Iraq + Malaysia + Footbal!
A heartiest congratulations to Iraq.They’re in the finals of the Asian Cup. The Asian cup is co-hosted by 4 nations (Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam). Now this is the sad part for us, We’re a far richer country than Iraq, our footballers train in peace and in better facilities yet we lost a miserable 1-5 to China and a humiliating 0-5 to Uzbekistan.
Did we win at all? Nope, Okay, then what was our best result? Our ‘best’ result was a ‘magnificient’ 0-2 defeat to Iran. No surprises then that we are at the bottom of our group (Group C). In Group A (Same group as Iraq), Australia and Thailand both have 4 points whilst Iraq has 5 points making it the best among equals.So in another words, Iraq footballers are as good as (if not better than) the Aussies and the Thais.
So what sports are we good at, seems to be only 2 at the moment, squash and badminton. In that light, a heartiest congratulations to Rexy Mainaky and his family for getting Malaysian PR. They definitely deserve it.
Politics should be left out of the football clubs and associations in Malaysia. There was a comment I read from one of the blogs I’ve visited, "Only in Malaysia would a politician run to embrace the players, in other countries, players would run and embrace their coach. "
