The IHG journey ends here.

Yes. We lost.

And to many, losing in the quarters will seem unacceptable as everyone expects us to go far. But to me, though im very disappointed about losing, at least i know that in these 3 years of my hall life, i haven lost the friendship with the people in this soccer team.

I just want to mention that what happened has happened; there is nothing much we can do now. You can say we dominate the game, or blame it on luck, the field, or even the ref, but one thing is for sure, we lost to a more hardworking and motivated side.

This brings to my next point of why i think we lost. First of all, i felt that it all boils down to us not training hard enough. If you were to look back, how many trainings have you attended? And among those you attended, how many have you treated it seriously? There is no such thing as winning the easy way, do not expect miracles to happen.

Only you yourself know whether you trained hard enough or not, whether you prepared yourself well before the game by sleeping early etc. For those who have done so, i would really like to thank you and appreciate your efforts. But for those who didnt, i think you owe the team an apology. An apology for not training hard enough, an apology for not preparing yourself well. An apology for letting your teammates down.

Nevertheless, i still appreciate all of you for coming to trainings, forking your own money out for trainings and the jerseys, and even sacrificing your weekends for trainings and friendly matches. Guess this is it for our IHG soccer season, no more dreading to come trainings, and no more preparations for matches.

Looking into the future, this is my 5 cents worth of advice for those who will continue to play next year. Be HUMBLE and train HARD.

Attitude is the most important thing you have to have in you when you play soccer, or even in anything else. If you want to have the mindset that you are the best, and not train, then you will not perform. Trust me, no matter what you do, the attitude is very important. So always remember, be humble. Next, train extra hard. There is no other secrets to success. Lastly, like i always stressed before, the harmony of the team must be strong. And i believe one of the reasons why we lost is due to the lack of a strong bond in our team.

To the graduating people, good luck to whatever you are going to do, and really thank you for your hardwork and efforts put in.

To all, although we have lost, our soccer journey dont end here. Please dont give up on soccer, the sport that brought us all together. Continue playing in whatever team you have and continue to enjoy playing it. Thats all from me. Good Luck guys.

One last time from your captain,
KT