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Tatau la nape aku rase aku mcm kena berpikir pasal mende ni. Padahal tak de kena mengena pon ngan aku ataupun MU. Tp sbb aku terbaca kan. Jadik aku terus memikirkannye. Padahal byk lagi mende boleh dipikirkan. Ok, apekah perkara yg aku pikirkan ini? Mcm biasa la. Pasal bola. Hehehe. Sure org sumpah sumpit aku. Ampun! Tp serious. Aku tak berenti ni pikir ni. Mcm teori domino pon ade.

Mcm mane ek nak citer? Aku nak citer pasal pihak lawan ni. First time ni aku nak citer. Terpulang la kpd penyokong pihak lawan nak terima ke idak. Ni teori aku jek. Tah mcm mane aku terpk pon tatau. Well, u know Chel$ki lost to MU last week. They also failed to nick MU at the very last minute for BPL crown. So as usual, dan seperti ramalan2 ahli2 nujum bola, Avram Grant the Jew manager was officially sacked by Roman. And all the stories pon kuarla kat biter UK. Parent Avram kate dia mangsa anti-jew la. Ade kate dia mangsa Roman la. Mcm2 la. Tp yg menarik skali when the so-called ‘Special One’ membuat comment.

Well, seperti peminat2 bola sumer tau, dia kan mcm ala2 over gitu kalau bagi komen. Dia jugak feeling2 namakan diri dia sendiri as ‘Special One,Two,Three,Four’. *yg lebih no 1 tu aku yg nambah hehehe* What did he said? Dia kata Avram a looser. Hehehe. Itu tak pe lagi tau. Some said he made that comment becoz Avram was the one who took his job. So kire mcm balas dendam la. Mourningho kate sape2 yg kate Chel$ki’s season was a success is a looser. Hehehe. I dun say that aa.. Dia yg ckp.

But ape yg buat aku berpikir was the overall picture. I dunno if anyone sees what I see. Some ppl said, I saw things differently. I dunno. But maybe they are rite. Coz wat I saw about the whole thing was how Mourningho manipulated the whole thing from the fans, to Chel$ki team, to the media. Look, I maybe wrong. But seriously, wat do u think will happened if he was the one who leads the loosing team? Chel$ki fans will certaily booed Roman coz Mourningho will ‘manipulatively’ blamed Roman for failing to back him in the transfer market. If you follow in and out of BPL, you’ll remember his comment b4 he made the exit. Padahal ko cube pikir2 balik. Dia nak beli players itu ini tak de plak dia utilized sumer players tu. Balik2 players sama gak yg main. Kalau korang perasan la.

You see. He’s ’smart’. ‘Smart’ in his way of manipulating but not smart enuff to outsmart some ppl. When MU won the CL, he congratulated MU and our 2 Portugese wizards Ron & Nani, stating he was proud to see both Portugese players in the winning side. He said it is good for Portugal. Padahal, last season he branded Ronaldo, his fellow countryman as ‘uneducated’. His comment however, was quashed and nailed by Fergie sampai terus terdiam tak terkata. In the end, he made ‘peace’ with Ronaldo. And now, he said he’s proud of ‘em? Tgk la manipulativenye dia. Ok, ppl may say that was pure hati murni dia nak congrats them. I find it fishy though. Sbb tu aku berpikir dgn lebih mendalam :p

Yes, Fergie did the same manipulative thing. Tp it’s for the benefit of the team. Bukan utk dia. And Fergie offered ‘comfort’ words to Avram. He symphatized him. In fact Fergie always give his view and never la critisized his counter part yg kena resigned ke kena fire ke. Org yg rabun pon boleh nampak sah2 la Chel$ki tu sape2 jadik coach dia sumer ala2 boneka. Mourningho pon boneka jugak dulu. Though everyone thinks he’s the best. In actual fact, if ppl read between the lines, sama jek dia ngan yg lain. He’s no special. If not for Roman’s trillions, I dun think he cud afford to have some of the best players in his squad. Winning CL is one off for him mase kat Porto dulu. Same jek mcm Fergie, kalau nak ikutkan boleh jek tiap2 tahun menang CL. Tp agak2 la. Bola tu bulat. Kadang2 reality bites. Kena jugak la pandang kat bawah kalau dah kat atas. Blamed it on the ref? The pitch? Whatever!

I didn’t say that he shud symphatized bersedih bagai 4 Avram. But do u have to brand ppl as looser lagi2 org tu keje mcm boneka ala2 ko jugak? Mcm maha kuasa terror la ko ni ek? I think he’s worst than Wenker. Seriously! So ego and proud tak pasal2. Skali tuhan bagi bala kat ko baru tau! Cuba2 la bersyukur sket! Cuba2 la merendah diri sket! I dunno if the fans love that way. Kalau Fergie wat mcm tu, buang tebiat agaknye the fans kata!

