Football or Rugby?

It has been nearly two years now that I have been playing for the St. Aloysius College Football team and never in this term did I play a match as rough as today. It was a nightmare. The season hasn't been great at all. Not a single trophy this year and all hopes were on the ongoing Mangalore League.

If we were to be champions, we had to win all the matches from today. Unfortunately its over for us as today we drew 1-1 to Bengre. Initially I used the word nightmare not because we drew and our chances of winning the league are over but because we were saving our lives today more than playing football.

Our opponents Bengre, known for their notorious style of play, made all attempts to crush us with rash play. We were not even given an opportunity to hold the ball for a fraction of a second. The minute we received the ball, we had a opponents going for our legs but not the ball.

To our relief, we had the crowd backing us. This is something which we have hardly experienced. The referee flashed several yellow cards to our opponents and a few to our players but the mood just could settle down. Having the built advantage, they easily crippled us for the ball. Nevertheless, it  was a good experience.

But I'm still wondering if whether what we played today was football or rugby?