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THE FINAL GOAL

The next day we went into the game against KLASS determined to win and leave Singapore with silverware to show for all of our hard work, not only in the past few days but since the beginning of the season. The game started in an ideal fashion with the man of the moment Saint scoring yet another goal and bringing his tally for the tournament up to a staggering eight goals KLASS managed to pull two goals back and put themselves in control of the game by halftime, determined to change the scoreline Harrow went into the second half with an intense desire to win With around ten minutes left on the clock, we pulled off a 2010 Barcelona tiki-taka Esque passage of play and Andy pulled the ball back into the box where Felix had made a run from defence and he put it away making the score level again at 2-2 With momentum on our side, we looked likely to go on and get the winner in the last few minutes of the game With the game drawing to an end, extra time was imminent but with time running out the ball fell to Felix outside the box He pushed the ball onto his left foot and was able to get a shot off, it went past the goalkeeper and into the bottom right corner. The late goal secured the win, third place, and silverware to show for all of our hard work The celebrations were widespread throughout the whole team at the final whistle, with everyone proud of we pulled together as a team and showed the class we always knew we had

In the awards ceremony following all the games each team had an MVP award voted for by the coaches because we came third, we received an extra nomination Our MVP awards went to Pye Pramoj who had proved his versatility and drive throughout the whole tournament, playing and excelling in multiple positions as well as working hard and motivating the other players during the tournament and the season as a whole The other MVP award went to LP Adireksarn, his hold-up play as a striker allowed our other attacking players to frequently get into dangerous attacking positions. Both players deserved their awards as their attitude and hard work encouraged us all as a team to succeed We also won the sportsmanship award for the boys tournament, it was voted for by the other teams Each team had to vote for which team had the best sportsmanship during the tournament, we were very proud that we were able to win the award as it represented the positivity we brought to the tournament Throughout the whole trip, every single player worked hard and proved themselves as great players and we had an amazing time in Singapore, creating memories we will not forget for a very long time

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