And the winner is......

Hi Folks,

continuation of the blogging...

MALAYSIA HANGS ON TO THE GOLD MEDAL (FOOTBALL)

Yes, just like the title says, Malaysia won the footbal final of the SEA games which was in Jakarta against Indonesia.

It was a very intense and exciting game.  Two teams battling it out with Indonesia scored first and later came back to equalize and make it a tie. 

Of course it went into overtime and still scorelss.  Then as expected the penalty shootout.  Personally, when it came to penalty shootout, it will be battle of survival and that is the goalkeeper for both teams.

Malaysia won by the penalty shootout with a 5-4 over Indonesia and of course the hero of the game is our goalkeeper, Khairul Fahmi the saviour!!

No doubt, both teams played well, but just couldn't score or take the chance to score during the extra time.

In conclusion, Malaysia has proved in the region to be one of the top countries especially in football besides squash, badminton, sepak takrwa, lawn bowling, and hockey.  However for Malaysia to really prove it can go all the way in football, we've got to kick some butts like South Korea, Japan, and other countries of higher rank than Malaysia.  No doubt the National Team last night was the 'under 23' category and they prove that they can handle or play in major tournaments.  Given the proper training and international exposure who knows, Malaysia can one day quality in the future World Cup.

The next test for the National Team is the qualifying round for the Olympic.  That is definitely another big test for the Malaysian Tigers!

Cheerios!