FA Cup; Moto 3; Thomas Cup

The Malaysian squad at the lobby of the New World Wuhan Hotel after their arrival yesterday. Picture taken from here.

Assalamualaikum and welcome to today's "Sporty Saturday". It's Sunday already here in Malaysia.

I'm late today is because I just watched Malaysia FA Cup final a few moments ago. Kelantan won in a boring final. For full story, just visit my other blog here. I've cover the story there.

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As for today's "Sporty Saturday", I just want to share about the result of the Moto3 Qualification today. As you know, one rider in the Moto3 is from Malaysia, Zulfahmi Khairuddin. And for today qualification, Zulfahmi manage to secure the 10th place on the starting grid. This are the rest result, courtesy from crash.net.

1. Maverick Viñales SPA (FTR Honda) 1m 55.865s
2. Efren Vazquez SPA (FTR Honda) 1m 56.847s
3. Miguel Oliveira POR (Suter Honda) 1m 57.114s
4. Jakub Kornfeil CZE (FTR Honda) 1m 57.392s
5. Alexis Masbou FRA (Honda) 1m 57.673s
6. Sandro Cortese GER (KTM) 1m 57.801s
7. Alberto Moncayo SPA (Kalex KTM) 1m 57.846s
8. Hector Faubel SPA (Kalex KTM) 1m 57.899s
9. Luis Salom SPA (Kalex KTM) 1m 58.000s
10. Zulfahmi Khairuddin MAL (KTM) 1m 58.133s
11. Jonas Folger GER (Ioda) 1m 58.304s
12. Adrian Martin SPA (FTR Honda) 1m 58.315s
13. Niklas Ajo FIN (KTM) 1m 58.563s
14. Arthur Sissis AUS (KTM) 1m 58.570s
15. Louis Rossi FRA (FTR Honda) 1m 58.576s

And as for the Thomas Cup tournament in Wuhan China, the host nation giving Malaysia a cold "hospitality" as Malaysia training session for the match court was only last for an hour. I just don't get it. Malaysia is not a favorite in this tournament as this team is not a strong team. In fact, most Malaysian knows that. We didn't give high hope on this team. So, why give them such a cold treatment when they're not such a threat to them? I don't know what else to say.

That's all for now, I'll update tomorrow about Zulfahmi result. However, it'll not as soon as possible. I'm going to watch movie tomorrow.

See you later,
Hasta luego,
Mata ne,
Wassalam.

from,
K-tea.
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Final English FA Cup: Chelsea VS Liverpool

Assalamualaikum and welcome to today "Sporty Saturday". Today I would like to talk about this "late night" match. A match that is a final match. It's the English FA Cup Final between Chelsea vs Liverpool. Honestly, I'm not a fan of foreign league. But English league is the most popular league in the world. Maybe not the best, but it is a popular league at least in here, Malaysia.

I MAY not watching this match because as I said I'm not a big fan of foreign league. Beside I'm tired right now because today was a hectic day. I first went to the Book Fair at PWTC (Putra World Trade Centre) and there are so many people and it was damn crowded there. Maybe tomorrow is the end of the fair. Then, I persuade my family to watch "The Avenger" in 3D. As a result, I just arrive home and I'm pretty sure I'm tired right now.

Back to the topic, today's match is between two big name in the English league. I can't say big giant to liverpool anymore because they're not in the top 5 in the league anymore, but still they have a big name known worldwide until this day. So, it's still going to be a popular match watched today. My brother is a Liverpool fan and my sister is a chelsea fan. But, both of them are NOT A BIG FAN. My brother was quite a big fan but not very much today. You can say I'm a Arsenal fan but also not a big fan.

Based on achievement, I can say Chelsea have the upperhand on this match because they just took out Barcelona, the defending champion in the UEFA Champions League and going to the Final UCL. Liverpool? I'm not sure because I didn't follow much about them. Sure, they've won some match but if I'm not mistaken, they lost in their last match right?

Nonetheless, I hope it will be an entertaining match to their fans and to the neutral viewers like me.

That's all for now. Sorry for a short entry again today. It will be a longer entry for tomorrow. Plus, I'm already tired to write.

See you later,
Hasta luego,
Wassalam.

from,
K-tea.

p/s: Image taken from here.
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E2: Instead of the champ, the spotlight is on Kimi's comeback

Assalamualaikum and welcome again to Infinitesane. It's E2 and it is about F1 Bahrain GP race.

The drama here is about the two podium place. And it's not the champ, instead it was the 2nd and 3rd place for today race. Double enjoyment for Lotus-Renault team.

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I just heard the interviewer told the viewers that this is the first time Lotus manage to get a podium spot since 1979! That is a really long period. So, does it mean Lotus are now making a comeback? Doesn't matter because the next thing is even better. Kimi Raikonen, after making his comeback finally got his first podium at the second place. What a big punch to Michael Schumacher huh? The awesome thing is Kimi Raikonen's starting grid is 11th place! And finish at 2nd place. Also, the 3rd place for today is also intersting because he's also a Lotus-Renault racer, Romain Grosjean. He also magnificently come from starting grid at 7th place to finish at the 3rd place. All and all, the champ is overshadowed by the success of his runners ups?

Full Result:


Click the image for a full size

That's all, See you later.

from,
K-tea.

p/s: Screenshot from Official F1 page here.
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F1 Malaysia Grand Prix, Axiata Cup, No WWE?

