UKRV - Ulu Kelang REAL Veterans
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
UKRV Player's Profile
I have uploaded 32 UKRV player's profile thus far. Hanya tinggal Rashidi, Ammar & Hisham. Will try to get their photos this weekend. I should have this section completed by then. Kalau ada sesiapa yang nak tukar gambar (manalah tahu kalau ada gambar sendiri ke ..... tapi kena gambar solo, gambar berdua dengan girlfriend tak boleh terima) atau inginkan saya tambah atau delete info player's profile boleh SMS atau email kepada saya.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Match Report - Venezuela Football Week Tournament
Ah! ..... Venezuela Football Week Tournament to commemorate Venezuela's Independence Day ...... if you can call it a tournament at all ..... more like a Saturday morning friendlies if you asked me. We were told to be there at HKL field by 8.30am but batang hidung organisers pun tak nampak and there was nothing to indicate that there was going to be a football tournament to be held there that morning. We were supposed to have the match fixture drawn at 8.30 am but ........ kena tunggu, punya tunggu, punya tunggu .......
I take my hats off to the team dari Subang Jaya led by their team manager Bathu. They arrived early, 8.15am, saw them at the car park. They were very well organised. They recce for a good spot under the tree, pitched their tents, laid down their tikar plastic and fixed their table & chair DIY style ....... and by 9 am Subang Jaya team were all ready ......... the team were already warmed-up and ready to go and play ball ......... but their opponent pulak belum arrive lagi..... how to play ball lah dei!
Time was 9am, tapi batang hidung organiser pun tak nampak. Orang Malaysia selalu kena kutuk kerana tak keep time, but from the experience of last Saturday, orang Malaysia lebih arif tentang keeping time as demonstrated by the Subang Jaya team. Tak silap saya pukul 9.15am baru organiser tiba. Terhegeh2 pulak tu. Match fixture ke-mana, draw ke-mana .............. entah lah.
We were told that it would be a veteran's game. It was definitely not. Some of our opponents were in their late twenties and early thirties (ada yang rambut bermacam-macam color lagi dan bertindik pulak tu !!!!) ..... but its OK kita boleh terima main dengan sesiapa pun, tapi janganlah bagi tahu kita rules ada age limit, kesian players kita yang below 35 tak dapat main ............
To make matters worse, the match schedule was changed and we had to play our game earlier because one of the team that was supposed to play the first game of the "tournament" weren't complete, tak cukup kuorum...... ada yang belum sampai lagi (imagine that, sudah pukul 9.30am) nama aje orang yang sentiasa keep time ....... maybe depa ni yang dah "Malaysianise" kot !
Anyway we only have ourselves to blame because we weren't exactly ready ourselves pun when we were called to play the 1st game at 9.40am. We were told initially that our game will start at 10am. So we took our time to get ready. Ada diantara kita pun yang lambat sampai ke padang. Yang dah sampai awal pun tak ready. We really need to be serious with our time and to get ready as soon as we arrive on the field. Saya telah berpesan melalui SMS, at least twice before match day, minta pemain sampai pukul 8.30am dan game akan bermula pukul 9am. Tujuan saya minta datang awal is because we need ample time to get ready ......... kan dah OTAI (especially the parents), engine diesel pakai carburettor pulak tu, bukan fuel injection, nak start pagi2 pun susah. Maybe ada kemungkinan tergendala dengan hal2 masing2, maklumlah dah berkeluarga, ada2 saja yang came up at the last minute......... kita merancang tapi ada kuasa yang lebih besar yang menentukan segala2nya.
Anyway, in future, kita semua kena bersedia sebaik sahaja tiba di padang .... kerana in a tournament (bukannya friendly game), anything can happen .... like the last minute change in the match fixture last Saturday, mula2 diberitahu UKRV akan bermain pada pukul 10 pagi ......... tiba2 diberitahu pula kena main 20 minit lebih awal ...... and our unpreparedness to start play was clearly evident in the 1st half of our match against the South Americans. Nampak macam berat aje! Permainan kurang teratur, not like in our normal friendly game.
But we still did manage a 1-1 draw against the South American team, thanks to a well taken free kick by Azhar. But I personally feel that we could have won the game if we were more organised at the start of the game. Bukan bagus sangat pun depa main. 1st half memanglah we were on our back heels. Tapi masuk second half, kita dah boleh berentap dengan mereka. I forget to tell u all, match ini macam main 9 aside, tak ada offside rule.
We only had a 30 minutes rest before we had to play the 2nd game against a team that call themselves Black Eagle Football Club; a team of youngsters ... but UKRV under the guidance of OM, managed to get back to its normal game of play in that match but the opposition proved to be a tough nut to crack. We need to re-assess our front line as we weren't effective in that area of play in that game. But we finally managed to secure a goal through OM's well taken penalty kick that was given as a result of a foul on Amin in the penalty box. It was a grounder to the right side of the goal mouth. The keeper did not have a chance. We won the game 1-0.
We topped group A with the South American team with 4 points each but had to miss out the final due to goal difference. The South Americans had it easy against a depleted Black Eagle FC ........ you see, the Black Eagle players were playing a back-to-back matches as half of them were playing for 2 different teams in the "tournament" (their other team was in Group B). By the time they played against the South Americans after our game, they have already ran themselves to the ground ... and by the time we decided to leave the field of Hospital Kuala Lumpur while Black Eagle FC vs Venezuela match was in progress in the 1st half, the score was already 4-0 in Venezuela's favour.
Well, ini "tournament" pertama kita as a team ........ tapi yang pentingnya, we did not lose any of our matches but we could have won both matches. There are definitely lessons to be learnt, like being on time for a game, for a start. We need to be on time as this would give us ample time to get ready for a match irrespective whether it is a tournament or a friendly match .... otherwise kita akan merasai babak2 yang serupa semasa 1st half dalam game pertama dengan team dari South America tu.
