Madras Eagles 0 - Food Corporation India 0

I have now played my first competitive match in quite some time. It wasn't too bad though it was very frustrating that we couldn't score because the Eagles were much better than the opposition. In the end almost every player on our team missed a chance to put us infront. I'm pretty confident results will get better as we get more used to playing together.

A few quick observations:

1. 2pm in Chennai can be very very hot (even in winter).

2. It doesn't matter what you do, if it's done to the white guy it's not a foul.

3. The local players who play a wonderful pass and move football in small sided games tend to become advocates of Route One long ball football when confronted with a pitch that has real grass and therefore will allow the ball to travel well across the ground.

It's going to take some getting used to playing here and I think it is going to take the team some time to get used to playing with me. I don't think I'm much like the strikers they are used to - I definitely look very different.