Assalamualaikum and a very good day to all Infinitesane visitors around the world. Well, yesterday I didn't update this blog again because I followed my family to KLIA. And today, there is a lot, full packed weekend in Malaysia and since today isn't a sunnyday, I decided to merge "Sporty Saturday" with "Sunday Sunnyday". It's "Sporty Sunday" today.

It's been 2 week in a row I didn't catch up with WWE Smack Down. And my internet connection is Super Slow! I think I can't say anything about WWE for today. I'll just gonna wait for next week WWE WrestleMania XXVIII and hoping the internet connection getting better within this week. Today is the matchday for Malaysia F1 Grand Prix and needless to say,

"What a race!"

Rain pouring down heavily at the beginning of the race, there is a lot skid and spin show until safety car arrive and at 9th lap, the race stopped for quite a long time. I don't remember how long it take. Never heard of Axiata Cup? I'll tell you a little later.

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Before I tell you what is Axiata and what is Axiata cup, I would like to congratulate Fernando Alonso for his 3rd times winning the Malaysia F1 Grand Prix. He won in 2005, 2007 and now 2012 (correct me if I'm wrong). ¡Vamos Alonso! And the drama continue as Sauber Ferrari won their podium at 2nd place with Sergio Perez. Heck, I never heard that name before! maybe it´s my fault for being ignorant. Or maybe it is rainy luck for Mexican Sergio Perez. The only Perez I know before is Perez Hilton. Hahaha. The uncertainty condition of Sepang Circuit kept me praying so that race wouldn´t get cancelled. Anyway, I´m glad it´s a very entertaining race.

Okay, what is Axiata? You can click this wikipedia page here, or I'll just tell you that Axiata is a group of telecomunication services throughout Asia-Pasific. It's not a precise answer but you get the Idea right? So, they're organizing a new badminton tournament in South East Asia, and claiming it is the highest winning prize money ever in a badminton tournament which is total up to 1 million USD. More information, click here.

Enough of that introduction, here I would like to say the participation of U-21 Malaysia in this competitive match is really benificial to the future of Malaysia badminton. I watched this eveneing how Misbun Ramdan Misbun "steal" a game from Taufiq Hidayat and I was thinking

"This boy is really something"

and I watched Iskandar Zulkarnain, the 3rd single of the team (the 2nd single, Zulfadli Zulkifli give away his match) making Sony Dwi Kuncuro one heck of a game make me smile. There's a hope in Malaysia badminton. They're just simply lacking of experience and making many mistake that giva away points to the opponent. If they can manage thier calmness (by participating more competitive matches) and accuracy, I think Malaysia have a brighter future and 1 step closer to China.

For conclusion, this tournament is really good for development and I hope it will continue to be organized annually. As for the F1 Malaysia GP, it was really entertaining race today eventhough there's some weather problem at the beginning of the race. Organizer should be thinking about tackling weather problem future because I'm hoping Malaysia F1 GP can be organize each and every year.

That's all for now, thank you for keep reading Infinitesane. Before I leave you, I have an announcement to make. *Ehem, ehem*

"INFINITESANE IS NOW ON TWITTER!"

You can find "us" @Infinitesane

Until then, see you tomorrow, InsyaAllah.
Hasta luego
Wassalam.

K-Tea.

p/s: Image taken from here.
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Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying: Harapan Baru Untuk Malaysia (?)

Image taken from here

Assalamualaikum dan salam sejahtera dan salam 1 Malaysia (tiada unsur politik) kepada semua pengunjung Infinitesane. Alhamdulillah, masih ada yang sudi menjengah blog yang belum popular ini lagi (walaupun hampir 4 tahun blog ini beroperasi)

It is a Sporty Saturday! Macam mana? Sporting tak hari ini? Jangan lupa bersenam ya! Semalam ialah suku akhir Kejohanan Seluruh England (All England) yang menampilkan 3 wakil negara bersaing untuk merebut slot ke separuh akhir. Mereka adalah pemain No 1 dunia, Lee Chong Wei, Liew Daren, dan beregu campuran Chan Peng Soon dan Goh Liu Ying. Liew Daren yang berdepan pilihan ke 8 kejohanan, Lee Hyun-Il gagal memberi kejutan kepadanya sekaligus kalah 'straight set' 21-15, 21-13. Tapi tak mengapa, sekurang-kurangnya bukanlah dia tewas kepada pemain tak ternama seperti yang berlaku kepada Hafiz Hashim. Lee Chong Wei tidak menghadapi masalah apabila berdepan pemain Indonesia yang saya sendiri tak kenal, mungkin pemain pelapis agaknya. Tapi itu sudah bagus pencapaiannya untuk sampai ke suku akhir. Lee Chong Wei mudah menundukkannya 'straight set' 21-9, 21-11. Kali ini saya ingin bercerita kepada anda semua tentang beregu campuran no.1 negara.

Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying mendapat perhatian saya semasa pertandingan Sukan Komanwel 2010 apabila corak permainan mereka berjaya menarik perhatian saya. Seingat saya, tak pernah Malaysia berjaya menghasilkan beregu campuran yang berjaya menggamit perhatian saya. Dan semalam, mereka yang pertama kali berjaya sampai ke peringkat suku akhir di kejohanan yang berprestij ini, berjaya memenangi perlawanan suku akhir dan berjaya melangkah ke separuh akhir seluruh England buat pertama kali. Syabas saya ucapkan ke atas kejayaan mereka. Mereka menundukkan pasangan "tuan rumah" yang berjaya menewaskan beregu pilihan pertama kejohanan dengan 3 set, 21-16, 15-21, 21-17.

