better.
Some other girl: Sem 5 very big ah? We will squash them and go down in history.
Span back to Lucifer:
Ladies and gentlemen, words from M1/05. Good luck to both teams and this is Lucifer Light, reporting live from the gates of Sports Village.
Back in studio:
Thank you Lucifer. And now we will go to Raphael who sits with the spectators at the spectator's stand.
Zoom in to Raphael who is chatting with Raj:
So Rajinder, what do you think of the upcoming game between M2/03 and M1/05 with the injury of Tai Ken Lin?
Rajinder (cameraman): M2/03 will still win (indian accent). Their players are all very powerful. Well, they better win. I personally have half my fortune betted on them.
What about you, St. Peter?
Peter: I have faith for M2/03. They will surpass this obstacle and achieve enlightenment.
Zoom in to Raphael with players of M1/04:
With me are players from M1/04 who have just played against M1/05. So what do you think of the team M1/05?
Some girl: They are super rough. We are rooting for M2/03 to win.
Another girl: Tell them to watch out for that big ugly brute. She is fucking rough. They should just give her a red card.
There you have it, from the horse's mouth. And hark, I hear the whistle blow. Back to you, Elena, this is Raphael reporting live.
Back to the studio:
With me now is professional futsal player Rassam Badbess and Mr. Ho. So what do you think of the upcoming game?
Rassam Badbess: (in thick Kenyan accent) M2/03 is a wonderful team, well my team would easily pulverise them, but that's beside the point. I think M2/03 will win. They have good coaches and they train frequently.
Mr. Ho: The odds are pretty even. But I'm rooting for M2/03 as I think they deserve it better. M1/05 are really rough. If I was the referee, most of them would have been benched.
Ah, so both of you are for M2/03. Well, well well... we will now take a 10 minute break and we’ll be back with the results of the Finals of IMU CUP Female Futsal Championship 2005.
Screen blacks out.
15 minutes later:
Zoom in to Elena:
The results are in. The match is over and M2/03 won the gold again with a win of 1-0 against M1/05. The decisive goal was by ______________. We will now go to Raphael who is still among the spectators.
Span to Raphael:
Elena, it is chaos of jubilee and sorrow out here.
Span to look at the entire stadium:
The huge crowd of people screaming and jumping over there are the M2/03 supporters who are wheeling about. And to my left are the M1/05 supporters who are crying dejectedly. Well, we win some, we lose some.
Zoom in to Raphael:
The match was nerve-breaking. With the goal at the 3rd minute, M2/03 seemed to be on the offence. There were many missed shots, but so is the same for M1/05. Close shots had the goalie screaming at her teammates. But overall, M2/03 played a pretty good game today.
Zoom in to Lucifer:
I am now standing by for M2/03 team who is posing for the camera. Their last game and one of their best. The fans are still screaming themselves hoarse. The girls are wheeling about in joy.
Span to M2/03 teams and supporters:
Bruce Lee: It has been a good game. By the 2nd half, even though there were close shots, I knew that we have clinched it.
Tai Ken Lin: We play to inspire others, and each other.
Rajinder: That’s our girls… winners all the way.
Elena: They are all champions, all of them stars.
Zoom back to Lucifer:
And this is how the cookie crumbles.
Back in the studio:
Thank you Raphael, Lucifer. And with this, we wrap up the Sports News of today. This is Elena from Elena’s News.
[The End appears on the screen]
Marle: What? This is ending already?
Lucca: That's what that word usually means!
- Slide Show Ending, Chrono Trigger
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