Monday, October 20, 2008

Raato Rocks 2008

By Kanchapele

Raincouver. Oct. 19. Today HimSoc's last game of the season ended seven minutes early because of the Fall sunset which made the ball barely visible to kick but Raato emerged bright and victorious to lift 2008 Season's Championship in a close sporting battle of 4-3. Today's game was the finale of best-of-five games in which both Raatos and Neelos were head-locked with 2-2 wins. The game turned interesting when the Neelos ended their first half with 2-1 lead. Neelos put Raaotos under tremendous pressure at times but the agile frontline Yetis of Raatos made all the difference in the end. The game seemed fair as the Neelos played with 9 Yetis against 8 Raato Yetis in the first half and with 8 Neelos against 9 Raatos in the second half. The speculations ran high after the game within Yetis, 'what-if' the ball was visible for the full game, perhaps the Raatos would have fired some more goals or maybe the Neelos would have equalized or the game would have rolled into a tie-breaker kicks but any imagination will now remain an illusion for any Yeti for eternity, as the mysterious snowman in the Himalayas itself! Whatever be it, as it is said, "May the best team win", and certainly for Raatos, it is time to say, Hip Hip Hurray!