Mungkinkah ada sinar harapan yang baru untuk beregu campuran negara? Sama-sama kita tunggu dan lihat.

Sampai di sini dahulu, kita jumpa lagi esok hari, InsyaAllah...

Wassalam.
K-tea.

p/s: semasa di kejohanan terbuka selangor, mereka tewas di perlawanan akhir menentang Lee Chong Wei/Vivian Khoo. Tapi itu sebab "ada Lee Chong Wei".
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Asian Olympic qualifying round: Malaysia vs Japan, I was there!

Assalamualaikum and a very good day to all Infinitesane visitors,

Last Wednesday I went to Bukit Jalil National Stadium to watch Olympic qualifier match between Malaysia vs Japan. Honestly, I cannot comment much on that game because when I was there, I went there as a supporters. So, I just cheering for them until the last whistle. You can get the full picture here. I was lucky on the way to the Stadium because I accidentally bump in Ultras Malaya in the same lrt. They are singing and chanting in unison in the train. Watch it,

Nothing much to say actually, as I said before, I went there as a supporter. So I'm not paying much attention to the match. I can say that the defensive line was very fragile. Japanese strike force was way to much faster than Malaysia defenders. Malaysia not playing defensive, just like in Tosu when Malaysia lost to Japan by only 2-0. Ong Kim Swee told reporter later that he want his players to play open and offensive since Malaysia got nothing to lose as Malaysia is not qualified to Olympic. He also try to use much younger players to give them experience.

As conclusion, I'm dissappointed with the result. But I'm really happy for the fans as they know how to support our team until the last blow. Despite they're losing terribly, the fans stick to their sit until players went to the dressing room. I left you with the highlight of the match.

First half highlight

Second half highlight

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When footbal/soccer become more or less like WWE

Assalamualaikum and a very good day to all Infinitesane visitors.

First and foremost, I just want to tell you that in a few hour, WWE Elimination Chamber will start and I really hope my internet connection will be nice with me. So, this is the theme song for "WWE Elimination Chamber 2012" or in Germany, they still call it as "WWE No Way Out 2012". Correct me if I'm wrong. My source is from Wikipedia. So we don't know whether it's true or not.

So, back to our topic, if you notice(if you're a football/soccer fans), The football nowadays is attractive not by just the game. The off-field "game" is also an attraction for the fans.

Why did I said that? Well click "Baca lagi"(Read more) if you in the homepage. If you not, then keep reading.

Why did I said football more or less like the WWE? The feud, the rivalry, the racist issue, the corruption issue look like it's been scripted, just like WWE. I know, most of the WWE fans know that WWE is scripted. It's for entertainment, just like we watch a TV series in television. I once watch "Bola @ mamak"(a talk show that talk anything about football in a mamak restaurant). One of the panel told us that the role of the tabloid paper in UK is to spread out rumors (eg: transfer rumors) so that people will get excited and attracted with the league. But transfer rumors is not attractive in Malaysia.

My point now, all the issues for example, the issue of Patrice Evra and Luis Suarez whether they're shaking hands or not is more attractive than the game itself. John Terry and Anton Ferdinand, just naming a few. Fabio Capello resign from being the England manager just because John Terry is striped from being the England's captain.

Back to Malaysia. The main story is corruption, match-fixing. The Malaysian FA's officials was also said involved in this issue and make the FA were furious with the Singapore's newspaper report. And not to forget, Peter Butler's disagreement with the Kelantan management. Will it make him resign? As AFC Cup is approaching.

The good part is that people will give more attention to the league. Even though the issues are negatives. It still attract people to keep up to date with the stories. As you know, the league possessed "some" income by the sponsorship and broadcasting(not sure about that though, I just make that up or I just assume that). By developing this issues, will attract people to watch the game. People waited eagerly just to see whether Evra is going to shake hand with suarez, well I don't watch the game though, I'm not a foreign league fans, but I watched the clip at "Bola @ mamak", I saw, Suarez don't want to shake hand with Evra right? Evra gives his hand to Suarez, but Suarez just ignore it right? I can understand what Suarez feels after being suspended for 8 games, now that man who cause it want to shake hand with him? He just being emotional. It's just make him look like a bad man or a heel if you watch WWE.

That's it for now, I need to sleep early so that I won't miss Elimination Chamber. After a cup of tea, I'll try to sleep, with that,

See you later,
Hasta luego,
Mata ne,
Jumpa lagi.
Wassalam...

K-tea
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Asian Thomas & Uber Cup qualification: Good job / Bad job?

Assalamualaikum and a very good day to all Infinitesane visitors.

Lets talk about Asian Thomas & Uber Cup qualification as it nearing to its end.

This is the full result for today.


So, there you have it, Malaysia lost to Japan 3-0. If I'm not mistaken, in the newspaper report today, Japanese side said that they want to "give" Malaysia a win tonight, but maybe they've changed their mind. But the result doesn't affect Malaysia opportunity to qualify the final round of Thomas Cup as all the semi finalist qualify to final round.

Different story as we move on to the Uber Cup team, definitely, they are now just relying solely to the double as all the single fail to do well, especially the senior player. That's a shock as they're the one who should be the motivator to the junior players.

That's all for now,
See you later,
Hasta luego.
Mata ne,
Jumpa lagi...