Tapi yang cantiknya kita dapat adjust ourselves quickly to the situation. Maybe it is due to the experience that we have gained from playing the game in the past. Itu yang dapat memberi kita an edge over our opponents. Our team is strong and is very capable of playing good football and we have it in us to beat the best if we want to...........so what do we want to achieve out of playing together for UKRV? itu semua sendiri mau tanya lah!
Tahniah to all the players for showing a 100% commitments on the field, main bermatian untuk kemenangan UKRV. Thank you for coming and playing for UKRV. We need to keep this up.
Thanks Karu for your support. Datang juga ke padang walaupun injured. Terima kasih Shah kerana kena bergegas dari Rawang menyambut sahutan saya untuk bermain since tak ada had umur; thank you also to Black for volunteering as the linesman and tukang siapkan air untuk pemain2, Rashidi for the logistics and not forgetting Doc Nathan for belanja makan lunch untuk pemain2 di Kampong Baru (saya tak dapat join kerana ada tugas2 Dalam Negeri atas perintah "Menteri Dalam Negeri"...... way to go Doc, may god bless you with more wealth and happiness!
Till the next friendly match, do get fit and stay fit & enjoy playing the game. Click the link below to view the photos taken during the match .... enjoy!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157620496568043/
Monday, June 22, 2009
Match Report - UKRV vs PKNS Football Academy Parents Team
Amidst a slight drizzle after hujan lebat at 4 pm, UKRV players started trickling into UKRC Club house slightly after 4.30pm. By 5 pm most of our team players were already at the club house getting ready for the kick off at 5.30pm. A few though could only make it after the kick off at 5.30pm thus missing on the group photo session.
OM took the players to the field for a warm-up session amidst the slight drizzle. "Saya suka cuaca macam ni" kata Adzrin ...... ya saya faham ..... memang sesuai untuk berbagai jenis sukan. Tapi petang tu kita main bolasepak.
After the warm-up session (rasanya macam dah berlari setengah jam) ..... apa lagi tiba lah masa yang dinantikan, group photo session. Kali ini, Mizei, Shah, Kamil, Rustam and Ali tak sampai on time. So depa tak ada dalam gambar. Mani & Abang Jo ada, tapi segan nak bergambar. Saya pun tak ada dalam gambar, sebab kena ambil gambar. Here is the photo, semuanya handsome2 belaka. Cuma yang pakai baju light blue tu comel.Sesiapa yang berminat, sila hubungi saya ........... berminat nak beli pemain saja !
We kick-off with quite a balanced team of players with Chris, Fauzi, Om & Muhammad at the back and Abdah in goal. Azhar and Karu played in midfield. Bab and Garrett were on the flanks with Shah and Azmi playing in the forward line.
We needed to guage the abilities of our opponents and make adjustments if necessary as this is the first time we are facing them. Generally we had possession of the ball 70% of the time in the 1st half. Play was concentrated in the middle and in the opponent's half. We used the middle and the left flanks in most of our attack. Azhar, our midfield general, distributed the ball well and Karu managed to win and keep possession of the ball in the middle. We had several opportunities at goals with through balls down the middle and crosses from the left flanks.
The 1st goal came quick enough in the 10th minutes through a well taken strike by Karu in the penalty box. It was a simple goal, but a well struck one leaving the keeper well beaten. UKRV dominated play after the 1st goal with endless surge forward by the midfield and the forwards down the middle and the left flanks where Garrett was playing.
It didn't take long for Azhar, our midfield general, to see an opportunity at goal. Azhar had ample time to strike a well taken shot from well outside the penalty area. A well taken goal ................ into the left hand corner of the goal post, leaving the keeper clutching air. Azhar struck the ball with his instep aje ...... power tu bang, from 30 yards.
Saya tak sempat nak ambil gambar kesemua gol2 yang di score pemain kita kerana too excited melihat permainan UKRV....... apa kata orang putih ........... mesmerising ....... (orang melayu kata menakjubkan lah!) .................. pemainan yang penuh dengan skillfull short passing, through passes, sliding tackling, ball dribbling skills, burst of speed macam Ronaldo, keeping tight possession of the ball .......................macam2 ada. Pada hal masa practise, kita main kat padang sekangkang kera aje. OTAI2 UKRV ni memang hebatlah.
Tapi kita terpaksa juga melupakan beberapa "adegan2", "moments of truth" dan "incidents yang mengecewakan", ha! ha! ha! paham2 ajelah. Ianya berlaku ......... mungkin disebabkan kehilangan konsentrasi seperti "tendangan penalty" and situasi "one-on-one" dengan goalkeeper, situasi "open goal mouth" yang "termiss dengan tak sengaja", atau pun juga telah "dikompromi dengan pihak lawan". Tak apa, kita ma'afkan .................. pumping 100 kali bang next training !.
Gol ketiga saya "termiss", kerana terpaksa ke T _ N _ A _ , hari hujan bang, sejuk. Tapi Abang Jo beritahu Bab scored from a free kick. Bagus betul engkau Bab, tiap2 perlawanan engkau score (orang Melaka suka cakap engkau/aku). Right on brother ...... fetish stokin, siap engkau Bab, dah ada peminat di Flickr. Shah added another goal towards the end of the 1st half and the score remains at 4-0 at break time.
So 2nd half line-up pun main sikit punya confident lah. Sudah leading 4-0. Depa enjoy sakan lah. We were so dominant in the 2nd half that it was surprising that we only scored 2 goals. Mana tak surprise ................... banyaknya goal opportunities yang "termiss".
Rustam kept goal in the 2nd half, while the back four consist of Venu, Fauzi, Shariff and Adzrin while Murti, Black, Ismail and Azrul played in midfield. Krishnan and Amin played upfront. Our striker Amin scored both goals in the 2nd half. The first goal was a well executed flick of the ball over the head of the goalkeeper in a one-on-one situation and the other was well struck "on-the-run' kind of ball down the left flank, another typical Amin's goal (catch me if you can defender!). A superb goal. We could have added a third, fourth, fifth goal ............ tapi apakan daya, rezeki banyak tu aje in the 2nd half.
