Grand Finals of Hero Indian Super League

Atletico de Kolkata Vs. Kerala Blasters

Good day folks! We are at the end of the inaugural season of the Hero Indian Super League. The high drama to be ended with Atletico de Kolkata and Kerala Blasters clashing in the grand final match to be held in Mumbai tomorrow. It's premature to predict results of the match since the Hero Indian Super League has seen unexpected twists and turns. The expected top contenders who created huge buzz with bringing in top strikers and midfielders failed secure the top spot. Really loved to watch such an action sports. In the end, they all proved that a team is not less than others in this tournament.

From the league matches held between the two team in which both the team drew the first match between them and Kerala Blasters ended up winning against Atletico de Kolkata . But that was with an abysmal margin of one goal. We are not interested in the debated hand-ball for now.

For Luis Garcia's men, the task ahead is tough. Consistency in the performance is the need of the hour. The Semi-final between FC Goa and Atletico de Kolkata ended inconclusively with a goalless draw till 120th minute of the match. The Strong eleven men of Atletico de Kolkata could be kept away from goal if the Kerala Blaster maintain a good d-line which has high probability to break once concerted team effort is exerted by Atletico de Kolkata. Kerala Blasters were startled with conceding three goals against Chennaiyin FC. Had the Chennaiyin FC turned few chances into goals, it would have crashed out Kerala Blasters of the tournament. So, the team Kolkata might try hard to keep good tactics on field.

Atletico de Kolkata is well known for its rough defense play. Tight marking and covering spaces would make Kerala Blasters rethink their attack play. Atletico de Kolkata has displayed an unrelenting play when it comes to defense. No easy goals against Kolkata pals! But Kerala Blasters are turning good at converting few mistakes into an unforgiving goals as they did in Semi-finals against Chennaiyin FC. The question is how consistent will team Kolkata be in its defense against Kerala Blasters! The match against FC Goa, Atletico de Kolkatta suffered some deficiency in defense. For an instance, a cut-in by the winger, Romeo Fernandas, led to a shot against Kolkata but the shot saw the wrong side of the net. Complacency has no place in football. Nevertheless, no team is immune from any attack unless well coordinated defense is in play. Conversely, some believe attack is the best form of defense.

Final match of the Hero Indian Super League is the only answers for the question that go unanswered. Dynamism in this tournament has made every future match unpredictable. One thing will happen for sure irrespective of any predictions, both the team will spice up the game tomorrow night. Lets football!

Second-leg Semi-Finals of Hero Indian Super League: FCG V ATK

FC Goa Vs. Atletico de Kolkata

The second-leg of semi-finals in Hero Indian Super League between FC Goa and Atletico de Kolkata held in the home-town of FC Goa. The first-leg of semi-finals between them concluded with a goalless draw. The expectations were high on FC Goa as they did some fireworks in the first-leg semi-finals with good enough shots on target. Atletico de Kolkata rode on its team power and experience.

Both the teams were fierce contenders for the final berth to be held on Saturday night. FC Goa didn't fail to rock the night . They created numerous opportunities but the ball denied FC Goa with a goal. Andre Santos who not only made numerous shot fly over the goal post but even the penalty kick followed the same pattern. Santos free-kick disappointed the home crowd. The set-piece at which FC Goa were strong at crumbled once Santos over shot them. Romeo found the wrong side of the net at a scoring opportunity. Mandar cut-in on occasion added pressure to the Kolkata defenders. But it was finally Atletico de Kolkata were into the finals against Kerala Blasters in the inaugural season of the Hero Indian Super League. FC Goa lost composure of the game. Might be due to the pressure either from home crowd or to a 'must score' situation.  The other side is Kolkata kept pressure upon the forwards of FC Goa. Anyhow, they yielded to Kolkata.

Atletico de Kolkata did great. It appeared as if they have been training the team for the penalty kicks. The power and the balance exhibited by the players were authentic.  But lucky team, saw few penalty kicks played by FC Goa wide of the goal post. 

