Some updates

-The futsal frenly scheduled for last Friday, 22nd June did not happen because only 1 person from the opposing team came...

-Bolasepak 5 sebelah di NPNG, outdoor tournament. Tok Jinjang janji nak masuk, tp terpaksa kensel coz 2 org jer muncul. Kecewa betul NPNG, tp x sekecewa aku. Bob pulak dtg much later, but only to join Bgkai and me to watch the tourney. Aku dijemput oleh Rajan utk main untuk NPNG team coz their main keeper lambat dtg and their backup keeper injured in first game. Aku main in 2nd game (seri 1-1) and 3rd game (kalah 0-3). Last game NPNG bagi walkover. Teams main liga and top 2 masuk final. Seperti dijangka, the finalists were the 2 African teams. Seronok pulak tgk gelagat diorg...Menari laa, celebrate laa, bomoh2 pakai daun laa (voodoo ker?)

Football Friendly, 17th June 2007...Paradise FC 1-1 Tok Jinjang FC (Tok Jinjang FC win penalty shooutout 2-4)

Game di padang MBSA Seksyen 19, Shah Alam. Perfect weather, terrible pitch.

Respect kat team lwn, Paradise FC, coz kul 4.30 dah sampai, 4.45 dah ramai, sumer dah warm-up. Tok Jinjang plak, kul 5 baru ada 3 org...Biasala, nak Asar lagi kan? Tp risau gak coz takut cam minggu2 lepas, x cukup org, so bile aku nampak mamat sorg ni kat tepi padang usha2 jer, aku ajak main sekali...dia pk gak 2-3 kali, tp last2 dia setuju. Sib baik aku bwk boot spare and Bob x dtg...Bole la dia main...Last2 13 org yg main, including mamat ni, Epi namanya...Epi ni bagus gak, biasa klu ada org luar (protege) dijemput , rata2 diorg nak main atas, tp Epi willing to play defend, at leftback. And he didn't disappoint.

First half aku x byk dpt bola, bole duduk2 lagi kat padang tu. Keeper diorg plak, terpaksa bekerja keras...and off a wonderful freekick by Mantek klu x silap, Pakcik berjaya menjaringkan gol pendahuluan. First half Paradise 0-1 Tok Jinjang.

2nd half diorg lagi byk menyerang (wat else is new), tp shots on target diorg x merbahaya sgt. Tp diorg dpt equalize apabila Bgkai terperangkap oleh takungan air yg byk di depan pintu gol dan pemain pihak lwn berjaya mencuri bola dan menonjol & beat aku yg tgh meluru kluar...cis...Pd masa tu, nampaknya momentum lebih kpd diorg. Ada sekali aku dah terlepas bola yg dicross, tp mujurlaa mat salleh tu tutup mata bile nak tanduk dan bola melambung tinggi. Satu lagi insiden mencemaskan, bile aku terlepas bola, tetapi Bgkai ada kat belakang utk clear. Namun clearance dia bole pergi belakang pulak dan kene crossbar dan bola melantun ke luar. Lega...

Sambil tu, kite pun byk gak peluang, tp byk shot off-target including 1 from Pak Lah yg terkene crossbar jugak...adus...So that's how it finished, 1-1. Pas game, diorg suggest main penalti-shootout pulak. Klu up to me, mmg aku ckp x nak, tp setelah berbincang, kita bersetuju. 5 pemain Tok Jinjang yg volunteer ialah, Mantek, Pak Lah, Bidin, Bahau and Bgkai. Eh, Pakcik takde?

Mantek, Pak Lah, Bidin and Bahau all put away their spotkicks emphatically, while I saved their 3rd attempt (IMHO, great save...hehe) and they missed their fourth. So Bgkai didn't have to take his and we won 4-2.

Fakta menarik mengenai Paradise FC. Diorg multi racial, India, Malay and Chinese and also the afore-mentioned Mat Salleh.

Oh ya, bola baru dirasmikan. Hopefully, this one will last longer than the previous ones...

Football Friendly, 10 Jun 2007

Frenly di Pusat Latihan Bank Pertanian Bangi (our new home?), game diarrangekan oleh ref lagi. Lwn all-chinese team.

Hujan lebat sebelum game. Mood pun x best. Esp coz aku x cukup tido and terpaksa tumpang Bob, takut tertido on the way. And org pun x cukup gak...walaupun aku dah import Syam dari Newcastle fan club. So bile game start kita terpaksa import lagi 2 org dari team yg main sebelum kita. Kebetulan mereka pun berbaju oren. Wafi and Jaro arrived during the match.

They scored first off a free-kick. Bukan lawa pun, slow jerk, and aku dgn konfiden nak menangkap. Tapi entah camana, tertampan ke dalam gol sendiri. Cis...Terus Bob ckp, "tumbuk Embi, bola licin". ooo...dah gol baru cakap...

Kita equalized thru Pakcik. Tp opponents kita, yg mmg fit, ada skill and speed (and byk sub) mmg byk menyerang and off another thru ball, they re-took the lead. 1-2 and dat's how it finished at half-time. Sayang gak, coz ada can nak skor lagi. Mantek pun ada can, tp ofsaid pulak, tp dia shoot tinggi gak....hehe...Tp lawan ada gak shoot kene tiang.

2nd half, diorg masukkan keeper yg kabarnya 60 tahun..uish...and diorg terus dgn serangan2 yg bertali arus. Aku mmg byk kene berterima kasih kat Bidin, my Man of the Match, dgn aksi "clearance sale" dia, in both the 1st and 2nd halves.

Tp kiter berjaya gak score gol penyamaan, kurang pasti la macamana bola tu masuk, tp nampaknya the goal was credited to Pakcik again. But aku masih nervous laa coz diorg byk menyerang, guna thru ball and sekali pun diorg x kene ofsaid the whole game! Nasib baik byk shots diorg off target and yg on target aku bole handle. So final score 2-2.

Drama pulak after the game...Jaro tertinggal kunci dlm boot keta. So pas magrib (ujan lebat lagi), kia pegi minum kat Soho (Square) and cari pembaris utk bukak lock keta kancil Jaro.

Lagi satu insiden sedih, bola tertinggal! Adushhh..mintak2 ada laa org simpan.

Popai ada, yg lain takde??

Our regular futsal session kickabout last Friday, 1 Jun x cukup org lagi...4 org jer turun! Nak ajak org lain frenly pun x bole...adusss...

Org pertama dtg after me was Popai and I was shocked to say the least. Pas tu Omaq, then Bgkai. Sian Popai, dah brp lama x turun, time dia turun, org lain pulak x nak turun...