Krishnan missed the spot kick. Pada kebiasannya, Krish ni very precise with his kicking .............. siap boleh place the ball where he wants to. Tapi petang tu dia gugup sedikit ............... tak, dia gugup banyak ! Maklumlah dah 20 tahun tak tendang penalty. Nasib baik bukan "European Cup" final. Kalau tidak sure saya panggil Mr. Perez dan transfer Krish dari REAL Veterans ke REAL Madrid petang semalam.
Jeng ! jeng ! jeng !, then comes the 3rd half and the opponent had to score a goal just when I am playing. What luck ! PKNS FAPT came back at us in the 3rd half. I thought they were going to score a dozen. But we contained them with our back four of Ammar, Shariff, Mizei and Kamil with Abdah again in goal. I postioned myself in midfield (tak ada orang suruh pun, pilih sendiri position tu) with Karu, Raja Radzmi and Chris.
Raja Radzmi has turned into a very skilfull midfielder and has gained much confidence in his play ..... ini bakal jadi midfield maestro dia ni. Nama pun Raja, sahlah tu Raja Bola. If I remembered well, the forwards then was Ali and Hashim. Play was dominated by PKNS in the first few minutes and we were on our back heel during the first 5 minutes. PKNS FAPT took several shots at goal but was well saved by Abdah. The goal had to come. It finally did after about 5 minutes of play.
Tapi setelah kita settle down kita managed to bring play into their half with Raja and Karu getting through balls to the forwards down the middle. Tak boleh main flanks kerana tak ada yang boleh lari. We made some changes with Garrett, Ismail, Azmi & Shah coming in. It somehow had to happen ...................Azmi came running towards the goal after a through pass, the goalkeeper came out, there was a clash of bodies ................. and the ball trickled into the goal mouth. Tahniah MI, finally the goal came, after all the Mi ......sses. Shah then added a goal towards the end of the 3rd half, bringing the final tally to 8 for UKRV and 1 to PKNS FAPT.
But I must take off my hat to PKNS FAPT. With a team that is half of our squad, they were able to last the 3 halves and made some very good play down the flanks. Ariff was superb in the middle for PKNS and their sweeper played magnificently. I tought they played well in the 3rd half and could have scored a couple if not for our good defence and our goal custodian.
Gentlemen, I would say the game was a good warm-up match for this Saturday's game. This Saturday's game would be a real test of our fitness. I think we are already ok with our style of play. It would be excellent if our "midfield generals" dictates the tempo of play and flow of the ball to suit our players ability.
Though we often hear OM, Mizi, Fauzi, Azhar, Garrett, Murti shouting instructions on the field and asking for the ball when helping the others, the rest needs to be a bit more vocal too (me included) and support our team mate who has possession of the ball.
Yang ada ball possession tu, pass the ball to your team mates. Kadang2 kita tak mahu pass to certain players, takut kehilangan bola. Well mistakes made, are mistakes to be learnt. Kalau tak buat mistakes mana nak improve. Yang pandai ajar yang tak berapa pandai. Encourage them and give vocal support.
Ada OTAI2 yang dah lama tak main; mana nak tenguk bola, mana pulak nak tenguk kawan nak pass .........Kita kena bagi confidence kat team mates kita ni. Again yang pandai ajar yang tak berapa pandai. Matlamatnya, get everybody to play well enough to make football enjoyable for us. Kalau dia dah pandai main nanti, senang sikitlah yang dah pandai tadi on the field. Yang tak pandai tu jangan pula memandai pulak and marah bila kena tunjuk ajar, kenalah selalu practise and get fit. Yang mengajar tu, tegurlah dengan bersopan ................ ni bapak budak bang!.
I welcome onboard the new players who had their 1st game last Sunday; Venu Gopal, Ammar and Ali . Hope you had an enjoyable game and don't forget to pay your monthly dues, ha! ha! ha! and keep the UKRV flag flying high and .................that goes to everybody in the team.
Oh! yes before I forget, thank you Rashidi and Abang Jo for the helping hand with the drinks, jerseys, football and match fee collection. I would really feel lost and unable to cope without your help. And also to the player's "Other & Better halves" who came in full force with their children to support their husbands.
.... and thank your to the ever present Aidit ....... walaupun dia mai lambat, tapi dia tetap mai jugak to our game ...
............... and this mesaage is for Chris and Ammar. Please get your wife (or wives if you have more than 1) or your local friends to help you out when you are reading postings in this blog because it is written in a mixture of English and Bahasa Malaysia languages. Hope you guys can bear with me.
Here is the link to the photos taken on match day with PKNS Football Academy Parents Team, enjoy!!!!!!!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157620082630780/
OM took the players to the field for a warm-up session amidst the slight drizzle. "Saya suka cuaca macam ni" kata Adzrin ...... ya saya faham ..... memang sesuai untuk berbagai jenis sukan. Tapi petang tu kita main bolasepak.
After the warm-up session (rasanya macam dah berlari setengah jam) ..... apa lagi tiba lah masa yang dinantikan, group photo session. Kali ini, Mizei, Shah, Kamil, Rustam and Ali tak sampai on time. So depa tak ada dalam gambar. Mani & Abang Jo ada, tapi segan nak bergambar. Saya pun tak ada dalam gambar, sebab kena ambil gambar. Here is the photo, semuanya handsome2 belaka. Cuma yang pakai baju light blue tu comel.Sesiapa yang berminat, sila hubungi saya ........... berminat nak beli pemain saja !
We kick-off with quite a balanced team of players with Chris, Fauzi, Om & Muhammad at the back and Abdah in goal. Azhar and Karu played in midfield. Bab and Garrett were on the flanks with Shah and Azmi playing in the forward line.
