I must admit the Laotian football fans were more civilized than the Kelantan football fans.
Honestly I wasn’t interested with the Malaysian football team playing at the Laos 25th Sea Games. It would be the same story all over again and I hate to be disappointed with their performance. Malaysia beat Thailand 2-1? That’s great and they were facing Laos in the semi. Fine, I gave them a chance and I watched that game.
I spared the Maghreb jemaah at the Mosque and I did it alone at home in time for the 2000 hrs live telecast from Vientiane. Malaysia played well and the first goal by Badrol was superb from a scissor kick. The Malaysians held on to the one goal lead until half time. During the second half with eighteen more minutes to full time, the Laotians strike and the score was level. I thought it was finished for Malaysia as the Malaysians players were all pumped out. To my amazement Badrol did it again and from an unbalanced position he managed to swipe the ball into the goal. Malaysian lead again and they shut out the Laotians of any desire to come back by another beautiful goal starting from a run up by the bye line. Malaysia won 3-1. Not bad, after all.
The morale that we can learn here, especially to the Kelantan football fans, the Laotians were very well behaved. They showed true spirit of sportsmanship. There were no chairs been burnt, no smoke bomb, no fire crackers, no missiles being thrown and the Laotian fans exhibited the true spirit of sportsmanship. In a game there bound to be a winner and looser and they took it sportingly. The Security Forces did very little to control the crowd as there was no hooligans. On that aspect I salute the Laotians football fans. Imagine if Laos beat Malaysia at Malaysian soil?
Our Malaysian fans have not learnt to be discipline. Look at EPL games, no fans are seated at the stairways. Here in Malaysia during the case of emergency, we do not know where the stairways are. Who is to be blame? The Stadium Management? I think us, for we ourselves are not immune to discipline and Malaysians just love breaking the law.
I may watch the Final between Malaysia and Vietnam but I must admit I don’t give Malaysia any chance. Only miracle would made Malaysia bag the gold.
Malaysians would be talking about football standard for the next twenty years and the status would be the same unless the people at the helm are willing to part with their glamorous positions and self interest political missions. One upon a time, we used to outplay the Koreans and the Japanese. Where they are now compared to us?
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PakMus you got it slightly wrong as far as the political affiliation of Kelantan and Laos. In making comments of the two entities we have to realise the fact that Kelantan of Malaysia is a free democratic monarchy whereas Laos is a state-guided republic which has dispense its monarchy years ago. Being state-guided socialist republic obviously its regimented. Laos is a close (more of police and army) state which has just open its door to the world lately. So self expression like in Kelantan, Malaysia is rare unless guided by the state. Being first timer and not exposed to the hurly burly of the world that Kelantan has been exposed, you should have noticed that the football terrace seem to be regimented too.
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