Another thing yg buat aku berfikir ni lepas aku tgk VDS made triple saves from Chel$ki mase Community Shield. Dr riak muka dia yg konon2 bagus tu ternampak something. Maybe it was just me but I have the feelings though, his exit bukan sbb Roman jek, tp dia sendirik tau, he can’t challenge MU. He knew MU have grown stronger over the 2 years period yg MU dok terkejar2 Chel$ki tu. He knew, when the trophy slipped off his hand that no way he cud take it back dlm mase terdekat. He knew the club’s policy to bring well known players doesn’t guarantee success. He knew he got nothing to loose sbb ape2 pon ppl will blamed Roman. In actual fact, he’s a LOOSER! The big one! Kalau dia berani dia lawan jek Roman tu. Dia sanggup jek take the challenge. Bukan busuk2 pon players Roman campak kat dia. Sumer ade repo. Cume ko pandai tak pandai jek nak fit in ‘em to the team. Sbb itu aku kate, dia tak bagus!

No one actually blamed him. In fact org bersimpati kat dia when he was shown the exit. Siap the fans wat demo lagi utk dia. Tak de plak Fergie ke, Wenker ke, Rafa ke, kata he’s a looser. Tp bila bab Avram, beria2 dia hentam org tu. Keji! Pandai betol he manipulated the situation. Pandai betol dia ‘larikan’ diri dia. In actual fact kalau he’s still there, belom tentu he can win anything pon! Seriously! Naik menyampah aku tgk ade. Now the news said, Roman want him back with his term. Lepas ni tgk la sape plak kena manipulate ngan dia.

Dia mmg berhati2 about the team his going to coach after Porto. I think his ego has gone up his head. He needs to forsee or explore mane2 yg dia boleh manipulate. Especially when his team lost. He doesn’t want ppl to look at him and say ‘You’re wrong’. Instead dia nak org tgk segala silap dia and point it to others. And I think thats 1 of the reason he didn’t go for England job. England fans are not stupid and definitely cudn’t take any bullshits. Sbb tu dia tak berani. He cud get all the talent on the field. In fact his fav players pon ade dlm England team. Tp if he didn’t win ppl definitely see his flaws. Ppl will question his claimed as a ‘Special One’. He didn’t want to loose the ‘title’. *duh*

Begitulah teori saya yg tak seberapa. Kesimpulannye, jgn dok manipulate2, nanti sendirik terbelit! Tunggu mase jek ko ni Mourningho!

Jemput la datang

After 9 years, we finally got the trophy back.

After 9 years, the nervous was still the same ol thing. Damn!

Seriously! No words can describe the feelings mate. No words! I wore Giggsy’s jersey to sleep that nite *yes, I know over gitu, dun care!*, praying that they’ll repeat the moment of magic, the moment of truth. Hoping that it will be a worth watching game. It did! Thank God! I set the alarm to 2.30am but I was well awake @ 2.10am. Begitu bersemangat skali! Turn on the projector and took Tasya out. I promised to woke her up and let her play. She was all ready to jump off the bunk bed when I opened lil sis’ door. See, she was as excited as the owner! Hehehe

Start the laptop, took some drinks and a leftover J.CO donut from the gathering last Sunday and settled down. Tasya, being a cat wandered around the house and when there’s even little tiny thingy flew around her, she, without much hesitation, jumped around to capture the poor creature. She even rammed everything around her to catch it. So, there u go, a ’show’ b4 the real show. Hehehe. Told her to cool down as it is late at nite. And she gave me the I-dun-care look. Kucin.. kucin..

I saw the line up and as expected, Giggsy was on the bench. Am ok with Hargo but I was hoping Anderson to come in to block Ballack and Lampard’s threat. He did pretty well againts Gerrard last time. But instead, it was Carrick. Well, at least he’s on the bench. I was surprised to see no Ji Sung on the line up or the bench. Damn! Kesian dia. I thot he deserved a place instead of O’Shea. Tp ye lah. We need to have backup for defenders as well. Fergie pon ckp mmg susah nak decide.

The team when off to the pitch after a colourful opening ceremony led by Rio. We started off brightly holding the midfield and never really let Chel$ki to pounce. Drogba had a fiery battle with Vida but you know Vida, he’s one tough nut to crack. I even thot we had the better movement in the 1st half with Ronaldo managed to sneaked in couple of crosses to the penalty area. MU drew the 1st blood through Ronaldo’s glancing header passed the jaded Cech. It was a nice little touch between Scholesy and Brown. And a left foot cross by Brown led to the goal.

