Liverpool Football Club Asia Tour 2011 Malaysia

Signed during their Liverpool Football Club Asia Tour 2011 Malaysia (Malaysia XI vs Liverpool FC). "Whenever we go to Asia, the fans are always amazing," said Liverpool FC captain Steven Gerrard. "The supporters over there are fanatical about Liverpool and it's great that we can give so many of them a chance to come and watch the team play."

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Saturday, July 16, 2011: Liverpool's players line-up for a team-group photograph at the National Stadium Bukit Jalil in Kuala Lumpur on day six of the club's Asia Tour. Back row L-R: Jack Robinson, Raul Meireles, Conor Coady, goalkeeper Brad Jones, Daniel Agger, Andy Carroll. Front row L-R: Jay Spearing, Joe Cole, Jamie Carragher, Charlie Adam, John Flanagan. (Photo by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

Liverpool players line-up before playing a Malaysia XI at the National Stadium Bukit Jalil in Kuala Lumpur on day six of the club's Asia Tour. (Photo by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda)

Charlie Adam scored his first Liverpool goal as the Reds recorded a 6-3 victory over a Malaysia XI in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.

The summer signing from Blackpool marked his full debut for the club with the opener in Malaysia after netting from the penalty spot midway through the first half.

The hosts drew level with a stunning Mohd Safiq Rahim free-kick on the stroke of half-time, however David Ngog's quick-fire second-half double regained the lead for Liverpool before Maxi Rodriguez added a fourth with 15 minutes remaining.

Safee Sali had Kopite hearts in mouths with a late double, but Maxi's late header and a Dirk Kuyt strike ensured the Reds clinched their second pre-season win of the summer.

Adam was handed his first Liverpool start having made his bow for the club in Wednesday's 4-3 victory over Guangdong Sunray Cave in China on Wednesday.

Academy graduate Conor Coady was another debutant in Guangzhou and, having managed to find the back of the net, was handed a starting berth at the sold-out Bukit Jalil Stadium, which was packed with more than 80,000 locals eager to catch a glimpse of their Anfield heroes in the flesh.

With the atmosphere at fever pitch, the action on the field was contested at a more relaxed pace.

Liverpool carved open the first chance of the evening on 10 minutes when Adam's pinpoint pass over the Malaysia defence picked out Andy Carroll in the box. The striker's effort was repelled by the onrushing goalkeeper, Allawee Ramli and Raul Meireles couldn't turn the lose ball goalwards.

Moments later, Adam clipped a free-kick high over the crossbar as the Reds began to threaten the host's goal.

With Liverpool now in the ascendancy, they were awarded a penalty when Carroll was tugged back inside the box by Puttra when attempting to reach another Adam pass.

The Malaysians were aggrieved, but their protests did little to unnerve Liverpool's new No.26, who calmly converted before being asked to re-take by the referee.

No matter, though. Adam retained his cool to dispatch the ball into the back of the net once more.

Meireles then brought a smart stop out of Ramli with a close-range header, but Malaysia drew level three minutes before half-time.

Adam's handball on the edge of the box presented Mohd Safiq Rahim with a shooting opportunity on the edge of the box - and the captain made no mistake with a stunning free-kick that left Brad Jones with no chance.

Buoyed by their leveller, Baddrol Bakhtiar headed wide from a dangerous free-kick before Rahim was inches away from netting his second with another set piece.

Liverpool changed their entire XI during the interval and should have regained the lead when David Ngog was sent clear into the right-hand channel of the box, but the striker could only drag an effort wide of the far post.

Then, Jonjo Shelvey's low free-kick had substitute 'keeper Khairul Fahmi Che Mat scrambling across his line, but the ball bounced wide of the upright.

On 64 minutes, Dirk Kuyt jinked his way into the box and slipped the ball dangerously across the face of goal, although Alberto Aquilani was unable to get a touch to steer it into the back of the net.

It had been all Liverpool since the break, and their pressure finally told four minutes later - although there was a touch of good fortune about the manner in which Ngog netted.

Emiliano Insua's cross on the run looped up off a defender and Ahmad's attempted clearance ricocheted into the path of the Frenchman, who was left with the simple task of tapping home.

However, Ngog required no luck when he fired in a second moments later. Collecting Aquilani's pass, the No.24 strode into the area before firing into the top corner.

The Malaysians were beginning to tire and the Reds took full advantage, with Maxi Rodriguez getting his name on the scoresheet.

Aquilani's threaded pass picked out Insua's surge into the area, and the full-back's low cross allowed his compatriot to steer the ball into the goal on the slide.