K-tea
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What's up? Thomas and Uber Cup Asian Qualification round in Macau

Assalamualaikum and a very good day to all Infinitesane visitors,

After observing my visitors few hours ago, they tend to come here by searching stories about Thomas and Uber Cup. So I guess I'll write an entry about them, in their group matches. As I write this entry, I just watch the news about the last match in their group. Thomas Cup boys managed to win against the favorite team, Korea.

As usual, click "Baca lagi = Read more" to read more.

First of all, here is the result and standing:

Thomas Cup results

Uber Cup results

Okay, there you go, both Thomas and Uber cup squad managed to go through the group stage, and Thomas Cup squad manage to avoid Indonesia on the 2nd stage. Thomas Cup boys are going to face India tomorrow and Uber Cup girls going to face Thailand also tomorrow.

I've said before right? In this post, I'm disappointed with the higher management of BAM that seems to give up before fight. I know most of them are young, but killing the hope just like killing the spirit of the player. We know, I know we cannot give high expectation to the boys/girls, but at least give them hope and support so they can give their best against anyone. Just look at the third single in Uber Cup match against India, the 19 years old girls managed to win against much experienced player. This is awesome. Koo Kien Kiat - Tan Boon Heong managed to end their losing streak against any Korean pair.

Lastly, before I end this entry, I always hope they (Thomas/Uber boys/girls) will do their best for the sake of our country. I'll keep an eyes on them always and I'll do what I can do to make them feel better. Even I'm almost sure they don't even know the existence of this blog.

See you later,
Hasta luego,
Mata ne,
Jumpa lagi...

K-Tea
p/s: continued here
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Welcome to S-League, Young Tiger!

Assalamualaikum and a very good weekend to all Infinitesane visitors.

SPAM after SPAM received. Getting tired to get rid that. Come on, give me some love yo, comment after reading.

Nothing much to say, just recently I notice somebody arrived here by searching the keyword "thamil arasu". The Young Tiger player. Have a little story about him. Singapore S-League kick-off and Young Tiger gave a stylish "greeting" by defeating Gombak United 2-0. Young Tiger played in the S-League as an exchange with the Lions XII that played in the Malaysia Super League.

Well, what can I saw is that Gombak United was not that good, maybe it is just a beginning of the season, or maybe they're not a good team in S-League. Maybe the top seeded not yet played against Young Tiger. So they don't have any reason to be complecent. Young Tiger themselves seems to find their rhythm while playing on an artificial grass. I know they can play much better that that game. Many wasted pass since they can't read or estimate the balls speed on the turf. All and all, the goal was great. Scored by THAMIL ARASU and WAN ZAHARULNIZAM. WAN ZACK HAIKAL also played really well. Not to mention Gary Steven Robat. Izham Tarmizi, the goal keeper seems a little shaky in the first half, but managed to amend in the second half by his confident shape.

Lets just watch the highlight shall we?

Thats all for now,
See you later,
Hasta luego,
Mata ne,
Jumpa lagi

K-tea


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Young Tiger can wave olympic goodbye

Assalamualaikum and good day to all Infinitesane visitors.

It's been a while since my last entry, as usual. My frequency to update this blog is decreasing. I don't know why, maybe just my laziness haunting me.

Back to the topic, the title tell the story. "Young Tiger" is the nickname to Malaysian football(soccer) junior team, as the senior team nickname is "Malayan Tiger".

Last Sunday, they faced Bahrain as their 4th fixture in the 3rd round Olympic qualifying round, and they lost all the match. But just being in the 3rd round is a new history in Malaysian modern football. Plus, they NEVER lost terribly against any opponent. So far they lost 2-0 to Japan and Syria, and against Bahrain they've lost 3-2 in home match and 2-1 in away match. Those who don't believe them please don't betrashed them. This will discourage them. If you don't believe in our talent, just shut up and cheer for other country. You're not helping by talking trash about them. If you mean good, then give suggestion. They're not playing badly, the problem they facing is that they can't play consistently. And by the time they make mistake, the opponent will definitely punished them.

That's all for now. As a conclusion, they played well and make me happy watching a good game. I hope they will not satisfied with their performance, and will improve later. Make our first millionaire footballer, Safee Sali as an example to thrive in the world. Show Malaysia Boleh! (Malaysia Can!) spirit. I'm looking forward for the 2 remaining games against Japan and Syria.

See you later,
Hasta luego,
Mata ne,
Jumpa lagi.

K-tea
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Thomas & Uber Cup Asian Qualification: We're ready! To lose?

Assalamualaikum and a very good day to all Infinitesane visitor.

Today, I want to tell you about what's going on in the sports news headlines in Malaysia. Aside our MSL (Malaysia Super League) and Olympic qualifier, all eyes are set to watch our badminton squad progress that will be sent to represent our country to the Thomas cup especially.


As most of all Malaysian know, Malaysian badminton pride nowadays are only depended to Dato' Lee Chong Wei, the world No.1 Ranking in badminton. The others? Fail TERRIBLY. This issue has been a polemic since a long time ago. And I don't mean to discourage them. I hope they don't get me wrong here(only if they read this blog). I do hope they will do their best to not fail to enter the final round of Thomas cup. It is just they are not "fierce" enough to make their opponent afraid. Instead, they(most of players except Chong Wei) look very weak physically and mentally. Just look at China. I know some of you may said let apple compared to apple, China is a very big country and there is a big pool of talent to nurture there. They've been asked to trained and live their live on one purpose, in this case badminton. But, if Chong Wei can beat Lin Dan, why not others do well?

