On Monday the 3rd of June 2019 I went up to Lockerbie for the annual Lockerbie Gala tournament. There were 16 teams consisting of France, USA, Brazil & a load of other teams. I was in Brazil & we had a pretty good team including a few of my mates. In the group stage each team played 3 games of 10 mins & the top 2 in each group went through as well as the two best 3rd place teams. Brazil won all 3 games winning 3-1 to France, 9-0 against Nigeria & 4-2 against Norway. I got 10 goals altogether in the group stage but I also played a game for Nigeria because they only had 3 players going into their 3rd game. I scored in that & got an assist however we lost 5-2 but I wasn’t to concerned because I knew my team had already got through. After the group stage we went to the round of 16 & were matched up with a hard opponent. They had a few of my friends however we matched them & got a 1-1 draw which took it to penalties! I had scored in the game but sadly scored an own goal (according to the ref) going into pens. I scored mine & so did the next few players until my team missed 1 & the other team missed 2! This put us through to the semi-finals where I scored a hat-trick to get us a 3-1 win. This left us in the final! Brazil had to win or we got 2nd…….
We went 1-0 up through a penalty goal from me however the USA clinched 1 back to make it 1-1. With 5 mins to go I scored 2 to get the win for Brazil! That left me with 17 goals in 6 games going to the trophy presentation. First up was female player of the tournament & a girl in my team won it. Shortly after was the male player of the tournament & I won that. I was proud but I knew the presentation wasn’t over so I composed myself. Next up was the winners joint-captains trophy. Me & my mate Ali were captains so we went up to collect the trophy. We agreed that he could have the cup for 6 months & then I would have it for the next 6 months. It was a great night & I was proud of my team. Now I’m looking forward to the 4th of June penalty tournament!
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Player Of The Tournament Winners Trophy
By Callum Hill