Sain ba nau!
Translated that's
hello in Mongolian! Today I, Robby Gaddy, will be writing our blog entry. The day started as a lazy morning. Once fed and awake we meet in the guesthouse with some music led by our favorite Indonesian Guy, Regi. Arjan, then led us in the message for the day, and it was just spot on for they way some, if not most, of the guys were feeling. He asked us what our identity was; like where did we find our worth? Was it in our Football ability? Or how people view us? We were all refreshed to know things and opinions could never sustain us.
MATCH DAY!
After the team talk, we had a bit of free time until we left for the game against FC Ulaanbaatar. Because we still have not been able to secure a proper pitch to play on, we played on one that is about 90 x 45 yards. Due to the size of the field, we decided to play a 9 aside match against the reigning champions. We arrived about 20 minuets prior to kick off and had a fair amount of time to decide on which boots to use. Well because of the hardness of the playing surface, some went with boots, and some turf. After a good warm up led by Mark Schulte, we went over and had a bit of a pre-game talk with the host team. We were introduced to all of their players, and where they played (and also how good they were). The man person that talked to us was the manager and player who is also running for some political office. We then carried on with our own intros and Aaron Tredway spoke to the team about our purpose as players bringing hope through football.
Mark Schulte was our captain for the game. He and the Captain of Ulaanbaatar, exchanged a scarf and the Football Plus pennant in traditional fashion.
Then it was kick-off! The host team was a good side and moved the ball pretty well, after going down 2 nil in the first 15 minutes, we then changed up some of the Line-up and put the big Monster Dutchman at center back and moved mark forward. This then gave us more control of the midfield. Football plus edged it's way back into the lead right before half time with some brilliant strikes from Jonah, Bing, and Nanae. After an encouraging half-time speech from John, we go back out there for the second half. We sure didn't start that well but, long story short, we ended the game with a 6-5 victory. I feel that all of us were happy with the result, even if some of the team didn't think we handled ourselves well with the referee making some bad calls and a VERY soft penalty.
The day was an overall success and the team played very well and showed good resilience to come back from being down twice. We got to share our hope with the top football team in the nation and we grew together in brotherhood. So all I have to say is bayarlalaa (Thank you) FC Ulaanbaatar for a good football game!
MATCH DAY!
After the team talk, we had a bit of free time until we left for the game against FC Ulaanbaatar. Because we still have not been able to secure a proper pitch to play on, we played on one that is about 90 x 45 yards. Due to the size of the field, we decided to play a 9 aside match against the reigning champions. We arrived about 20 minuets prior to kick off and had a fair amount of time to decide on which boots to use. Well because of the hardness of the playing surface, some went with boots, and some turf. After a good warm up led by Mark Schulte, we went over and had a bit of a pre-game talk with the host team. We were introduced to all of their players, and where they played (and also how good they were). The man person that talked to us was the manager and player who is also running for some political office. We then carried on with our own intros and Aaron Tredway spoke to the team about our purpose as players bringing hope through football.
Mark Schulte was our captain for the game. He and the Captain of Ulaanbaatar, exchanged a scarf and the Football Plus pennant in traditional fashion.
Then it was kick-off! The host team was a good side and moved the ball pretty well, after going down 2 nil in the first 15 minutes, we then changed up some of the Line-up and put the big Monster Dutchman at center back and moved mark forward. This then gave us more control of the midfield. Football plus edged it's way back into the lead right before half time with some brilliant strikes from Jonah, Bing, and Nanae. After an encouraging half-time speech from John, we go back out there for the second half. We sure didn't start that well but, long story short, we ended the game with a 6-5 victory. I feel that all of us were happy with the result, even if some of the team didn't think we handled ourselves well with the referee making some bad calls and a VERY soft penalty.
The day was an overall success and the team played very well and showed good resilience to come back from being down twice. We got to share our hope with the top football team in the nation and we grew together in brotherhood. So all I have to say is bayarlalaa (Thank you) FC Ulaanbaatar for a good football game!
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