AFC Cup

let me summarise all de 4 matches of de AFC Cup QF.
haha, I didnt watch any 1 of them live but dun worry, i did my homeworks and as usual, I have many sources 2 rely on. representatives frm Spore (HomeU & SAF) & Msia (Perak & Kedah) suffered diff fate :).

scoreline :
Perak 0-2 Safa SC
Dempo SC 1 - 1 Home United
SAF FC 2 - 1 Al Nahda
Muharraq 5 - 0 Kedah

for de 1st match, not much I could hope for coz even be4 de match was kicked-off, I didnt put any hope on Perak based on de probs they are facing off de fields. nt forgetting they only fielded 1 foreign player and injury crisis is troubling them.
ended de match as de loosing side but with a very much respectable scoreline, they deserved some credits. another fact, if u were at de match itself, u could see how much different between de body size of de players from both teams.
and yeah, KJ was taken off as early as de 15th min due to hamstring injury. poor boy. his recurring injury is really troubling him and he is really desperate to regain his fitness as his legs are itching to kick de ball. but honestly, in my view, de coach over-used him coz at 1 moment during de recently concluded Msia League, he was playing amidst de pain in so many matches and I stil remember very well how he complained to me bout de pain he needed to bear during those time. I pity him. recover soon, dude. lookin 4wd to see u soon ;) I miss those gr8 moments during de hols ;)

2nd match was all de way in Hydrabad, India. obviously I was nt there ;) bro.smiley played in de 1st 45. and HomeU took de lead be4 de halftime thru Rosman Sulaiman. wat a surprise scorer. and if I'm nt mistaken, bro.smiley was involved in de set-up of dis goal ;) but not so lucky for them coz that India club equalised few mins be4 de match ended.
but a thing 4 sure, they return to Spore not empty-handed. they bring home 1-point along with a precious away goal as a 'bekalan' for de 2nd leg on 23rd Sept.

3rd match, SAF won so wats de big deal? a comfortable win? oooh no, it is far frm ideal. a very lucky escape ;) 2 SAF players were sent-off and their opposition has an away goal 2 bring home so I'm sure its nt gonna be easy for de warriors in de return leg.
but still, I wish them luck coz they are bringing Spore's flag & pride.

and yeah de last match and it kept me waiting for so long to confirm de final score (elok sgt la kamu tu cik abg kenari) and I was damn shocked and madly surprised. oh come on, I know Kedah was playin against de middle-east team but they r nt that bad to be beaten with that scoreline. I didnt xpect that. tough luck, guys.
but credits to de coach Mr.Azraai Khor for believing in his young players and drafted them in de team, let them play & gave them chance one after another to showcase their abilities. look to de team, most of them are de youngsters like Khyril Muhymeen, Fazliata, Helmi Eliza, Samransak, Fadly Baharum, Sabree Abu & Badrol Bakhtiar. and majority of those on de bench are those in de feeder squad, not de senior team.

I shall end here, it has been a very long entry.
I'll be back with my review on de Champions Lge and other stuffs as well.
stay tune & take care ;)

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