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19-05-2013, 10:20 AM
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900 turn up for football reality TV show trials
POSTED: 18 May 2013 10:04 PM
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/image/679582/1368885768000/large16x9/768/432/first-xi.jpg
Football hopefuls queuing outside Bishan stadium for the First XI trials.
SINGAPORE: More than 900 people turned up for the First XI trials at Bishan Stadium on Saturday morning.
MediaCorp Channel 5's football reality series is back for a second season.
Football hopefuls lined the streets outside the stadium as early as 7.30am.
This season's trials adopted a different format, with the age limit for participants lowered to 16 years.
Passing and dribbling stations were also replaced by eight-a-side games.
In the series, selected players will go on a one-week training stint at Fundacion Real Madrid in Spain, before the final episode.
Ex-Liverpool player Steve McMahon and former Singapore international R Sasikumar remain as the show's two coaches.
The second season of First XI premieres on 28 August.
Mr McMahon said: "We're hoping to spot lots of talent obviously. I've touched on it. If the players that we can produce, the 16-18 players we eventually end up with, if we can gel as a team and make them a team, I always say and my motto is - to be a team, rather than individuals… I'll be happy with that. Then it's up to the individuals then to go on and be better."
- CNA/xq
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900 turn up for football reality TV show trials
POSTED: 18 May 2013 10:04 PM
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/image/679582/1368885768000/large16x9/768/432/first-xi.jpg
Football hopefuls queuing outside Bishan stadium for the First XI trials.
SINGAPORE: More than 900 people turned up for the First XI trials at Bishan Stadium on Saturday morning.
MediaCorp Channel 5's football reality series is back for a second season.
Football hopefuls lined the streets outside the stadium as early as 7.30am.
This season's trials adopted a different format, with the age limit for participants lowered to 16 years.
Passing and dribbling stations were also replaced by eight-a-side games.
In the series, selected players will go on a one-week training stint at Fundacion Real Madrid in Spain, before the final episode.
Ex-Liverpool player Steve McMahon and former Singapore international R Sasikumar remain as the show's two coaches.
The second season of First XI premieres on 28 August.
Mr McMahon said: "We're hoping to spot lots of talent obviously. I've touched on it. If the players that we can produce, the 16-18 players we eventually end up with, if we can gel as a team and make them a team, I always say and my motto is - to be a team, rather than individuals… I'll be happy with that. Then it's up to the individuals then to go on and be better."
- CNA/xq
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.sammyboy.com/showthread.php?152487-It-has-begun&goto=newpost).