We needed to guage the abilities of our opponents and make adjustments if necessary as this is the first time we are facing them. Generally we had possession of the ball 70% of the time in the 1st half. Play was concentrated in the middle and in the opponent's half. We used the middle and the left flanks in most of our attack. Azhar, our midfield general, distributed the ball well and Karu managed to win and keep possession of the ball in the middle. We had several opportunities at goals with through balls down the middle and crosses from the left flanks.
The 1st goal came quick enough in the 10th minutes through a well taken strike by Karu in the penalty box. It was a simple goal, but a well struck one leaving the keeper well beaten. UKRV dominated play after the 1st goal with endless surge forward by the midfield and the forwards down the middle and the left flanks where Garrett was playing.
It didn't take long for Azhar, our midfield general, to see an opportunity at goal. Azhar had ample time to strike a well taken shot from well outside the penalty area. A well taken goal ................ into the left hand corner of the goal post, leaving the keeper clutching air. Azhar struck the ball with his instep aje ...... power tu bang, from 30 yards.
Saya tak sempat nak ambil gambar kesemua gol2 yang di score pemain kita kerana too excited melihat permainan UKRV....... apa kata orang putih ........... mesmerising ....... (orang melayu kata menakjubkan lah!) .................. pemainan yang penuh dengan skillfull short passing, through passes, sliding tackling, ball dribbling skills, burst of speed macam Ronaldo, keeping tight possession of the ball .......................macam2 ada. Pada hal masa practise, kita main kat padang sekangkang kera aje. OTAI2 UKRV ni memang hebatlah.
Tapi kita terpaksa juga melupakan beberapa "adegan2", "moments of truth" dan "incidents yang mengecewakan", ha! ha! ha! paham2 ajelah. Ianya berlaku ......... mungkin disebabkan kehilangan konsentrasi seperti "tendangan penalty" and situasi "one-on-one" dengan goalkeeper, situasi "open goal mouth" yang "termiss dengan tak sengaja", atau pun juga telah "dikompromi dengan pihak lawan". Tak apa, kita ma'afkan .................. pumping 100 kali bang next training !.
Gol ketiga saya "termiss", kerana terpaksa ke T _ N _ A _ , hari hujan bang, sejuk. Tapi Abang Jo beritahu Bab scored from a free kick. Bagus betul engkau Bab, tiap2 perlawanan engkau score (orang Melaka suka cakap engkau/aku). Right on brother ...... fetish stokin, siap engkau Bab, dah ada peminat di Flickr. Shah added another goal towards the end of the 1st half and the score remains at 4-0 at break time.
So 2nd half line-up pun main sikit punya confident lah. Sudah leading 4-0. Depa enjoy sakan lah. We were so dominant in the 2nd half that it was surprising that we only scored 2 goals. Mana tak surprise ................... banyaknya goal opportunities yang "termiss".
Rustam kept goal in the 2nd half, while the back four consist of Venu, Fauzi, Shariff and Adzrin while Murti, Black, Ismail and Azrul played in midfield. Krishnan and Amin played upfront. Our striker Amin scored both goals in the 2nd half. The first goal was a well executed flick of the ball over the head of the goalkeeper in a one-on-one situation and the other was well struck "on-the-run' kind of ball down the left flank, another typical Amin's goal (catch me if you can defender!). A superb goal. We could have added a third, fourth, fifth goal ............ tapi apakan daya, rezeki banyak tu aje in the 2nd half.
Krishnan missed the spot kick. Pada kebiasannya, Krish ni very precise with his kicking .............. siap boleh place the ball where he wants to. Tapi petang tu dia gugup sedikit ............... tak, dia gugup banyak ! Maklumlah dah 20 tahun tak tendang penalty. Nasib baik bukan "European Cup" final. Kalau tidak sure saya panggil Mr. Perez dan transfer Krish dari REAL Veterans ke REAL Madrid petang semalam.
Jeng ! jeng ! jeng !, then comes the 3rd half and the opponent had to score a goal just when I am playing. What luck ! PKNS FAPT came back at us in the 3rd half. I thought they were going to score a dozen. But we contained them with our back four of Ammar, Shariff, Mizei and Kamil with Abdah again in goal. I postioned myself in midfield (tak ada orang suruh pun, pilih sendiri position tu) with Karu, Raja Radzmi and Chris.
Raja Radzmi has turned into a very skilfull midfielder and has gained much confidence in his play ..... ini bakal jadi midfield maestro dia ni. Nama pun Raja, sahlah tu Raja Bola. If I remembered well, the forwards then was Ali and Hashim. Play was dominated by PKNS in the first few minutes and we were on our back heel during the first 5 minutes. PKNS FAPT took several shots at goal but was well saved by Abdah. The goal had to come. It finally did after about 5 minutes of play.
Tapi setelah kita settle down kita managed to bring play into their half with Raja and Karu getting through balls to the forwards down the middle. Tak boleh main flanks kerana tak ada yang boleh lari. We made some changes with Garrett, Ismail, Azmi & Shah coming in. It somehow had to happen ...................Azmi came running towards the goal after a through pass, the goalkeeper came out, there was a clash of bodies ................. and the ball trickled into the goal mouth. Tahniah MI, finally the goal came, after all the Mi ......sses. Shah then added a goal towards the end of the 3rd half, bringing the final tally to 8 for UKRV and 1 to PKNS FAPT.
But I must take off my hat to PKNS FAPT. With a team that is half of our squad, they were able to last the 3 halves and made some very good play down the flanks. Ariff was superb in the middle for PKNS and their sweeper played magnificently. I tought they played well in the 3rd half and could have scored a couple if not for our good defence and our goal custodian.
Gentlemen, I would say the game was a good warm-up match for this Saturday's game. This Saturday's game would be a real test of our fitness. I think we are already ok with our style of play. It would be excellent if our "midfield generals" dictates the tempo of play and flow of the ball to suit our players ability.
