Crushing defeat...

Sports can be fun, but sometimes it can really make you sad... ya, i ain't any 'professional' sportsman or what-so-ever, but the 'crushing defeat' my ping pong team 'tasted' on 29 May 2008 was really a very sad experience. I don't know where to hide myself after the match was over by a scoreline 0-3 (0-3, 1-3, 2-3 by 1st, 2nd and 3rd pairs, i was playing in the 1st pair). Was it a tactical error by me? Lack of luck? Or we just not good enough? I don't know... but i guess from this experience, i know how Sir Alex Ferguson, Rooney and Ronaldo felt in the 0-3 defeat to AC Milan in 2007... 'Sky-high' expectation ended in embarassing crushing defeat. If we have lost by 2-3, probably i will feel better. Anyway, as Jose Mourinho once said 'Almost is nothing', thus i guess there is no difference...

I just couldn't do it when i wanted to do it very much at that 'very' moment... sigh~... really sad about this...

Finally, we did it!

22 May 2008, 6am Malaysia time, Manchester United were crowned the 2007/08 UEFA Champions' League Champion. This success of Sir Alex Ferguson was achieved in even more dramatic fashion compared to 1999. The score was 1-1 after extra time and the game went on to penalty shootout. Man Utd won eventually 6-5 on penalties, with Ronaldo missed the 3rd kick and Chelsea converted the first 4 kicks. When it was down to the fifth kick, Nani converted it to make it 4-4. John Terry from Chelsea just needed to converted the last kick to send the trophy back to London, and when he stepped up to take the kick, Van der Saar dived the wrong way, and at that very moment, all MU fans around the world (including me of course) thought the ball was rolling into the empty net on the right hand post, and to our amaze, the ball hit the outside of post and flied wide. Yes, Terry missed it!!!! Anderson converted the next kick, and so as Kalou. Giggs stepped up and converted the seventh kick, and Anelka held the responsiblity of Chelsea's next kick. Amazingly, Van der Saar guessed the right way and punched the ball away. MU has won the cup this year! Sir Alex Ferguson managed to clinch the cup for the second time under his tenure! And it was nine years ago when he last guided Man Utd to Champions' League victory! It is absolutely amazing and marvellous record for Sir Alex. His 20 major trophies for club over the past 22 years!

I just can't believe that it was 9 years ago when Man Utd did this the last time. Tears of joy inevitably came out from my eyes, signalling the long long wait that every MU fan around the whole has wanted to see over the last 9 years...

It was 9 years ago, but it feels like yesterday

30 April 2008, finally after 9 years of waiting, all Man Utd fans around the world are cheering the fact that the team will appear in European Champions' League final on this coming May 21. It has been a long wait after they last won the Cup under Sir Alex Ferguson in the historic win in 1999. In fact, this will be only the third time in the history of the club that they will appear in the final. What a under-achievement for a club of this size... The names of clubs like Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Bayern Leverkusen, AC Milan, Porto were never be forgotten by any fans which have broken their hearts over the past 9 years at various stage in this pretigious competition. And tonight, we achieved it without the presence of injured duo Rooney and Vidic. And more memorable, the job was done with a stunning solitary goal by Paul Scholes, who missed the final 9 years ago because of suspension. It's certainly a night full of memories, tears of joy, and unforgettable feelings of what we have missed over the past 9 years...

Moscow (the venue of the final this year), here we come!!!



Scholes, the unsung hero of the night. At the age of 33, although clearly the age has caught up with him this season, till the extent i can't resist to have a go at his performance many many times when i was watching MU playing, probably today is one moment i am really proud to see him playing in the team :)... 9 years is really not a short period of time...