I was jumping and punching my fist up the air. Yes! I heard couples of roar too. Must be from the other units. Hehehe. I am not the only one watching! Chel$ki almost equalize rite after the restart but VDS was there to save the shot. A couple of minutes later, come another brilliant move starting from Rooney. He saw Ronaldo running on the right flank and make a huge pass to him. He turned away from his marker and cross for the advancing Tevez. Cech was there in time to stopped him and the rebound was collected by Carrick who fires his shot str8 to the keeper and managed to nick it off. It was a dissapointing finish by Carrick. It cud’ve been 2-0!

Another move involving Tevez-Rooney-Ronaldo was saved again by Cech. But the last 10 minutes the CM looked to slow down the game and then Lampard pounced in an equalizer b4 half time. Shite! It was a lucky break for Chel$ki to be honest as Essien’s shot was double deflected by Vida and Rio. And to make matters worst, VDS slipped b4 he cud do anything to block Lampard. Lucky ‘em!

The 2nd half started with the same sets of players. I was hoping for Anderson to come in as Scholesy looked a bit out of sort with his bloody nose. He got a cut while trying to block Chel$ki’s counter attack in the first half. We doesn’t looked like the same team as in the 1st half allowing Chel$ki to press forward. Carrick’s misplace couple of passes didn’t help either. It was one hell of a big gap in CM. Again! Neither Carrick or Scholesy were there to fill the gap. Only the briliant of the back 4 and couple of shots hit the post saved MU. Some said the ghost of Busby Babes were there to divert the ball. Hehehe. Ok, dat was a joke. Jgn pecaya!

Giggsy came on to replace Scholesy for another record breaking moment. The game ended 1-1 and therefore an extra time will be play. We started brightly and again, missed couple of chances particularly whene Evra got away on the left flank and passed to middle. Cech was off his line leaving Terry alone in the middle. Somehow, he managed to put his head to block Giggsy’s toe-poke shot away. Giggsy looked in disbelief. It cud be the winning goal for the team. Drogba almost scored with a fierce shot which flew past VDS but hit the post. B4 that, Lampard had the same faith as his shot hit the post.

Towards the end of the extra time, MU put the ball off the pitch to allow physio to treat one of the injured Chel$ki player. Chel$ki’s throw in was kicked out by Tevez for another throw in. However, Chel$ki players when berserk and confront him particularly Ballack. They wanted Tevez to passed it to Cech. Tevez made a point as Chel$ki twice did the same, putting the ball off for throw in instead of passing to the goalkeeper. The spat has lead a number of players to confront each other particularly Drogba & Vida. And the moment of madness unfolded seconds later as Drogba slapped Vida on the face with the linesmen and referee watching them. Vida was taken away from the scene and both Rio & Hargo made a point to the ref. Siap tunjuk2 lagi.

The ref, went on to booked Ballack for his rant @ Tevez and red carded Drogba. He looked stunned. He must’ve thot he cud get away wit it. He was all wrong! Still he have time to argue with Vida b4 he was asked to leave by the linesmen. Tevez was initially booked too. I dunno the reason though. MU keep pressing but failed to capitalized hence the penalty shoot out drama begin. The 5 MU penalty takers are Tevez, Carrick, Ronaldo, Hargo & Nani. Ronaldo’s was parried off by Cech. I think he shud just bang ‘em instead of the stop-run-shoot stuffs. The Chel$ki players looked confident to seal the match only for Terry to squandered it. He slipped and sent the ball crashing to the post.

Some said, he purposely did dat to cover the miss. I said, it happened almost a split nano second? So it cud be the combination of wrong techniques and misfortune? Maybe! So, the team who missed the next penalty will go off empty handed. Anderson was the 1st to pounce the ball passed Cech b4 Giggsy wrapped it up. Mmg seram la sbb most of them bukannya natural penalty taker. Even Ronaldo pon dah miss. Anelka was next. VDS, having almost saved 2 penalties stood on the line. He apparently put a big influence to Anelka. Apperantlt, b4 Anelka fired the shot, VDS signalled him to go for his left side. But Anelka ignored him and shots to his left only for VDS to plunged himself to the same direction and saved the shot. And the rest was history! The team ran off to congratulate him. Chel$ki left devastated. What a game! Seriously, mmg mencabar! I cudn’t even watch but I force myself to. I dun want to miss a thing! And yes, the heart pumping session was truly worth it!

Cheers to the team. To the fans who believe in them. To Fergie who instilled winning mentality. I am still over the moon. I will write about the tactics in my next post. Tunggu! Congratulations again to MU and bro Giggsy!

