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The Orong Monsoon Tournament

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OLSS Goalie (green) makes a brilliant save from the MRC striker (red) 12/08/2012: Usually it is foggy and misty over the Orong plateau in the afternoon and spectators could be seen shouting and cheering for their favorite teams in the ongoing OHSS Monsoon Tournament (League cum-knockout), popularly known as Orong Monsoon Tournament. Now the monsoon weather had given in to a bright and hot sunny afternoon making the players as well as the spectators sweat as they play and cheer for the past few days since the kick of the tournament on 4 th August 2012. “The sun is too hot even in the afternoon and it is very difficult to play” said Dorji Norbu, a player of the INAZUMA-II whose team has lost honorably to Lower Utd (3-4) on Saturday. A spectator from a nearby village, Ata Dongko says that he likes to watch the players play in the rain and mud. “I get so excited when I see them play in the muddy rain, slipping and sliding while paying. It’s so entertaining.” He says t