Though we often hear OM, Mizi, Fauzi, Azhar, Garrett, Murti shouting instructions on the field and asking for the ball when helping the others, the rest needs to be a bit more vocal too (me included) and support our team mate who has possession of the ball.
Yang ada ball possession tu, pass the ball to your team mates. Kadang2 kita tak mahu pass to certain players, takut kehilangan bola. Well mistakes made, are mistakes to be learnt. Kalau tak buat mistakes mana nak improve. Yang pandai ajar yang tak berapa pandai. Encourage them and give vocal support.
Ada OTAI2 yang dah lama tak main; mana nak tenguk bola, mana pulak nak tenguk kawan nak pass .........Kita kena bagi confidence kat team mates kita ni. Again yang pandai ajar yang tak berapa pandai. Matlamatnya, get everybody to play well enough to make football enjoyable for us. Kalau dia dah pandai main nanti, senang sikitlah yang dah pandai tadi on the field. Yang tak pandai tu jangan pula memandai pulak and marah bila kena tunjuk ajar, kenalah selalu practise and get fit. Yang mengajar tu, tegurlah dengan bersopan ................ ni bapak budak bang!.
I welcome onboard the new players who had their 1st game last Sunday; Venu Gopal, Ammar and Ali . Hope you had an enjoyable game and don't forget to pay your monthly dues, ha! ha! ha! and keep the UKRV flag flying high and .................that goes to everybody in the team.
Oh! yes before I forget, thank you Rashidi and Abang Jo for the helping hand with the drinks, jerseys, football and match fee collection. I would really feel lost and unable to cope without your help. And also to the player's "Other & Better halves" who came in full force with their children to support their husbands.
.... and thank your to the ever present Aidit ....... walaupun dia mai lambat, tapi dia tetap mai jugak to our game ...
............... and this mesaage is for Chris and Ammar. Please get your wife (or wives if you have more than 1) or your local friends to help you out when you are reading postings in this blog because it is written in a mixture of English and Bahasa Malaysia languages. Hope you guys can bear with me.
Here is the link to the photos taken on match day with PKNS Football Academy Parents Team, enjoy!!!!!!!!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157620082630780/
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Match Highlight - UKRV vs PKNS FA Parents Team
What a fantastic turnout by the UKRV players. UKRV sekarang mempunyai 35 "playing" members. Out of 35, two cannot make, 33 players came ...... and guess what 31 played (Abang Jo and Mani could not play because of injuries). Bayangkan 31 orang pemain beraksi dalam 3 halves. Thank you guys for the largest turnout ever ................ and we commemorate it with our biggest margin of victory so far to-date ..... UKRV -
8 and PKNS FA Parents Team - 1.
Saya belum sempat buat Match Report. So untuk tidak menghampakan visitors ke blog ini saya muatkan Match Highlight bersama dengan gambar yang diambil semasa perlawanan petang tadi di link berikut:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157620082630780/ enjoy !!!!!
I will come back later in the week for the Match Report, god willing. By the way, majority of the Team members have agreed with the proposed UKRV LOGO (sila lihat di Blog Header diatas). Apa macam ................ "world" ke tidak?
8 and PKNS FA Parents Team - 1.
Saya belum sempat buat Match Report. So untuk tidak menghampakan visitors ke blog ini saya muatkan Match Highlight bersama dengan gambar yang diambil semasa perlawanan petang tadi di link berikut:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157620082630780/ enjoy !!!!!
I will come back later in the week for the Match Report, god willing. By the way, majority of the Team members have agreed with the proposed UKRV LOGO (sila lihat di Blog Header diatas). Apa macam ................ "world" ke tidak?
Saturday, June 13, 2009
National Open Junior Community Football League 2009
I was there this morning with the Mrs at MBPJ Football field behind A&W to lend my support to the UKRC U11 team who were having their league game this morning against PNKS Football Academy at 9.30am.
Arrived at the field at about quarter past nine. The U11 squad under the charge of coach OM was being given the last minute briefing by the coach when we arrived. The parents whose sons are in the U11 squad turned up in full force to give their support to the team (Mizei, Arin, Murti, Mohammad, Fauzi, Rustam, Black, Aidit and Hashim, some with their "other halves" and siblings ........)
The game with PKNS started as scheduled at 9.30am. UKRC U11 was wearing their blue jersey while their opponent was in red outfit. PKNS toook the game to UKRC in the first few minutes at the start of the game before our U11 boys got to settle down and got themselves organised and come into the game. PKNS was the favourite at the start to win this game but our boys manage to come out on top with a 2-1 win. PKNS must be wondering what went wrong with their team this morning. Maybe their boys got up from the wrong side of the bed this morning.
The UKRC U11 boys played well against PKNS. Unlike in the previous match against KBRB last week, the boys "PLAYED WELL AS A TEAM" this time around. They were able to confine the ball play in PKNS half most of the time. The defence covered the goal area well and did not waste time clearing the ball out of danger quickly. They chase and challenged for every ball well and left the PKNS forwards wondering what they would need to do to break the UKRC defence.
Our forwards did quite well to hold on to the ball especially our no. 9 and 11. They played quite well. However they could have been more effective if more support could have come from the middle of the field. Except for the defence, most of our forwards and midfield players needs improve on their shooting skills and to try to score goals from outside the penalty box when the oportunity arises.
Well, our boys finally had their break late in the 1st half scoring a goal from a free kick just outside the penalty box. It well a well taken and precise free kick and the oppossing goalkeeper could not prevent the ball from going into the back of his net.
PKNS on the other hand have a few good footballer with excellent individual ball control skills, but they lacked teamwork and understanding among the players. But when they clicked as a team on one particular occassion, they managed to score the equaliser. Their goal come midway through the second half. The PKNS move started from the half way line and their winger made an excellent shot at goal from the right side of the penalty box and left our goalkeeper clutching air. It was a momentarily loss of concentration of our defence.