From the Sun

How the shootout unfolded

Here’s our kick-by kick guide to the Champions League shoot-out:

(Man Utd took first penalty)

Carlos Tevez sidefoots home, sending Petr Cech the wrong way: 1-0

Michael Ballack plants into the right corner: 1-1

Michael Carrick slots inside the left post: 2-1

Julian Belletti wrong-foots Edwin Van Der Sar: 2-2

Cristiano Ronaldo’s stop-start run and kick is tipped away by Cech: 2-2

Frank Lampard’s weak penalty is tipped in by full-length Van Der Sar: 2-3

Owen Hargreaves fires his kick into the top left corner: 3-3

Ashley Cole’s low penalty goes in via Van Der Sar’s valiant dive: 3-4

Nani’s firm penalty goes in off the left post via Cech’s fingertips: 4-4

John Terry slips as he sidefoots what could have been Chelsea’s winner wide: 4-4

SUDDEN DEATH

Anderson rams his kick down the middle: 5-4

Salomon Kalou plants home: 5-5

Ryan Giggs coolly rolls his left-footer into the bottom corner: 6-5

Niclas Anelka’s left-side penalty is firmly parried away by Van Der Sar: 6-5.

Man Utd win 6-5 on penalties

I sweat like nobody’s business these few days. Mcm mandi pon ade. Belom lagi masuk pitch main futsal or jalan kaki pegi kedai kat bawah tu. Seorang kawan told me this morning, he faced the same problem. He parked his car at differ building and walked to his office. Bahang betol kata dia. Yep, it is damn bloody hot in here.

Tak payah ckp la mendung ke, kabus ke, nak ujan ke. The hot stuffy feeling mmg ada lah. Kalau jalan kaki nak p parking depan building ofis client aku tu pon mcm rase marching from Blok B to Dining Hall *dah berpeluh kan?* ini kan plak la nak jalan lenggang kangkung kat Masjid Jamek ke. Aiyoo. Die I tell you.

Baby said ‘You ni banyak dosa la Long’ After I repeatedly complaint about the weather a week ago. Ye la kot. Eh, bukan ye la kot. Betol la tu. :p Baru panas kat dunia, complaint manjang. Tp syukur la. Ade hikmahnye. Kain baju sumer kering jek balik from opis. Kalau tak kering, org atas la ni ngong tak perah kain b4 jemur baju! Eh, complaint lagi.

*sigh* Kena jugak syukur sbb kalau ujan, mesti jam super. Banjir kilat la. Accident la. Air naik atas jalan la. So dgn adenye cuaca panas ini, bersyukur la dpt travel dgn agak tenang. Agak ye bukan betol2 tenang. Nama pon traffic, it’s unpredictable and unbelieveable! Enuff abt the weather.

The team *work team ye bukan MU* rapidly progress towards 3rd quarter of the project. Alhamdullilah. Seriously mates, it has been super struggle for the past few weeks. Starting from the conversion process sampai la segala report2nye. And I worked on 80% of the stuffs here. Tak sangka sbb from beginning dok worked on it. Tadi dpt tgk timesheets, baru perasan. Org kate kalau main bola tu, cover every blade of the grass gitu. :p Ye ye je bunyinye.

Syukur! Dlm pada tension dgn server ditambah plak ngan |nform|x yg terchenta, dpt jugak sort out all the stuffs. Tinggal 2 lagi major tasks 1) port over data to new server 2) prep for prod. Yg no 1 ni dah 2 hari aku buat. Terima kasih kepada |nform|x, again, I hit the wall. Hard! At times I think I shud push the server or maybe the app towards the wall. Bukan push, bang. Yes, bang ‘em. Pulak cuaca panas kan. Air cond rase mcm suam2 kuku jek bile wat mende ni. Dugaan!

Football? Argghh. It has been fantastico week for us MU supporters. Tipu la kalau tak de MU supporters yg tak senyum kambeng sbb MU p Moscow. Yes, Chel$ki might turn the screw but like the gaffer said, it doesn’t matter. It’s us, I mean MU to decide. It’s in MU’s hand. Kalau King Kev’s platoon managed to beat Chel$ki, time kasih byk2 la kat they all. Kalau tak, kite buat la lagi, ulangi lagi the same ol’ work we did to remain top of BPL. Then baru la kite deserve to be champion.

Anything can happen really. So, fingers cross and hoping for the best for them. Speaking of the final match and Moscow, tak sangka the season is going to end. Sekejap jek rase. I remembered being anxious watching MU almost at bottom of the table in the beginning of the season. How time flies. Boringnye BPL match tak de lepas ni. Kena tunggu 2 months b4 another season open it’s curtain. Euro ade tp..

And yes, 34 years old Giggsy is going to beat Bobby Charlton’s record if he play his part in both matches. Tabik hormat la bro Giggsy! From the curly-skinny-boys to still-skinny-guy. Hehehe. You rock bro! Biar la org kate dia tak bagus ke. I still put him on top of any other players I adore. I have the feeling though, he might not get involved as much as he want next season. He might also hang his boots. For that, I have told myself to enjoy his appearance in any game. Mane la tau, dia score plak @ Moscow nanti. Amin…

Later mates.