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...