The UKRC U11 team then scored their second goal from a loose ball situation inside the penalty box about 8 minutes before the game ended. After the second goal, our boys managed to take possession of the ball most of the time and the score remained at 2-1 in our favour till the final whistle. I managed to take some photos during the match. I have these photos uploaded at my account in FLICKR. Please click below to view them . To get a full screen view, click "SLIDESHOW". Enjoy!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157619685045550/
The U11 squad played their second game at 12.30pm. They drew 1-1 against YFA, the favourite team to win the tournament. I was not able to watch the game as I have to pick up my kids from British Council. The boys must have done well to draw with YFA.
I honestly believe this U11 squad can go far in this tournament as long as they display good team spirit and excellent teamwork helping out each other in the field. A two hours alternate day practise session per week on the field with particular emphasis on shooting skills, ball control and ball passing skills, free kicks and corner kicks would definitely help the team to perform better in their upcoming weekly matches. Syabas to the UKRC U11 squad for their excellent performance this morning.
For the latest result on the National Open Junior Community Football League 2009 click below:
http://jrleague-malaysia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89&Itemid=89
Our boys played PKNS this morning. The fathers will be playing a firiendly match at UKRC on 21st June 2009. Kickoff is scheduled at 5pm.
Arrived at the field at about quarter past nine. The U11 squad under the charge of coach OM was being given the last minute briefing by the coach when we arrived. The parents whose sons are in the U11 squad turned up in full force to give their support to the team (Mizei, Arin, Murti, Mohammad, Fauzi, Rustam, Black, Aidit and Hashim, some with their "other halves" and siblings ........)
The game with PKNS started as scheduled at 9.30am. UKRC U11 was wearing their blue jersey while their opponent was in red outfit. PKNS toook the game to UKRC in the first few minutes at the start of the game before our U11 boys got to settle down and got themselves organised and come into the game. PKNS was the favourite at the start to win this game but our boys manage to come out on top with a 2-1 win. PKNS must be wondering what went wrong with their team this morning. Maybe their boys got up from the wrong side of the bed this morning.
The UKRC U11 boys played well against PKNS. Unlike in the previous match against KBRB last week, the boys "PLAYED WELL AS A TEAM" this time around. They were able to confine the ball play in PKNS half most of the time. The defence covered the goal area well and did not waste time clearing the ball out of danger quickly. They chase and challenged for every ball well and left the PKNS forwards wondering what they would need to do to break the UKRC defence.
Our forwards did quite well to hold on to the ball especially our no. 9 and 11. They played quite well. However they could have been more effective if more support could have come from the middle of the field. Except for the defence, most of our forwards and midfield players needs improve on their shooting skills and to try to score goals from outside the penalty box when the oportunity arises.
Well, our boys finally had their break late in the 1st half scoring a goal from a free kick just outside the penalty box. It well a well taken and precise free kick and the oppossing goalkeeper could not prevent the ball from going into the back of his net.
PKNS on the other hand have a few good footballer with excellent individual ball control skills, but they lacked teamwork and understanding among the players. But when they clicked as a team on one particular occassion, they managed to score the equaliser. Their goal come midway through the second half. The PKNS move started from the half way line and their winger made an excellent shot at goal from the right side of the penalty box and left our goalkeeper clutching air. It was a momentarily loss of concentration of our defence.
The UKRC U11 team then scored their second goal from a loose ball situation inside the penalty box about 8 minutes before the game ended. After the second goal, our boys managed to take possession of the ball most of the time and the score remained at 2-1 in our favour till the final whistle. I managed to take some photos during the match. I have these photos uploaded at my account in FLICKR. Please click below to view them . To get a full screen view, click "SLIDESHOW". Enjoy!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157619685045550/
The U11 squad played their second game at 12.30pm. They drew 1-1 against YFA, the favourite team to win the tournament. I was not able to watch the game as I have to pick up my kids from British Council. The boys must have done well to draw with YFA.
I honestly believe this U11 squad can go far in this tournament as long as they display good team spirit and excellent teamwork helping out each other in the field. A two hours alternate day practise session per week on the field with particular emphasis on shooting skills, ball control and ball passing skills, free kicks and corner kicks would definitely help the team to perform better in their upcoming weekly matches. Syabas to the UKRC U11 squad for their excellent performance this morning.
For the latest result on the National Open Junior Community Football League 2009 click below:
http://jrleague-malaysia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89&Itemid=89
Our boys played PKNS this morning. The fathers will be playing a firiendly match at UKRC on 21st June 2009. Kickoff is scheduled at 5pm.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Group Photo - Friendly Match vs Subang Jaya Community YFL Parents Team
I have just received the group photo taken at SMK USJ4 after the friendly match with Subang Jaya Community YFL Parents Team .................. enjoy !
UKRV Player's Profile
I am currently documenting UKRV Player's Profile to have them displayed as slideshow on this blog. So far I have managed to document 3 of the players. I would over time add a couple more each day/week. The process would be slow and I would need time to take a good photo shoot of each one of you , edit it if necessary and then write a short bio. I might need to consult each of you if necessary as I would not want to unintentionally divulge any "sensitive" info. Meanwhile enjoy the current UKRV Player's profile. Click on the photo to get a full screen slideshow.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
National Open Junior Community Football League 2009
After Suhail's STA-MILO tennis monthly medal held on Sunday 7th June 2009 at Kelana Jaya Tennis Complex, the family decided to have a snack at A&W Drive-in in PJ. Dah lama tak makan Coney Dog. This A&W Drive-in was my favourite joint ( its still is, A&W yang lain I tak nak pergi, only this one I would go), way back when Federal Highway was a 2 lane road in 1976. Tapi Coney dia dah rasa lain sikitlah and they don't chill the root beer mug like they used to back then.
Anyway, when we arrived there, I remembered that the National Open Junior Community Football League matches were being played at the MBPJ padang behind A&W. After dropping the family off at the restaurant, I decided to pergi tenguk and give support to UKRC U11 boys whom I thought would be playing a game then, around 12.30 pm.
