Manchester United Fan In Malaysia

A super strike from midfielder Safiq Rahim gave Malaysia a heartwarming 1-0 win over the South Korean Olympic team in a friendly match at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil yesterday.

The Selangor playmaker brought cheer to the 3,000 odd fans when he beat towering goalkeeper Lee Bum-soo from 25 metres out with a lethal shot in the 51st minute.

The Korean defence was caught by surprise when Safiq picked up a rebound from his own free kick before he breezed past two defenders and unleashed a low shot beyond the reach of Bum-soo.

It was an encouraging performance by K. Rajagopal’s boys, who are preparing for the Guangzhou Asian Games in November.

The Koreans are on a bigger mission to get into the 2012 London Olympics and they came here with mostly newcomers in their newly-formed Under-21 squad.

Malaysia put up a spirited display and Rajagopal hoped that the team would continue to show the same kind of commitment and consistency in international matches.

After SEA games gold medal performances, our U23 squad show that we are not too far behind. Hopefully this squad can maintain their good form in Asia Games. Although it is just against Korea newly formed squad that mostly U21, it is still a good result for us.

Let us hope that this squad won’t disappoint us in the next 3-4 years!

After winning a gold medal in previous SEA Games, Malaysia team prove that they really in a right track to bring back the glory of Malaysian football after defeated Yemen at Bukit Jalil Stadium last night.

Final result;

MALAYSIA 1 YEMEN 0
( First half 0-0 )

Badrol Bakhtiar (55)

Baddrol Bakhtiar’s free kick in the 55th minute was enough for Malaysia to notch up their win in their first match in preparation for the Guangzhou Asian Games in November and the Asean Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup in December.

This match A win should count and lifting the world ranking of Malaysia in the FIFA world ranking. Malaysia are at 159th spot while Yemen are 105th.

Malaysia still gave a creditable display, hitting the woodwork twice through Terengganu striker Mohd Ashaari Shamsuddin, making his international return after a two-year absence, and Mohd Zaquan Adha Abdul Razak.

Badrol Bakhtiar and Yemen player

I tried to watch both games last night. Everton vs Manutd in channel 812 and Kelantan vs Kedah in TV1. Both team were visitors. However, it’s league match for United and FA Cup match for Kedah.

Its hurt to see Manutd lost. We always got good result against Everton since 1995.  After leading with Berbatov’s goal, I think that Manutd will easily cruise for the rest of the match. But.. I am totally wrong. Everton level just 3 minutes after that and Rooney miss marks the end of Manutd last night.

Our second-half performance was very poor and I can’t complaint about the final result, 3-1.

However, when I turned to TV1. My mood change. Kelantan dominated but it’s Kedah Hijau Kuning ( Green Yellow ) who advanced to FA Cup quarter final in away goal rule. I never know that FAM already adapted Champions League rule in our FA cup matches. hehehe.

Kedah dumped last year’s finalists Kelantan out of the FA Cup after holding the Red Warriors to a 1-1 draw. Kedah will now take on Premier League side Armed Forces in the two-legged, last-0 eight tie. The Army side had it easy in their 3-0 victory over UiTM Pahang in Arau, Perlis to complete a lopsided 6-0 win on aggregate.

With that result..at least I have something to smile…isshhhhkk..