One beautiful thing about the penalty kick held yesterday is that no goals were saved by the goalkeepers of either teams. To be precise, FC Goa missed shots during penalty kicks which let Kolkata into the finals in this Hero Indian Super League. And for the finals Best of luck Kolkata. FC Goa live for another day.

Post Second-Leg Semi-Finals of Hero Indian Super League, CFC Vs. KB

Chennaiyin FC Vs. Kerala Blasters

The pre-match analysis turned to be true that Marco Materazzi boys rocked yesterday night. Marina Arena roared like thunders when the CFC scored 3 amazing goals that shook Kerala Blasters. Despite the unfortunate goal from Kerala Blasters' Pearson in 117th minute, the game was amazing.  One goal difference kept CFC out of finals in Hero Indian Super League but won millions of heart. No other team might rock in Hero Indian Super League as did by the Chennaiyin FC.

Materazzi revamped the entire attack. Mendy attained new dimension in the team, took some attack over his shoulders. The cross by Mendy was exemplary. Unfortunate CFC, missed few scoring chances. But it all happen in a football. After all, life is all about unexpected surprises and disappointments.

This first season might be considered as good start for Chennaiyin FC. Even though they lost, they won, not the game but millions of hearts. The high spirit even during the last minutes of the game made the entire fans proud. Fans expect the same momentum in the next season of the Hero Indian Super League.

And for the defense, Silvestre interrupted crosses from Kerala Blasters. The tight marking of forwards kept the Kerala Blasters at bay. Hats-off to the d-line. For a team which was less spoken about, they rocked.

The Latest development in Chennaiyin FC is in process of finalizing deal with Inter Milan, erstwhile Marco Materazzi team, to train it youth team with a huge investment of Rs. 2 Crores. A step ahead to breed young talent with great affinity towards the club. Sooner or later, we will watch some new young talent rock the Marina Arena.

Lets wait for the deal to materialize. Lets football...

Second-Leg Semi Finals - Hero Indian Super League

FC Goa Vs. Atletico de Kolkatta

The first-leg semi-final match between FC Goa(FCG) and Atletico de Kolkata(ATK) ended in a goalless draw. But it will be premature to conclude anything at this point. While FCG has a sluggish start in the season. Later, the Zico boys rebound from nowhere to get semi-final berth in the Hero Indian Super League. For ATK, football is a religion. It is a usual for the Kolkata football fans to conduct special ceremonies for their favorite team win. Nevertheless, both team were from the places where Indian football was groomed.

Whereas the ATK which had a huge buzz from the start of the league matches, no surprise, they played well. The Luis Garcia and Fikru combo did some magic on field. Fikru was a speeding bullet to dodge past the last defender to score goals. Luis Garcia was kingpin of the team attack. A target man who could lead the team to the goal post in no time. And for the defense, ATK is well known for the rough-up play against other teams. Constant marking and pressure has spoiled may attack against the ATK. Subhasish Roy Chowdhury, the Stronghold Guardian of the ATK, stand as a tall wall against any shot at target. But in the First leg Fikru was rested. The gaffer is planning on him! The team is good at making rival defender run from pillar to post. The One touch passing and switching sides of the play create numerous opportunities.

The Strength of the team is with long balls as long as  Fikru is good at catching up with them. The solid defense line and close player support at crucial time pressurizes the opposition.

While, at present, none can under estimate the FC Goa. Zico proved him to be the man of words. He assured the team will rebound to top after the consecutive defeats at start of the Hero Indian Super League. Now the team is one of the strongest contender of the title in first Hero Indian Super League. The indigenous talent Romeo emerged as real hero to win hearts among the crowd who scored the 100th goal of the Hero Indian Super League.  Romeo Fernandas is state-of-the-art indigenous footballer in the Hero Indian Super League.  His incisive runs, talent to create huge space for the attack made him an outstanding player of the tournament. To add further, the André Santos deadly strikes add teeth to the FCG. Miroslav Slepička, made a good contribution towards the team victory in the last phase of league matches. Especially, the conversion of loose ball into goal which was splendid. Slepička keeps up the form them he will be unbeatable goal-machine of the Hero Indian Super League.