Yes, I was right, I came at the right time. The match against Kelab Bolasepak Remaja Bangsar (KBRB) was in progress. The UKRC U11 team had earlier played against Shah Alam FC and were held to a 2-2 draw. If not for a last minute goal by Shah Alam FC, they would have won 2-1. As I was having the camera with me I decided to snap a few photos of the match in progress with the intention of documenting it in the UKRV blog later on. Click below to view them.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157619469567804/
Our UKRC U11 team is playing in Group A of the competition. They will be playing a total of 22 games on a home & away basis but at the same venue till October 2009. So far they have played 5 matches. They won 2 matches, drew 2 matches and lost their opening match against Kota Damansara. They recorded their biggest win against TTDI 1st Touch with a 16-0 scoreline. I think their opponent need to change their name ........ 1st Touch reminds me of our first date when we experienced our "first touch" ......... For further information on the progress of the league click below:
http://jrleague-malaysia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89&Itemid=89
I will try to provide updates and photostreams of the coming matches on FLICKR provided I am able to attend the future matches. I would suggest that UKRV team members gives moral support to the U11 boys by cheering them on during their matches even though our kids might not be in the U11 grouping. What say you, jadi bang?
Anyway, when we arrived there, I remembered that the National Open Junior Community Football League matches were being played at the MBPJ padang behind A&W. After dropping the family off at the restaurant, I decided to pergi tenguk and give support to UKRC U11 boys whom I thought would be playing a game then, around 12.30 pm.
Yes, I was right, I came at the right time. The match against Kelab Bolasepak Remaja Bangsar (KBRB) was in progress. The UKRC U11 team had earlier played against Shah Alam FC and were held to a 2-2 draw. If not for a last minute goal by Shah Alam FC, they would have won 2-1. As I was having the camera with me I decided to snap a few photos of the match in progress with the intention of documenting it in the UKRV blog later on. Click below to view them.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157619469567804/
Our UKRC U11 team is playing in Group A of the competition. They will be playing a total of 22 games on a home & away basis but at the same venue till October 2009. So far they have played 5 matches. They won 2 matches, drew 2 matches and lost their opening match against Kota Damansara. They recorded their biggest win against TTDI 1st Touch with a 16-0 scoreline. I think their opponent need to change their name ........ 1st Touch reminds me of our first date when we experienced our "first touch" ......... For further information on the progress of the league click below:
http://jrleague-malaysia.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89&Itemid=89
I will try to provide updates and photostreams of the coming matches on FLICKR provided I am able to attend the future matches. I would suggest that UKRV team members gives moral support to the U11 boys by cheering them on during their matches even though our kids might not be in the U11 grouping. What say you, jadi bang?
Monday, June 8, 2009
Match Report - vs NEXT FC (formerly known as Subang Jaya Veterans)
...................well! gentlemens, veterans they are not, but it wasn't a problem to our team of diehard OTAIs, was it? Are we complaining here! Kita menang with 2-1 scoreline didn't we. It goes to prove that you guys are the real "Champions". Fantastic.
I did indicate my surprise to their team Captain Ronald; I told him that it was a veteran's team that we were expecting to play against ............. however the explanation given is that the team of veterans has undergone so much changes recently that they are now called NEXT FC.
Anyway, itu semua tidak mendatangkan apa-apa masa'alah kepada pemain UKRV betul tak? Kita masih mampu mempersembahkan permainan yang sungguh mantap & bermutu tingggi sehingga goalkeeper kita complained yang dia orang kena bayar RM10 match fee tapi tak dapat banyak peluang pegang bola (bukan tangkap ya!) in the 2nd and 3rd half. Tak apa, nanti masa hari practise kita bagi dia orang tangkap & kutip bola banyak2 bila kita practise shooting goals.
Tapi yang pastinya, kesemua pemain kita yang lama tak main football at this competitive level tu telah mula sedikit demi sedikit meningkatkan level of confidence mereka dan "mendisplaykan' (ma'af ya Bentara Guru, betul tak pengunaan bahasa tu?) sekali sekala football skills mereka yang terpendam selama ini seperti body swerve & turn, block and sliding tackle, ball control skills, floating the ball into the 18 yard area from the corner kick etc etc ..................... overhead bicycle kick aje yang belum! Ini Azrin kena cuba dulu. Malaysia boleh bang! Azrin pun boleh! Below is the group photo who played that night. Some are missing though, kerana datang lambat.
Walaubagaimana pun kita perlu stay clean walaupun beberapa kali kita di "ganasi" (especially StevenG, Shah & Amin). It shows you guys are good and the only way they can keep you in check are with all those "dirty tricks". We must stay calm and "toy" around with them. Tapi kita kena juga bermain aggressive jika situation memerlukan kita berbuat demikian. Aggressive does not mean kita main jahat/kotor ....... aggressive means we keep winning the loose and 50/50 ball dan committed to keeping posession of the ball. Body tackle tu biasalahkan, but rampant and tackle with bad intention to hurt should not be tolerated. Let the your Captain take it up with the referee. Kalau it is too much and the referee is "one-sided", we just need to walk off the pitch. No point getting ourselves hurt and in turn trying hard to hurt them. In the end tak jadi main bola nanti.
Coming back to the game; our "hard & tough" Fauzi captained the side in the first half. He commanded play from the back with Mohd, "Bentara Guru" Shariff and Chris forming the back four and Rustam keeping check in goal. And as usual, the 1st half was fast and furious. Ball possession was about equal on both sides. But I personally feel that our midfield was a bit too crowded. We could have spread play a bit more. Murti, Azhar, StevenG and Bab "Veron" was dictating play in the middle with Shah "Rooney" and Azmi providing the "fire power" upfront.