But when Sali scored following an error by Martin Hansen with 10 minutes left, the spirits of the home side were lifted and the substitute striker incredibly found the target again to set up a tense finale, but Maxi's late second via a header from Kuyt's centre ended hopes of a stunning comeback for the hosts.

Kuyt himself then got in on the act, blasting home deep into added time to seal a 6-3 win.

The legendary 'Supermokh' Selangor jersey

Tahniah kepada pasukan Malaysia kerana menjuarai piala AFF Suzuki tempoh hari. Diharap pasukan Harimau Malaya dapat mengekalkan prestasi dan mampu bekerja keras lagi bagi mencapai kejayaan yang lebih cemerlang, ini hanyalah langkah permulaan.

Mungkin anda ada menyimpan jersey Fernando Torres, Lionel Messi, Kaka dan sebagainya tetapi jersey berjenama Diadora saiz M ini mempunyai aura tersendiri. Jersey kepunyaan lagenda bolasepak tanahair Allahyarham Dato' Mokhtar Dahari (1953 - 1991) ini telah dihadiahkan oleh beliau sendiri kepada pakcik saya.

Diadora 'Mokhtar Dahari'

Persatuan Bola Sepak Selangor, ditubuhkan 1936

Diadora Italia saiz M

Sahabat saya 'Reza Swiss Made' dengan jersey nombor 10 ini. Hati-hati sikit tarik tu bro!

Sepanyol juara Piala Dunia.

JOHANNESBURG – Sepanyol muncul Juara Piala Dunia pertama di bumi Afrika apabila menewaskan Belanda 1-0 menerusi jaringan Andres Iniesta pada minit ke-166 masa tambahan.

Kedua-dua pasukan terikat 0-0 pada separuh masa pertama.

Tindakan pengadil England, Howard Webb melayangkan kad merah kepada pertahanan Belanda, John Heitinga pada minit ke-109 menjadi detik kejatuhan ‘The Flying Dutchman’.

Sumber: Utusan Malaysia Online 12/07/2010 5:03am

Bicycle Kick starts 24 June

Gelas Rasmi Coca-Cola® Bicycle Kick Piala Dunia FIFA yang ekslusif bermula hari ini. Dapatkannya di McDonald's® sebelum kehabisan stok.

The early days

Source: The Star Online
Friday June 11, 2010

World Cup coverage in Malaysia certainly had its humble beginnings.

While it is common knowledge that Datuk Rahim Razali is the undoubted voice of sports commentary in Malaysia, it still comes as a mild shock to hear talk about the events leading up to the World Cup 1982 and the fate of TV coverage for the tournament back then.

“It (Espana ’82) was on RTM and it was the Malay Mail that started it all. For the first time ever, we tried to get the World Cup matches live and RTM couldn’t get a sponsor ... the paper started a campaign and asked all to come up with the funds and the public responded.

“I don’t think they got the full amount but somebody matched the figure that the public gave,” Rahim, 70, recalled in a recent interview.

During the World Cup ’86, Datuk Rahim Razali was the only anchor in the RTM studio.

“RTM managed to bring it live ... there were lesser games then (52) and the World Cup was finally on television in Malaysia. Before that, the World Cup intrigued many here, and there was speculation that we might have gotten the 1974 edition in Germany. But nobody managed to screen it all live,” he added.

RTM screened select matches from the 1974 and 1978 tournaments.

Compared to the amount of data that precedes and comes after games now, the 1980s and even a good portion of last decade were pretty thin in terms of information. Back in 1982, Rahim’s job in the studio was confined to introducing the games before handing it over to the commentators from abroad – apart from praying hard that there isn’t a video or audio collapse from the source feed.

Four years later – with a cigarette brand on board as the sponsor – the World Cup ’86 in Mexico took off on a bigger scale. The competition in Mexico was also the year filled with Hollywood drama on the pitch and football players starting to behave like celebrities.

It was also a tournament that lingers longer in Rahim’s memory. He was the only anchor in the studio – the only time this had occurred – and the coverage benefited from proper planning.

“The World Cup 1986 was professionally done. Although 1982 started it off, 1986 was on a bigger scale and that was the famous year of the Hand of the God (incident). Diego Maradona was really somebody ... television (vaulted him) into (global) stardom.” – By Nantha Kumar

Tentera Jepon sudah datang menolong kaom-kaom semua

TENTERA JEPON SUDAH DATANG MENOLONG KAOM-KAOM SEMUA YANG DI TANAH MALAYA DAN SERATA DI BENUA ASIA

Tentera Jepon bukan-nya bermusoh sama orang-orang yang di Asia. Musoh-nya orang di Asia yaitu orang-orang English dan American.

