{"id":271,"date":"2012-09-12T10:57:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T10:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erevmax.com\/blog\/?p=271"},"modified":"2020-01-21T10:02:49","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T10:02:49","slug":"erevmax-football-tournament-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erevmax.com\/blog\/index.php\/2012\/09\/erevmax-football-tournament-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"eRevMax Football Tournament 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Honestly speaking I am not a sports addict, so definitely not the best person to be writing this post. Infact I have a love for aesthetics and am better off writing or painting! But for a change I was very glad to be a part of the Football tournament<\/b><\/a> this year. You will ask why? <\/i>Well there was so much excitement around this event \u2013 everyone was so charged up and the canteen buzzed with talks of who is in which team etc and I was missing out on all the action, so I enrolled myself to see what the fuss was all about. <\/p>\n

And guess what?<\/i> It paid<\/i>. Well fortunately for me, I was part of the team which won the runners-up trophy! And I won an individual medal – my first sports win ever<\/b>! <\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

The match took place in the nearby HIDCO Ground located just behind our Kolkata office complex. There were five teams who participated \u2013 Teams A, B, C, D and E. The tournament started with the league matches and after a series of qualifiers, the top two teams went on for the finals. The ultimate face-off was between <\/b>Team C efficiently captained by Ranjit Shaw<\/i> and Team D led by Sumanta Sen<\/i>. Team C emerged as the Winners<\/b><\/i> and Team D (including me) was announced Runners-up.<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/a>
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Given that I played for hardly 5 -6 minutes (given my disposition with sports!) and was mostly in the outfield I managed to get a birds-eye view of all the incidents on-field. Well this happens only if you are one of the lucky few! <\/i><\/p>\n

So here I am sharing the most memorable and comic moment of the event <\/i><\/b>\u2013 in one of the qualifiers, my friend Sourav Das was so excited that he forgot which side he was playing for! His teammate Gopal Das managed a great shot and might have scored a goal if it were not for Sourav who saved it \u2013 forgetting that he was not the defender of the opponent team but the striker for his own team!<\/i><\/p>\n

Further, this event helped me stumble upon other \u2018sports gems\u2019<\/i><\/b> like me who manage to mesmerize the audience with their stunning performance and skills \u2013 my friend Sujay Ghosh<\/i> (who played for 8 minutes then returned injured \u2013 he was seen on the ground face-down, before he returned) and another friend Alok<\/i> (who played for 3 minutes then returned injured). Of course I was leader of the gang as I ended up being the 12th man (who played for 4 minutes and returned \u2013 touched the ball just once \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

What I want to mention is that the idea of these events are not just playing or showing great football skills, instead we were there to have some fun. I am sure everyone enjoyed themselves thoroughly. So \u2013 come one come all \u2013 play next year and you might get as lucky as me!<\/b><\/p>\n

Truly a day with a difference!<\/p>\n

For photos of the event, click here<\/a><\/b><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>Abhisek Gupta<\/b> is Executive – Human Resource at eRevMax and is responsible for recruitments and HR operations. Abhisek is based out of Kolkata and can be reached at abhisekg@erevmax.com<\/a><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Honestly speaking I am not a sports addict, so definitely not the best person to be writing this post. Infact I have a love for aesthetics and am better off writing or painting! But for a change I was very glad to be a part of the Football tournament this year. You will ask why? … <\/p>\n

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