It all depend on their motivation strength. Lee Chong Wei once said in a talk show "kafe sukan(sports cafe)" that most of the juniors when they know they've to face an established player, they know for sure that they will lose. It shows that they've already lose before the battle start. But Recently, Liew Darren said to the media that he will do his best with whoever he will face and perhaps making the upset to the favorite. I hope he will do as he said.

Lets move on to the double players. Our no.1 pair is surfing on the tsunami I think. Honestly, I don't know what to comment about Koo Ken Kiat and Tan Boon Heong. They have problem among themselves(?) They cannot do well even after changing the coach. Well actually it become much worse. They cannot win against Korean pair, even to the infamous pair, I mean non-favorite. And after Rexy leaves them and coaching the women's double, two women's pair manage to climb the ranking to the top 20. How's that huh?

Last but not least, my eyes are getting sleepy right now. The upper management of BAM (Badminton Association Malaysia) said to media, that the Thomas Cup is not their priority. Instead, they're aiming for the Olympic golden medal. What a loser statement that was. I said earlier about the same attitude to the junior squad and now the management also? But not all of them, most of them acting like a loser like me(hahaha).

Well, I think that's all for now, I need to go to sleep.
See you later,
Hasta luego,
Mata ne,
Jumpa lagi.

p/s: (16th Feb 2012) I've made a newer entry about the qualification round here

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World Wrestling Entertainment: A few hours to Royal Rumble 2012

Assalamualaikum and a very good day to all Infinitesane visitor. It has been a long time since my last entry(as usual). One of my EXCUSE is because of this video that took me a few days to finish it.

Just want to promote it. Hahaha...

Back to our topic, I never yet share my interest in World Wrestling Entertainment(WWE) right? Well in a few hours, the 25th anniversary of Royal Rumble pay-per-view will start. Usually, many unexpected things happen in this royal rumble match. Rey Mysterio have won a royal rumble while he is entering as the 2nd entry and hold a record, not yet been broken as the longest survivor in the royal rumble match. anybody can win this match. Sometime a wrestler might have been making a comeback in a royal rumble match. Maybe undertaker will be there, who knows?

As for conclusion, I hope this Royal Rumble will ENTERTAIN me with a good match. Not like Aksana debut match last Friday.

THIS LAST PARAGRAPH IS DEDICATED TO ALL OUT THERE WHO THINK WWE FANS AS DELUSIVE. LISTEN HERE. WE KNOW THAT WWE IS NOT REAL. IT IS SCRIPTED. THEY'VE TRAINED TO DO THE STUNT SAFELY. FOR ME, I JUST WATCH IT AS AN ENTERTAINMENT. JUST LIKE YOU'RE WATCHING TV SERIES OR WHATEVER YOU'RE WATCHING. SO PLEASE DON'T MAKE A STUPID COMPARISON WITH A MMA FIGHTER OR ANY OTHER REAL FIGHTER.

That's all for now, sweet and simple.
See you later,
Hasta luego,
Mata ne,
Jumpa lagi.

K-Tea, 30 January 2012

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7 Days after New Year...Malaysia (Soccer) Leagues is about to start...

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلام عليكم

It's new year already, it's been a week after new year. As usual, I would like to share with all Infinitesane viewer from all over the world especially not Malaysian about Malaysia football (soccer) leagues. Yet, Malaysian are welcomed. I just want to promote Malaysia leagues to all over the world, if they're interested. Who know, one day some scouter from a better football nation than South East Asia nation would find a Malaysian player from this humble blog as their references. Aside report from local English newspaper, here I would like to review matches more non-formal, with irrelevant grammar (I'm not a good English writer/speaker). Enough with that, let's start with our topic. Let's recap... It is 7th January Malaysia Charity Shield match about to start between last season Super League winner Kelantan FA versus Malaysia Cup's winner, Negeri Sembilan FA.

Kelantan had won this charity shield match once, last season. While tonight winner, Negeri Sembilan never won this charity shield match before. So tonight is a new history for Negeri Sembilan player and their fans.

Honestly, I don't know where to start. It's been a while since my last review on soccer match. Fans attendance is quite discouraging. Bukit Jalil National Stadium was not on full house today. There is so many empty seated especially on the Negeri Sembilan side which is quite surprising because:
1. Today is weekend holiday
2. Distance from Negeri Sembilan to Bukit Jalil is much nearer than Kelantan to Bukit Jalil

Moving on to the match. Let's do it nice and simple as usual okay? I'll just using points to save your time reading/understanding it.