Demikian itu jika tuan-tuan dapat menangkap orang English dan American haraplah dibawa mengadap pada tentera kita Jepun dan jika tuan bertemu atau dapat dirumah-rumah-nya harap dengan segara tuan-tuan membri tahu pada tentera kita Jepon.

TENTERA JEPON AKAN MEMBRI SELAMAT DAN ANUGERAH

TENTERA BESAR JEPON

* Tulisan propaganda di atas berasal dari leaflet yang digugurkan dari udara di Malaya pada tahun 1940an, gambar di atas tidak ada kena mengena dengan tulisan ini, hehehe.

FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola Part I

Mungkin ada diantara geng collectors dan bloggers yang tidak berkesempatan melawat FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour oleh Coca-Cola pada 29 Januari 2010 lepas. Di sini saya paparkan gambar yang sempat ditangkap di MidValley Megamall pada hari itu. Daripada disimpan dalam hard-disc ada baiknya saya kongsikan bersama. Bak kata pepatah orang putih, sharing is caring :)

Di sini saya tengah beratur untuk membeli Coca-Cola yang berharga RM2.70 sebotol. Dengan pembelian 2 x botol 1.5L anda berpeluang untuk mencuba nasib di Coca-Cola Refreshment Wheel. Spin the Coca-Cola refreshment wheel to win great prizes! Sebenarnya taklah se'great' mana pun hadiah dia, ada dua hadiah yang boleh dimenangi. 1. Tiket masuk ke Trophy Tour exhibition. 2. Mini Horn Coca-Cola. Mungkin harapan saya terlalu tinggi kerana saya rasa Coca-Cola patut menghasilkan barangan yang lebih menarik, kalau takpun mungkin mereka boleh menjual merchandise World Cup Coca-Cola tapi satu booth jualan merchandise pun tak nampak. Apa-apa pun syukurlah dapat tengok Piala World Cup secara dekat dan dapatlah beberapa biji Mini Horn Coca-Cola untuk dibawa balik.

Kelang Football match in the late 1970's

Sempena meraikan World Cup 2010 yang akan diadakan 11 Jun ini, sekali lagi saya postkan gambar berkaitan bolasepak. Diharap semua rakan bloggers tidak bosan dengan paparan gambar ol skool saya selama ini :) Sebenarnya saya belum berkesempatan mengambil gambar koleksi, InsyaAllah akan saya postkan dalam masa yang terdekat.

Untuk kali ini pula ialah gambar penyokong atau mungkin penganjur sebuah perlawanan bolasepak di Kelang pada lewat tahun 1970an. Kelang merupakan ejaan lama bagi Klang. Perlawanan bolasepak ini telah ditaja oleh Kickapoo Joy Juice. Perhatikan botol jernih/clear Kickapoo masih lagi digunakan pada masa ini bersama dengan botol Kickapoo warna hijau yang lebih baru.

Di belakang kelihatan Volkswagen Type 2 generasi pertama dengan 'split windshield'

Team Royal Crown Cola Berkeley late 1970's

Sempena World Cup 2010, posting saya kali ini menunjukkan gambar Team Royal Crown Cola Berkeley (Kelang) sekitar lewat 1970an. Pastinya permainan futsal belum ada lagi :) Kalau dilihat pada jersey, seluar singkat ala ol skool dan gaya fesyen rambut memang mengerikan tapi 'skill' belum tau lagi :)

Agaknya pada zaman inilah Argentina menjadi tuan rumah kepada FIFA WORLD CUP 1978 yang menyaksikan perlawanan akhir diantara tuan rumah dengan negara susu dutch lady Netherlands. Perlawanan ini berpihak kepada Argentina 3-1. Penerima anugerah Golden Boot pada masa itu ialah Mario Kempes dari Argentina.

Kelang Berkeley Residential Association Organised 5 Games Carnival 1978

Kelang Berkeley Residential Association Organised 5 Games Carnival 1978. Football - Cross Country - Table Tennis - Chess & Carrom. From 1-4-78 TO 16-4-78. Pertandingan 16 hari berturut-turut ini telah ditaja oleh Kickapoo Joy Juice dan Royal Crown Cola, waktu itu minuman isotonik 100PLUS belum ada lagi di Malaysia.

Menteri Belia dan Sukan Malaysia ialah Dato' Samad bin Idris (1978 - 1980). Mengikut prestasi bidang sukan kita pada tahun 1978, Malaysia pernah menyertai Sukan Asia ke VIII di Bangkok, pada masa itu kita hanya mendapat tempat yang ke 12 dari 19 negara yang bertanding. Malaysia hanya memungut 2 emas, kalah satu kedudukan kepada Singapura. Mungkin juga pada masa itu Malaysia Belum Boleh!

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