U19 Asia Cup

I was watching the U19 Asia cup. It was final and the teams were Nepal Vs Japan. Till the half time there was no goal at all. The team Nepal was good in two aspects of football defense and midfield. There was poor performance in forward.

I could remember the football match between KMC and JMC that was held on our BBA. Oh! How can I forget Bishal getting 8 goals? At that time Shyam was captain me as team manager. I could remember how important it is to manage one team through different aspects like finance, food, materials and many more.

In the beginning of 2^nd half Japan team scored one goal. Our captain Dev was aggressive and the team seems to be more attacking. At 68^th minute Captain Dev scored one goal. The game was in Japan and broadcasted live in Kantipur Television. The Nepalese supporters were waving the Nepalese flag.

Again at 89^th minute another goal by Nepali Captain Dev Rai scored 2^nd goal. Now we were praying for time to finish. The additional time was 3 minutes after 90 minutes also. It was so hard to see 3 more minutes for Nepal only doing defense. The ball was in the legs of Japanese players and it was 92 minutes. The ball came to Nepalese player and gave long pass the ball was taken by again our captain Dev Rai.  It was golden opportunity to Nepal again because there was no one in defense of Japanese team. Dev Rai hat trick and final whistle.

Wow Nepal won by 3-1 in final of U19 Asia cup which has been the greatest win by Nepal so far. Nepal created the history. After the match was over I couldn’t see the distribution of the trophy and closing ceremony.

The day after they said there was interview with captain and Manager of the Team. The day was they returned to Nepal. I tuned the program. I was completely amazed and couldn’t believe Shyam Sundar Sonepa as Manager of the Nepali team. OMG what a great event and what a managing? I could just thank him and at the end of the interview he said, “we will win participate in world cup very soon and I am sure these boys will play in international league as well.” Finally he concluded by saying,” we have celebration party and everybody is welcome to Banepa where the recent National Stadium was constructed”.

With due respect I went there and meeting with him made me proud of something that I had never felt. Shyam still the same, talks to everyone and suggest people to do different things. Shyam was drunk a little and said, “ you know Pradeep, one day our team will play World Cup, Herdai Jau na.”

Facts:

1.       Shyam first managed the football team of Banapa which was U14 district cup tournament and won the tournament. Shyam also acted as coach even though there was other coach in the team. In every newspaper the Shyam was shown and different radio took his interview.

2.       Shyam was choosen as the manager of Banapa football team which started to play Nepalese league. For the first time playing the league it was in third position again Shyam was there in National channels. As soon as the season was over Shyam was called for Manager of U19 Nepali Team.

3.       Shyam had already married and had a son. He planned to make his son a footballer.

4.       He has started constructing big house in Banepa where the person who lost his family can stay and study for free and must have interest in football.

5.       Shyam himself also plays every day with the players which helped to know the weakness and strength of each player.