FIRST HALF

1. Kelantan is a much dominating side for most of the half
2. Norshahrul Idlan Talaha outclass his imported teammate with his calmness in one-on one situasion with the keeper thus scoring a goal with a magnificent body movement. Credit to Mohammed Ghaddar, Lebanese national player for his assist pass.
3. Everything seems doing well for Kelantan UNTIL...
4. Kelantan's defensive line make a mistake which causing a goal from Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona that come from a deflection from Farisham Ismail and sent Khairul Fahmi to a wrong direction
5. From that point, the game seems pretty fair in term of possession
6. First Half, Kelantan 1-1 Negeri Sembilan

SECOND HALF

1. Negeri Sembilan seems to control this game with improvement in each and every position on the field. Every Kelantan attacking moves was easily defeated by Negeri Sembilan defensive line. I would like to point out G. Mahathevan as one of the best player in that match. Exploiting his physical that big and tall, every move from Kelantan seems nothing hazardous anymore.
2. S. Kunanlan is one more man that play very well especially in second half. The one that gets a nickname "Semenyih Express" due to his speedy pace in the field really shows that our local players are also very talented and great quality players. His effort from defending to attacking amuse me.
3. Once again, a goal from Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona make the Negeri Sembilan fans jump off their seats. A decent cross from Tengku Qayyum that get an excellent pass from S.Kunanlan, finished well by Effa Owana header defeating the birthday boy, Kelantan goalkeeper, Khairul Fahmi Che Mat.
4. Negeri Sembilan really gives us an entertaining game tonight with their passes, build up and control. Even though Kelantan holds the possession of the ball, I'd say Negeri Sembilan own the game.

So long for now, I'll leave you all with the full highlight, credit to EPLsoker that always upload Malaysia league videos in youtube.

See you later,
Hasta Luego,
Jumpa lagi.

p/s: Malaysia Super League kick off 10th January 2012, Malaysia Premier League kick off 9th January 2012. Support Malaysian Football!
pp/s: Malaysia Super/Premier League website -> click here
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151: I'm back. With disappointment.

Assalamualaikum kara hajimemashita. Hisashiburi ne?

I'm not intended to make a Japanese entry. Plus, I'm can't even write a simple essay in Japanese. I can just speak a little expression and survival conversation. Back to our topic, it's been over a month since my last entry about my hiatus. Well, it not turns out as I'm expected. I'm never been so non-productive than my hiatus period. Maybe a good excuse is because my mind has set the hiatus time is time to be lazy. Another good excuse is because of the loss of Malaysia football (soccer) Olympic squad to Bahrain. I'm cool if Malaysia lost but what makes it very disappointing was the fact that they're leading by 2 goals and Bahrain playing with 10 men and yet managed to score 3 goals in 6 minutes. Many critics said that it is because of Nazmi Faiz being substituted after having cramps and made the midfield section topsy-turvy (found this word from google translate, hehe). Afterwards, I'm having a problem doing things I supposed or scheduled to do. (The fact that I made the schedule myself, so no authorities.) Here is some of my work I suppose to finish it while in my hiatus. I'm sorry for any inconvenience

1. I would like to apologize to my one of best friend in India, Azim for not finishing your song man...As I said before, the song was done. But I just losing my confidence to sing again, so the song is done but the recording until this moment still not yet recorded. Sorry again man...

2. My story by far since before my hiatus period, is quite long, but within the hiatus period, I just managed to write just A FEW SENTENCES...

That is really disappoint me but, that was past and I definitely cannot turn back time. Let's just look forward and have a better future.

Initially, to "pause" writing is really hard thing to do. Because it is a thing I always do. But when I've get a grip of the hiatus "concept", it is really hard to start to write again. Alhamdulillah, I manage to write this entry, that means I can start writing again.

Until then,
Hasta luego,
Mata ne,
Jumpa lagi.

K-Tea.

p/s: This is Infinitesane's 151st entry. Yeay!
pp/s: Thank you for anybody had sent comments. I really appreciate it. Even some of it seems "fishy". But it still a comment. Any comment are really appreciated. Really.
ppp/s: Can't wait for 15th February. It's really exciting....
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I'm sorry, I'm now on hiatus...

Assalamualaikum and a very good day to all Infinitesane viewers.

As mentioned in the title above, I'll be on hiatus for a few weeks. Unfortunately, there is so many thing going to happen in this week. So, I may be not able to review those events. I'm sorry. Those events are:

1. SEA Games football final (Indonesia vs Malaysia)
2. Olympic qualification (Malaysia vs Syria)
3. Olympic qualification (Malaysia vs Bahrain)

As for today SEA Games football final, I'm not putting my hope too high because Malaysia facing fitness and injury problems on the key players. But I'm not saying I don't want Malaysia lose today, I'm really want Malaysia to win today. But, If it is fated that they lose, I'm not blaming anybody.

I'm off for my (online) hiatus, for being myself to be the best in the world.
Wish me luck,
See you later, Jumpa lagi, Hasta luego, Mata ne,

Sign off,
K-Tea
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I know y'all searching for this...Malaysia Football performance in SEA Games 26

Assalamualaikum and a very good day to all Infinitesane visitors.

It's cloudy day here in my place, how's your day? I know y'all not gonna answer that though.

I've been observing this blog visitors this few days. I notice MOST of the visitors are here by searching entry releted to the Malaysian football players playing in the SEA Games. I'm sorry if you can't find any entry about them in SEA Games. But I hope this entry will cheer you up because I'll review 3 matches relating Malaysia before they playing against Indonesia.
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1st Match: Disappointing match. VS Singapore

Match against Singapore is really disappointing, they're controlling the game but there is no finishing in their attacking. They're attacking well but they are wasting so much opportunities. They are truly deserve a win there but they throw away 2 points. Just to mention, I don't know why Fakri Sa'arani always got a chance to play in Malaysia squad. I know I can't play football well, don't ask me to. I just disappointed with his performance as a national player. Fakri Sa'arani is not showing good potential in the game. What's annoying me the most is he always "dive" and look to referree hoping to get a foul. And let the ball stolen by opponent. WHAT THE HELL!!!Boring game ended with 0-0 result.

