BEFC IAJ Embassy CUP MVP - Ben Palmer

  • BEFC IAJ Embassy CUP MVP - Ben Palmer

Incisive moments setting up the opening goal and scoring the opening goal for the first two matches plus nerves of steal in the Janken final decider, the IAJ Embassy Futsal tournament MVP is Ben Palmer.
In the first game BEFC had the pressure but couldn't find the break until Ben decided to drive at the defence sucking in 3 players and offloading to give Jorge a 1 vs 1 with the keeper. That opening goal put BEFC on top to see out the game. In the second match against the US, BEFC dominated but were unable to find the break until Ben drilled a long range missile from a corner pass back, again putting BEFC on top to play out for the enventual win. Both those matches were crucial to making the final and after drawing the final game, Ben had to defeat the opposition in a nerve jarring, intense throw down of rock scissor papers! Claiming to use Darren Brown mentalist techniques on the opposition, Ben crushed him with a fist of stone over scissors. Not including the lastman defensive cuts outs and stonewalling of USA's Kadoya twice, the sheer Janken prowess alone makes Ben Palmer the BEFC MVP of the IAJ Embassy Futsal tournament.

Everyone in the BEFC futsal team played well, and it was decent controlled futsal in insane heat with only one subsitute to rotate for the entire competition. Apart from the final game where likely exhaustion and a bit of bad luck game into play, it was a good showing by BEFC.