Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Soccer Match at Camp Moremi – Team Moremi vs. Team Portugal

Team Photo

On Tuesday the 20th of November a challenge was made by a group of visiting agents from Abreu, Portugal! They wanted to have an international friendly against Team Moremi! So while Team Portugal where out on their game drive, we organized a soccer ball and the lawn was prepared. After a delicious brunch, the chairs were put in place for the goals and team photos were taken. Mc was appointed the official referee with a life jacket whistle to keep everyone in check. The fans stood on the side-lines cheering on their teams. The first half was action packed with Golesedi scoring 2 goals. The Portuguese team came back and managed to equalize the score. Some of the Portuguese fans tried to move the goal posts but were kept in order by the referee. The defense from both teams was fantastic and everybody was playing their best! At half time the score was equal with 2 goals each.

Full contact action at Camp Moremi
Refreshments were well deserved at half time and a great laugh was had by all. The second half began with a few substitutions from both sides. The game once again was filled with heaps of energy and in the first few minutes Team Portugal scored a goal! But the score was shortly equalized by Malani! The final whistle was blown and the score was 3 – 3! Both teams thoroughly enjoyed the game! The game brought about a great team spirit and an afternoon filled with many laughs and smiles! The game will be remembered by all for many years to come. Team Moremi is looking forward to a rematch one day and the Mundial group suggested it should take place on their home soil – Portugal!

2 comments:

João Trigo said...

I took part in that match and it was sensational! The spitit was great and we had a fantastic time, at a fantastic location. This only confirms what we already knew for almost a week. The Desert & Delta Safaris staff will do everything within their power to please you; Even find a ball in the middle of the african jungle to satisfy your crave for a football match!! But not everything is innocent - our supporters were outnumbered by the locals, and we even suspect that besides the local motswana people, they even brought in the baboons to cheer for them... but it's OK, we'll have the chance to reciprocate next time we play against them - hopefully in Lisbon.
João Trigo

jhghjgjhg said...

Great match !!! Ball coming by boat from miles away was a lovely detail !
Then the blazing heat, drowning humidity, held after a long... very long brunch but even so, it was brilliant and nobody fainted !!

Botswana very fit and decided to impress their home crowd made us, Portuguese, really suffer to keep up !!!

Skill was acceptable. Fortunately the ball never went over the electric fence into the Delta !!

Thank's a lot Desert & Delta Safaris for this lovely end of trip !!