Fakri Sa'arani

2nd Match: Satisfying match, can be improved. VS Thailand

Aftermatch; everybody praising Malaysian game against Thailand including our arc rival fans, Indonesia. At least there are still some fans matured enough and be a "professional" fans. I'm glad with that. Indeed they are doing well against Thailand. We all can see that. HOWEVER, we need to not wasting so many opportunities in a crucial game. We can see that Malaysia have SO MANY opportunities, but being wasted. I'm not really mad about that considering Shahrul Azwari still 18 years old. He still manage to make Thailand defense working hard on him. He's fast, good dribbler and bright future waits upon him if he work harder. He just need to be calm and he'll be fine I hope, InsyaAllah.

Syahrul Azwari

Let's talk about the winning goal scorer, Izzaq Faris Ramlan from Terengganu football academy. He suppose to be really good. He's tall, very tall compared to me (haha). He 1.8m height, he is physically good. But lately he is not showing real potential when involving international match. For your information, he scores many goals in the domestic league. That is really puzzled me, why he not as good as in the domestic league? I know he can score and resulting cursing from me. Alhamdulillah, he at last score a crucial awesome goal and get attention from medias from other country. Feels good right? You need to be sharper man, you'll give chills to opponent if you keep sharp and maybe sharper with your physically, you'll be a perfect striker. InsyaAllah.

See how tall he is?

3rd Match: I don't know what's going on but that's not a good game. VS Cambodia

Malaysia win, yeah I know that but players get too complacent against Cambodia. They know they can win and get complacency mingle around them. Malaysia won 4-1, but their performance especially 2nd half is really bad. According to the captain, Baddroll Bakhtiar, their trying to keep their energy. But I don't know, I'm not an athlete, but I thought their next fixture is next Thursday. It mean that they have many more days right to recharge. Maybe their playing safe to avoid injuries. Who know? Or maybe head coach, Ong Kim Swee trying to keep the tigers claw hidden?

Overall, they get their 3 points, but conceded a goal thanks to their complacency.
I just want to say that the 4th goal from Wan Zaharulnizam is cool and beautiful.

Wan Zaharulnizam

Images from: MSN Singapore, footballcrazee88.blogspot.com, malaysiasaya.my, missyaniabdullah.blogspot.com

That's all for now, see you later in the next entry.
Hasta luego, See you later, Wassalam...

K-Tea
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Australia VS Malaysia: Malaysia lacking arrogance

I am now watching Australia against Malaysia in Canberra. And now it is half-time break and I'm really furious with their performance especially Right Back and Left Back. And shall I put it too dumb? It is TOO DUMB. I'm sorry. I know Australia is superior than us, I'm not wanting too much a win, but at least make it not too easy for them.

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Alright, now I've watch the whole match and 2nd half, Malaysia did better but still wasting many chances and opportunities but thank god Mahali being substitute by Zubir Ali and he did his job much better than Mahali, and the formation has changed by playing with 3 defence. Asraruddin played better in center. K.Rueben playing his first cap with a commendable performance. I tip my hat to him. I'm very proud of his national debut. Kunalan also playing with much better performance in the 2nd half. I symphatize with Safee Sali, he is a prolific striker but didn't get much ball. He got one opportunity in the 2nd half but TWO, I said again TWO PLAYER cramping him as they know what he can do in such situation. Wan Zaharulnizam was also play great. He didn't show inferiority upon Aussies player and that pleasing me.

As a conclusion, what I've observed, the most important thing they (Malaysia Football/Soccer team) should gain first is ARROGANCE. Yeah I said it, ARROGANCE. They CANNOT play with an inferiority mentality. If they cannot changed that, I think we'll need many more years for our national squad to shine in the world stage. Fortunately, our U23 squad already have some arrogance in them. Just look at Wan Zaharulnizam, Zubir Ali and 3 player playing for Vion FC in Slovakia, they show their confidence against player with much better in term of physical and they can play well. Please count Mahali out. He is disappointing in these day performance. Last time he played well was in the AFF tournament. They CANNOT AND MUST STOP playing with a mentality "they're much better side than us". Whoever they're facing even Spanish, they should have a mentality of "We are better side than them". Even we know they are much better then us. But we must convince ourselves that we are better than them.

Before I close this entry, I would like to share my brothers opinion about Malaysian player.
1. Please find experience and go overseas if they got opportunity, Safee Sali is married, still very eager to play at more competative and better league. Some of our player, after married, didn't have any intention to play overseas. Just look at Safee Sali quality, he is moving and leaving other player in Malaysia in term of quality.
2. Norhafiz Zamani Misbah is not anymore suitable to play with this day game pace. He is not bad , but not suitable to play with national team anymore. I would be glad if he prove me wrong.

This is a short entry because it still fresh after match. The match just finished a few minutes as I'm writing this entry. Perhaps I'll make a follow-up entry, or maybe not.

p/s: If this how they performed, I would be worried how we are going to defend our AFF Championship. Thailand playing with Australia in much more competative match (World Cup Qualifier) and end up losing only 2-1. Plus, they manage to steal a goal against them. It show how more solid their team are compare to us. I hope we manage to defend our AFF Championship but I will not hoping too much if they still don't have much arrogance and superiority against any opponent.

With that, I sign out,
Wassalam,
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Selangor Steal the opportunities... Mission 33 is alive

Assalamualaikum and a very warm welcome to all Infinitesane visitors.

