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After winning a gold medal in previous SEA Games, Malaysia team prove that they really in a right track to bring back the glory of Malaysian football after defeated Yemen at Bukit Jalil Stadium last night.

Final result;

MALAYSIA 1 YEMEN 0
( First half 0-0 )

Badrol Bakhtiar (55)

[ Read more at Manutd in Malaysia ]

I am not really follow this year SEA Games. I don’t know why..maybe I am just too busy lately. After our young Malaysian started this year SEA Games with record breaking win 11-0 against Timor Leste… I am still not convinced with them especially after losing 1-3 against Vietnam in one sided match. However, these guys capability to shock Thailand in their last match only means that they have pride and want to prove something to all Malaysian.

Pride is something that missing in Malaysian squad. We have quality young players but once they losing their pride by ages..then our football future is gone!

As Malaysian footballer in international stage, being a loser is nothing to be shame off. They normally started their career as a loser and end their career as big fat loser. Everytime after losing in each match.. they just accept the result and go home. No need to give an excuse to the press because nobody care.

But.. losing to Vietnam is something that change Malaysian team in this year SEA Games. The good thing in that match – THEY FIGHT & SHOW THEIR RAGE after losing the match. Malaysian players already lose that PASSION long time ago but what happen against Vietnam bring the passion back.

Our own newspaper hit them hard for their behavior. They know that if they come back home early… they will get hit even harder. So.. they play hard to win…this is the missing jigsaw that we called PRIDE.

About the semi-final match against Laos…. there are nothing that shock me. Laos is not a good team and not even close to our squad quality. Got a favorable draw and be in the same group with Singapore and Indonesia. Indonesia never have a good U23 squad before and Singapore also only rely on import players for their national squad. For U23 squad….Singapore was nothing!!

2 goals from Baddrol Bakhtiar in 13th minute and 79th minutes and also the third goal by Safiq Rahim in 84th minutes proves Malaysia was too good for them. Another semi-final match that end up Vietnam thrashing Singapore 4-1 show how unbalance the grouping draw.

Although I don’t think that I have time to watch this Thursday final match against Vietnam but I hope they will continue playing with PRIDE and thinking about how sweet a revenge against Vietnam because it is the only way they can come back with GOLD medal after 20 years in waiting. [ Read more at Manutd Fan in Malaysia ]

FAM should be ashamed about this news..

We have to pay RM250,000 to Zimbabwe in order to bring their squad here and they just send their club team.

Luckily, it is Fifa-endorsed A-international match that might give positive impact in our FIFA ranking!

THE presence of a football clubside from Zimbabwe in Malaysia but trying to pass off as “The Warriors” has caused consternation in both countries.

The Zimbabwe national team are nicknamed “The Warriors” but Monomotapa United FC are now known as ”The Pretenders”.

This Fifa-endorsed A-international match between Malaysia and ‘Zimbabwe’ has serious implications especially for the Africans.

In a bizarre twist, the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) claimed their Malaysian counterparts the FA of Malaysia were aware of the Zimbabweans sending last year’s Premier Soccer League (PSL) champions Monomotapa United FC to Kuala Lumpur.

In a series of emails Mduduzi Mathuthu confirmed speaking to ZIFA CEO Henrietta Rushwaya who said: “The Malaysian FA was made aware that Zimbabwe was sending the local football champions.”

Mathuthu stressed Rodewell Dhlakama is not the Zimbabwean national coach and that the national team players are all in Zimbabwe.

“In fact, Monomotapa do not have any players in our starting lineup for the national team,” added Mathuthu.

Ironically, FAM had earlier rejected Liberia after finding out they were unable to send their national team. Zimbabwe sent Monomotapa United with FAM reportedly picking up the bill and paying an appearance fee.

“The whole episode is shameful. There are serious questions facing football authorities in Zimbabwe and Malaysia. If the FA of Malaysia cancelled Liberia because they were not bringing their first team, how then do they go and get a team lying ninth in the Zimbabwean league?” Mathuthu questioned.

FAM’s Datuk Azzudin Ahmad painted a different picture.

“As far as we are concerned it is the Zimbabwe national team. The acceptance letter even bore the letterhead of their national association (ZIFA),” added Azzudin.

Mailsportlearnt that Rushwaya, in both a letter and an email to FAM, confirmed that Zimbabwe would be sending their national team.

The misrepresentation has cost FAM a bomb. Flight tickets from Harare to Singapore for the team of 20 is estimated at about RM200,000. The bus ride from Singapore to KL is about RM1,200, thus making it RM2,400 for a return journey. The team stayed at a hotel. The stimulus room package sees a double occupancy room costing RM280 per night. That translates to RM11,200 for 10 rooms over four nights. So, this would have cost FAM about RM215,000.

FAM could have been awarded discounted prices for the above rates while it remains unclear if FAM are indeed paying an appearance fee to their guests.

Monomotapa United, nicknamed Monoz, could face sanctions when they return home. According to the NewZimbabwe.comreport ‘Monoz Malaysia trip controversy’ PSL secretary- general Kennedy Ndebele insisted the club’s trip was not approved.

Monomotapa were supposed to play Highway in a PSL match on Saturday.

“As far as we are concerned we didn’t allow Monomotapa not to fulfil their fixture against Highway at Sakubva…we only learnt in the newspapers that they travelled to Malaysia,” Ndebele said.- news by newzimbabwe.com