The strength of FCG is set-pieces. Defenders are good at converting the chances to goal. Fast and pacey attacks. But in the First-leg of the semi-finals in Hero Indian Super League, FCG would have scored four goal but for the lack of composure from the strikers.

The odds favor FCG looking at the recent attack and defense they showed up in the game. But that doesn't conclude. ATK might cast its spell in any match minutes.

Let's wait for another hot football feast. Lets football.

Hungry Shark Evolution Survival Guide

From the previous post, you would have known about the basic of the Hungry Shark Evolution. But it's not all thing. Feeding your hungry shark would look simple in words but they need some skill especailly if you decide to survive for long time. To access secret shark lab in-game, you need a score of 500000 in one game. In order to acheive that, you need to make sure your shark survive the hard test. As I said in the previous post, you can simple feed on other organisms. But after a while, you may notice that you don't find anything to feed on. So the first trick in survival of your ever hungry shark is not to stop in single area. Move the hungry shark constantly to new places. Some secret place near the rock will give your hungry shark an awesome feast.

The Game play start with your shark dropped into a sea. Once you unlock a different shark the drop place would differ. To be true, it doesn't make difference. Once, I unlocked the second shark in-game, I moved my shark to right of the sea through a pass which is present under water to find the place where the previous sharks was dropped. So this is the trick. Don't stay in some place for too long. Get a feast and move to your right, find the pass so that you could find new place to feed your hungry shark. After a while, vice-versa.

And one more important point in Hungry Shark Evolution is not to stay under water for too long. Before you move to new place, check the surface of the sea. You will find some swimmers. Snack them and move on. Eating those swimmers give good boost to the health bar. If you are lucky, you may find a group of swimmers near the shores. But if you find no swimmers then just move on to next place. One of the secret in Hungry Shark Evolution is not to wait for the prey but search for the prey. Remember! It's Hungry Shark. So feed them until you find nothing to feed.

Occasionally, you will find mariners near you. And also when you unlock new shark you will get chance to eat other hungry sharks inferior to your hungry shark which travel around you. A point remember is these sharks around are capable of nipping your shark. If you find a group of sharp nipping you, be quick at eating them or else your shark will die of incessant nipping. So stay sharp, first strike is your advantage. Don't spare them, make use all of them.

Mines: One of worst enemies in-game for your sharks are mines. Once you level up in-game, more  mines and bigger they become. At entry level, you will find them in deep water. Once you unlock Tiger Shark you will start finding mines even near the shores and mines will be floating in water. So easy hunting on shores are difficult. But this should not inhibit your hungry shark from feeding on humans. You will always find a way to dodge past those mines. You might get hit by some small mines but bigger mines are unforgiving. They will take heavy toll on your shark health. The worst part is jelly fishes halting around mines. If you are unlucky, instant death is the result. To your surprise you hungry shark will encounter mines at the exit of the pass. But this don't pose a danger as you can take a steep dive upwards at the end of the passes. Be advised not to boost your shark in hurry when you are in a under water passes as you will start tackling mines even in passes. Plan your hunting spot before it's too late to make a move.

Submarines: Apart from mines, you will encounter a bigger threat. Yes! Torpedoes will be fired at your shark. Just take three hits and your hungry shark is dead. Those torpedoes are propelled from a submarine. So take those submarines head on with your sharks. Boosting your shark will help. But remember when you get hit, your shark will move away from the submarine. So try to hit the submarine hull from different directions. Submarines are quick to align them against you so boost and quickly take the submarine out of the equation. Make random moves until your shark is near the target submarine. Hit them with boost to make it harder. Voila! The submarine hull will break open. The Pathetic situation arises when two submarine approach against your shark. Make sure your shark take on one submarine as soon as it appear on screen. In most situation, two submarines will approach from either direction. So cowardice will not help! You can run but fight against them is way for the survival. Ramming your hungry shark anywhere on the submarine will break open the hull. Whatever said here, you must try it yourself. You can teach yourself better than anyone when it comes to hungry shark.

