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if you didnt go for the singapura lwn myanmar match, shame shame babu shame on you. it was the most exciting match i have ever witnessed on the sacred grounds that used to be the battlefield for hardmen like Kadir Yahya, Fandi, Sundram, Abbas, Norhalis Shafik (anyone remember him?) After witnessing this match, the countless times ive wasted precious money to cheer our national team has been forgiven. for, it was this match that got our revenge for the disapointment of SEA Games 1993. Then, we were hosts. We had a landslide victory in bodybuilding, sweeping all the medals. Ang Peng Siong got out of retirement and win a gold medal at a ripe old age. Jos was literally leaving her opponents to wet themselves. And the futbol team was in the semi, against Myanmar. There were known to be fast and nippy. But Singapura had Malek Awab, Fandi and Kadir and gang. We were up 2-o. On the way to the final, a probable showdown with perennial favorites Thailand. Sekali, Lim To The Tong Hai, had other ideas. He wanted to get on the scoresheet, and boy did he get his name on the scoresheet. He scored TWO own goals. Ok lah, no suspicions of kelong coz really, both were freak goals, can happen only 1 in a hundred, and it had to be Tong Hai's (un)lucky day. Tink we ended up with the silver. But on sunday, 2/1/2005, braving the rain (and resisting the temptation to sleep), i made my way down to the stadium. From a promised big grp, it became just a handful of us. But then, i saw like-minded peminat mati keras, long been deprived of some good futbol, turned up in droves. And it was well worth it. 2-0 down, the same exact opposite the time 12 years ago. The Yangon Boo Boys were making the most noise, just the few thousand of em. Silencing the rest of us. thought tis was gonna be another waste of 6bux. But it all changed from the 80th min onwards when Alam 'Bulldozer' Shah scored the lifeline and the rest is history. A red card, a penalty awarded, another red card, player kick mud on referee neck, yet another red card, and a missed penalty, all in that order. Nvr have i seen such fiscal fights and confrontations breaking at the slightest of incidents (cept for probably that S'pura Bahrain match). Even fans fighting at the gallery. Yikes. Is this England or wat? Hooligans, Skinheads racing and marching single file from nowhere to join in the confrontations at the left side of the gallery. Luckily it happened away from where i was. If not some burmese was going down with my (pork)chop upper cut move. MOVE BACK SIRR! And witnessing a CISCO officer whacking a with a T-baton, (tat burmese also, relak only lah no need to struggle anymore, cannot run anyway wat). Kena whack 2times at least, and left him limping. Giving true meaning to the term Police Brutality. Yikes.

Shame on you for not witnessing all these secara SIARAN LANGSUNG.
Bring on INDONESIA. Bring on your BOAS and ELYSSAS and KURNIAWANS!