Week Fifteen - June 3

- Game One of the finals saw Emaan come in shorthanded but fend off Haya’s full squad to a end in a 1-1 draw.  Emaan got off to a strong start scoring just 35 seconds into the game as Arif Bijabhai snapped in a shot from the slot set up by Ibrahim Hindy.  Haya kept pressing and Waqar Khan tied the game in the second half after converting a pass from Farooq Sani.  The goalies were the stars the rest of the way as Khalid Mufti and Kaunain Saiyed shut the door.

- Emaan were missing a few players and the result was longer shifts for their stars, Yousuf Sowdagar in particular seemed to play the entire game on defence and was understandably exhausted by the end.

- Haya was almost playing without captain Waqar Khan as he was being coerced to skip his game to play in another tournament by Ahmad Hathout, thankfully for his Haya teammates Khan turned down the request from the Dark Knight.

- Speaking of Ahmad Hathout, after the elimination of Ihsan stories are now flowing out about the team and the disappointment of not making it to the finals.  Hathout in particular is said to be upset, he spent a significant amount of time practicing handshakes with teammates which is now wasted time.  He is said to have modelled the sequence after this video.

- Sources indicate that Huzaifa Manjra of Emaan missed his game as it occurred on his birthday and he was out celebrating with friends.  Manjra’s large red van was seem roaming various shisha establishments throughout the night.

- Players on Haya commented that after facing Arif Bijabhai for the fifth time this season, he seemed to be much more comfortable around his opponents as he reportedly kept telling them that he was hungry for fish pakora during the game - although it was not clear if he was trying to get someone to accompany him to go eat some afterwards or just letting them know.

- Back to Ahmad Hathout, it is established that he has taken his elimination hard, this picture was captured of him out running errands last week, a sad fall from the top for the Batman.

- Despite having ended in a 1-1 tie after game one, Emaan is said to be confident that the championship is still theirs with the expected return of key players for Game Two.  Haya gave their best shot in Game One and it wasn’t enough to knock down their top seeded opponents.

- Award winners will be announced after the game so come out for the championship game and the announcement for the Regular Season Award Winners.

Player of the Game Video’s:
Emaan vs Haya - Khalid Mufti (not available)