InfiniteSane: Malaysia vs Singapore 2nd Leg World Cup Qualifier Review

Assalamualaikum and hello to all my Infinitesane visitor.

Again, I'm deeply sorry for a very late entry about the World Cup 2014 qualifier match between Malaysia vs Singapore. I notice a lot of Singaporeans visited this blog to read about that match review. I'm really trying to relief the frustration I'm having these few days. I'm sorry because this entry is not much about that match but the situation post-match. However, firstly I would like to congratulate Singapore team that manage to go to the third round again.

Even though I said I'm not going to tell much about that match, I'll start with a simple review about that match.

Firstly, I would like to talk about Singapore team performance. What's good about them is they got naturalized citizen, and they they really an experienced players in many aspect. They didn't waste opportunities to score goals. If it is not Khairul Fahmi's top performance, we may conceded a lot more goals. You can see Malaysian players always do a lot more passing error and wasted opportunities in front of goal. Maybe they're still young and inexperienced. Singaporean players also are really good on acting. Just to quote a newspaper report, "their acting is much better than Christiano Ronaldo". Just imagine how good it is. Well, even this tactic seems cruel, not gentleman and mean, it really work. Malaysia game play and game flow get distracted. As a result, the attacking play that Malaysia want to play not really working.

Malaysia on the other side, not playing with many key players. Shahrul Idlan Talaha (injured), Safiq Rahim (Suspended), Aidil Zafuan (played for a while, then get injured again). Thank you to Khairul Fahmi Che Mat that get back his top form so that Malaysia not conceded more goals. Safee Sali is always a superb but without support, not much he can do. And the defensive line was better than when they played in Singapore. The goal conceded was definitely their mistake again. Singaporeans should thank Asraruddin Putra for ball watching and easily allowing a player to run in front of him without making a pressure.

As a conclusion, Malaysia need to develop more quality players like Shahrul Idlan Talaha, Safiq Rahim and Safee Sali. Their confidence against whoever their opponent is awesome. I still have hope with the olympic squad though. They win against a Slovakian club lately on their home ground.

First Half Highlight:

All goals Highlight:

Let's talk about post-match. I'm pretty pleased with the fans reaction after the match. It's true that Malaysia team was not at their best on that night, and it's disappointing fans. HOWEVER, most of the fans still standing behind them. The media also had changed their attitude upon the failure. If you want to compare the scene before "the rise of the tigers", when Malaysia team lost or played badly, the media will surely made a bad report to them, but this time none of the mainstream media talk bad about them. It did mention the defensive weakness, but they also make a lot of article that to cheer them up and motivate players to learn from their mistake and to improve themselves to strive in future since they're still young and can played in 10 more years.

In my opinion, even though Malaysia team were not at their best last night due to the lack of chemistry, they show their spirit to win it whatever it takes to appreciate fans who comes to stadium. The stadium once again made history for a full house attendance. Something we don't see 10 years ago. And seeing Shahrul Idlan Talaha shed in tears at spectators seats, touched fans. And Safiq Rahim welling tears at interview session shows his frustration. To "Malayan Tiger", we still behind your back supporting all of you. Never give up and hope you'll be the best in the world.

However, I do have some pissed off moment:
1. Why Fakri Sa'rani played since I think he's not bring impact to the game even in the first leg.
2. Why Baddrol Bakhtiar and Ashaari didn't play because I personally think they're better than Fakri Sa'rani.
3. Why they loved to played fancy and tricky pass and at the end the pass didn't delivered. Why the pass need to go through leg? What is important is the pass delivered, It's not about how beautifully or tricky or skillfully the pass is.

That's is the only point I'm really pissed off.

That's it for now, I'm truly sorry for a bad grammar in this entry. My body is not feeling well after having durians too much, so my brain is not functioning well.