Have you notice that these few days I'm not online? Well my internet connection have a few problem but Alhamdulillah, so far everything is quite okay.

Amri Yahyah (scored twice against Manchester United) in aerial battle to score goal

I'm pleased today that Selangor, The Red Giant (my state football (soccer) club) manage to go through to the quarter final of the most prestigious cup in Malaysia, the Malaysia Cup. Earlier before the tournament started, Selangor has set their mission to get the title for the 33th times. For the record, Selangor is the most successful team in the history of this tournament, last time win it in 2005, followed by Singapore by 24 times. [Malaysia Cup Wikipedia] So lets talk about Selangor a little then the journey so far for Selangor.

Tonight Result

Group D

I'll start with group D because Selangor is in it. As you can see, the second and the third place are really close. Selangor started this campaign with a loss to the T-Team. Selangor never beat T-Team in Super League this season. The script was same again. Selangor lost to T-Team in the both leg. Then, Kuala Lumpur make it more thrilling after beating T-Team at their home ground. Selangor then manage to get a win to PDRM since it will be embarrassing to not winning to the premier league club. At the fourth fixture against T-Team again in Selangor home ground, they lost again to T-Team and the head coach had decided to resign after embarrassing performance by the once-giant-team in Malaysia. For my opinion, K Devan was a good coach. He brought many championship to Selangor. JUST recently, his tactical has been questionable. Selangor have pool of talented players, many of them are in the National Squad or former National player. But they played really bad. The attacking were not sharp, the defence were so weak, incompetent signing goalkeeper and many more that bring down their pride as a giant in Malaysian football. After K.Devan resignation, I hope they'll do better in the next match. I've seen a better Safiq Rahim tonight as he is freely moving around pitch. In K Devan period, he is not stand up much despite he is National teams captain and awesome playmaker in the squad. Remember his freekick against Liverpool? Yeah, he's the one I'm talking about.

Group A

Next, I will talk briefly about other team/group because I'm spending too much space for Selangor only. Selangor will face Perak as the number one placing in the group stage. Despite suspension of their key player, Perak put up some awesome performance and that should Selangor aware of. Kedah was a champion in 2008 aren't lucky this time after Sabah shockingly played really well in this tournament. They didn't do well in the Super League, and Kedah need to hand over their place in Quarterfinal to Sabah. Kedah have an awesome striking force, UNFORTUNATELY they're sloppy in the defencive side. So they score a lot goals and conceded many goals at the same time.

Group C

The defending champion is on this group. Felda United almost making an upset to the champion after beating them 2-0 but unfortunately, they lost against the premier league team, Sarawak so Kelantan manage to catch up with them and tonight deciding match, Kelantan manage to get their revenge after beating them 2-0.

Group B

Lastly, in Group B Negeri Sembilan, last year finalist manage to be the top of the group, but only with the goal difference. I notice Negeri Sembilan still didn't use their twin power; Aidil Zafuan (defence) and Zaquan Adha (striker). Secret whttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifeapon maybe? Terengganu is in the sechttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifond place will meet Kelantan in the quarter final, that mean Final FA Cup rematch. Kelantan lost 2-1 at that dramatic matchhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif and surely doesn't want that happen again.

That's all for today, what a long entry. This year Malaysia Cup promising a great competition and awesome performance. So, what are you waiting for? Go support your favorite team and support local league. For those who can afford of course.

We'll meet again next time,
Wassalam and good bye.
K.T
p/s: Images from Utusan Malaysia and Futbol 24, video from EPLSoker
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Olympic Qualifier 3rd Round: Malaysia vs Japan, A Lesson to the Fans

Assalamualaikum and a very good day to all Infinitesane visitors.

Yesterday, Malaysian Football Olympic squad takes on Japan side (olympic squad) for the qualifier. Well, as expected, Japan really outdone us. I'm pretty pleased with the defensive line especially Muslim Ahmad. He did a really EXCELLENT job. Mahali Jasuli (pic) always try to play fancy but end up being stolen from possession. The midfielders did well but not at their best, still lacking in passing and always make a passing error. I don't know, they've did better in the past maybe their nervous? Strikers don't have much support, so they mostly running and jogging on the field. No offence. The best chance froom Malaysia is from Fandi Othman after received a brillient passes generated by Wan Zaharul Nizam. But, he take too much time in front of the goal post and I'm not sure what he's waiting for. He just need to shoot the ball into the net as soon as he get the ball because at that time he is UNMARKED AT ALL. But when he takes time, Japanese players started to flocks around him. Maybe he's nervous? For a news report, and about a lesson to the fans, click "Baca lagi" (Read more)

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Report from The Star; Open image in a new tab, and then click at the image again to zoom in.

This is the comment from Malaysia head coach, Ong Kim Swee; Open image in a new tab, and then click at the image again to zoom in.

Easy job...

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Well, as I said, there is a lesson to all football fans in the world. Fenerbahce did it. TFF (Turkish Football Federation) has taken action to the Fenerbahce fans after their crowd causing trouble and banning men to the match. Only women and kids allowed to attend to the stadium. Turns out, 40,000 female and children fans went to the stadium, watch the match and no incident. Honestly, I don't think that action can be done in Malaysia because most of the football fans here are men and most Malaysian does not care about Malaysian League. So, if this action applied to a club or state, who will come to the stadium to watch the match? It will be a big loss.

That's all for now, we'll meet again in the next entry,
Wassalam...
K.T
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