Any Malaysian who identifies with Malaysia will be watching the Malaysia-Singapore soccer match right now. It is not really about Malaysia trying to qualify for the next round of the 2014 World Cup. It is just Singapore.<\/p>\n
The first leg was electric although the Malaysia defense was disappointing. The second leg so far is just disappointing, with the exception of the spectacular\u00a0Khairul Fahmi Che Mat. I am at a loss at why he was not fielded down for the first leg.<\/p>\n
The first half of the ongoing game can be summed up in 6 words: shitty offense, shitty defense but great goalkeeping. Like I said,\u00a0Khairul Fahmi Che Mat is spectacularly marvelous. If this were Championship Manager, he could get a rating of 8 out of 10, with others between 4, 5 and 6.<\/p>\n
I hope the second half is different. Malaysia needs at least 2 goals, given in the first leg, Singapore won 5-3. The only good news are that Malaysia has 45 more minutes, obviously, and is enjoying away-goal advantage. The team better make good use of that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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