Mariners: The third and less dangerous threat in this game. Mariners are little threat except for the spear attack launched by some pathetic mariners. Mostly they will end up at the jaws of the shark. One or two mariners may accompany a submarine to launch an attack occasionally. Always try to bring down the submarine. If you get chance, take the mariners on your way to attack submarine.

Useful Add-on: Try to unlock laser gun for your hungry shark. They are very effective. They will paralyze your target for a brief time. We will get a bonus score for feeding on paralyzed targets. For example, Consider a submarine accompanied by two mariners. The laser gun will paralyze the mariners in no time so you have take on submarine without much worry. Even other sharks will be your prey once they are paralyzed by your laser gun. Not only under water organisms are targets but also swimmers and fishing men shall be paralyzed with your laser gun. But the sad part is laser gun won't clear mines and submarines for your shark. So still you have to handle them on your own.

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Hungry Shark Evolution Guide

Are you wild-life lover? Or dreamt of the deadly man-eating shark! Nothing will stop you from grooming a shark now. But it's a virtual reality. Remember!.

Hungry Shark Evolution is one of the best game available in the Google Play Store. All you have to do is to groom the sharks to its full capacity. Grooming a shark needs a lot of zoological skill! It sounds skeptical at first, doesn't it? After all, this is just game. So all you have do is feed them until they grow bigger.

Game Play: At the start of the game, you will be provided with "Reef Shark". The very basic one. The game play is quite simple try to eat all the fishes and other marine organs to grow your shark. But stay away from jelly fishes and spiking prawn & fishes (I am not a mariner).
Unlike human beings, these sharks need to be fed all time. In the top right corner a bar will indicate the health of the shark. It starts depleting slowly but at a constant pace. Once the health bar is empty your shark will die of starvation. Hence, keep feeding it all time.

And remember the stats of each shark you play. Don't go too deep in ocean. They have limitations when it comes to depth. Example, the "reef shark" will withstand 90 meters. Beyond that you shark dies too fast. The game indicates when you reach shallow waters. So, you can adjust your depth to the comfortable height.


Feeding: As I said earlier, Your shark, whatever shark you get from the game, must be fed infinitely. So you have to chase prey around you. This can be done using the controls which direct the movement of the shark. Two type of controls exist. One with the help of sensor where you can tilt the device. Second method is to tap & move on the left side of the device.

Once you start moving you will catch some easy prey near you. Your shark will eat whatever prey adjacent to the jaws. This is not the only control. you can boost the shark to watch the real action. Even though this is a game, it simulate the reality. Once, your shark move near the prey, the prey will move out of the path. Especially, when your shark hunting in the coastline shore and while hunting some innocent swimmers. To get them off-guard, you can tap & hold anywhere on the right side of the device screen. Your shark will move at high speed and have the prey.

Evolve your shark: Shark grooming don't stop only with the feeding. But evolving the shark. Sounds confusing!!! What is evolving? It's nothing but upgrading your shark. Use the coins collected during the game to upgrade the three following skills:

• Bite, 
• speed and 
• Boost. 

Apart from this basic attributes, your shark can be fitted with accessories such as skate board, laser, jet pack, shark vortex and so on. Each items are unlockable either using coins or gems collected from the game depending upon the particular item.

By feeding, you can reach level 10 for the shark you are playing. Once you reach level 10, the next shark in the order could be unlocked. Evolve the newly unlocked shark to its fullest capacity.

Advanced movement: You can perform some spectacular stunts with your shark. You not only find prey in sea but also in air. Birds flying at low level over the sea could be hunted with a high jump. To do an high jump, get some depth from the surface and move the shark upward simultaneously applying boost. Once, the shark reaches the air it will hunt any prey in air. This trick could be used against people fishing in boats. Just do a high jump and board the fishing vessel, the rest is taken care by the shark. But make sure it deboard the fishing vessel as soon as possible by moving your shark. Always remember your shark energy will be depleting at constant pace. And also the boost is limited. The bar below the health bar indicate the boost available for your shark. It will replenish gradually once you start feeding. So use them wisely. Don't waste your boost energy for small fishes.

In next blog, you will know all about survival in the sea.