We could have done much better if we have covered both the right and left flanks well and fly in the crosses into their 18 yards box for the forwards to come in from behind and try to score. They did not have tall defenders like when we faced ISKL, so I feel the strategy might have worked well in our favour. We could have StevenG and Bab "Veron" providing the crosses in from the left and right side of the field. They were "holding" tight to Shah and the only way to get them out of that position would be to spread the ball play and lure them to the flanks. Well!, those are my thoughts ................
We finally scored a goal through Bab "Veron", Man!!!!!! what a thumping header. It was a well struck header from a well taken corner kick by "StevenG". The goal came half way through the first half. It was a 'beaut", well done Bab (luckily you cukur sebelum the match lah brother!, kalau ada rambut walaupun 1/2 inchi, the ball might have been deflected above the goal post!). A very well taken header and their goalkeeper was "temporarily blinded" by the reflection of the floodlight on your ........ tolong habiskan sentence ni ya. Tapi malang sekali, gambar tak menjadi, sekali lagi disebabkan light reflection from the stadium floodlight. Anyway it happened at the other end. Next time kena bawa tele lens lah pulak!
Tapi, apa pasal kita punya goal celebration seems to be a very "muted" affair bro??? (maybe dah jadi otai sekarang ni dan setelah score banyak sangat goal pada masa muda dulu ....... dah tak enjoy celebrating the goal yang kita score lagi ke?). Larilah macam kapal terbang lepas score goal tu! Buat "John Travolta" punya stance ke ......... kena createlah goal celebration, bolehlah teman-teman yang kat luar padang ni tumpang sekaki masa celebration tu!
............ boringlah, they had to equalise about 5 minutes later through their "fast" right winger. Itu pun kira "fluke" goal ..... the ball floated into the 6 yard box from the right hand side of the field by their winger; somehow it glanced the back of the head of one of our defender and went into the back of the goal. Our keeper was somewhat out of position, otherwise it should have been an easy pick by our keeper.
The second half saw a new set of players taking the field led by our ever present and reliable "Maestro" Mizi. He did well to organise play in the second half, putting the available players in their right position of play. We spread out the ball play and had several opportunities after breaking through their defence with through balls to Amin ................. had the timing of the through ball been better, we might have score a couple more goals in the second half.
With our backline comprising of OM, Mizi, Nik "Messi" Aziz and Kamil commanding play from the back, we took possession of the ball most of the time, switching play from left to right and vice versa. Raja Radzmi, Karu, Black and Azrin covered the midfield well, while Amin and Azrul provided the forward drive.
The second half saw our second goal scored through a free kick. I knew OM was going to take the kick as it is his favourite distance to shoot for goals (I had the unfortunate experience of facing his kick as a goalkeeper from that distance during the a Parents Team match against UKRC (dia main untuk UKRC masa tu) ................ OM is so precise and accurate from that distance (just outside the penalty box) and angle walaupun ada wall in front of him.
Kita combined the 2 sets of players from the 1st and 2nd half untuk bermain in the 3rd half and made some substitution half way through the 3rd half. In this way we were able give every player ample opportunities to "exhibit" their footballing skills and get use to match play football. Abdah stood in as goal keeper in the 3rd half and Hashim was given a position at the front. Play was mostly done in their half during the 3rd half. Again, we created quite a few chances and came close to scoring a third goal if not for the goal post.
Did you notice that UKRV has slowly turn to becoming a close knit group that can totally espouses camadarie that will forge bonds between the players. The bond among the players has been cleary demonstrated and shown on the field, for example, when a player makes a mistake, macam passing tak berapa betul, saya tak nampak yang lain bising atau menyumpah; sebaliknya saya nampak everybody tolong each other and I sincerely hope this will carry on .......... tapi yang buat mistake tu kenalah belajar tak buat selalu sangat, penat kawan tu bang nak cover!.
It was a good turnout by the team members. Kesemuanya 26 orang turn-up (yang main dan yang tak main oleh sebab yang tertentu). Thank you for your support to UKRV.
Congratulation to all players for the fine display of footballing skills and good sportmanship. I would also like to welcome Kamil (our son's under-11 coach) to the team. Terima kasih saya ucapkan kepada the ever present Abang Jo and Rashidi for assisting me and their invaluable services to the team off the field. Besides Abang Jo and Rashidi, I have decided to rope in the services and Raja Radzmi and Black to help organise and manage the Team. I hope this arrangement is ok with the team players.
Many thanks also to the spouses and their children that were present that night and who has given their undying support they gave to the team and to their beloved other half. Their support has given their other half the passion to play well last night.
Thank you also to you Aidit for your support ........ mana lagu kita? kalau dah ada, boleh bicang dengan Azrin. Azrin penyayi utama kita ....... selain dari bermain di padang, Azrin akan lead the chorus support semasa permainan berlansung.
Some of us stopped at Kinrara/Puchong R&R and had some makan and drinks while reflecting on the game we had. The group includes Mizi & Fauzi with their families; Hashim, Shah, Azrin, Azmi, Black and their kids, Amin, Rashidi, Azhar & me
Meanwhile, you can browse through the photos taken during the game here (just click on the line below):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157619351111455/
Gambar tak berapa menjadi kerana tak berhati-hati dengan "exposure" rate malam hari. Kamera tak boleh bergegar, kalau tidak gambar tak focus ..... jadi blurr. Kena pakai tele lens untuk aksi padang under floodlight conditions. Gambar yang dipaparkan disini boleh di save dalam thumb drive and gi "cuci" di kedai. Tapi kalau ada photo printer sendiri, boleh lah cetak banyak2 and distribute kat kawan2. amal jariah.
We hope to have the next game on Sunday 21st June 2009 di padang UKRC. I will update you on that as we get closer to the date. Till the next match have fun playing the game.
I did indicate my surprise to their team Captain Ronald; I told him that it was a veteran's team that we were expecting to play against ............. however the explanation given is that the team of veterans has undergone so much changes recently that they are now called NEXT FC.
Anyway, itu semua tidak mendatangkan apa-apa masa'alah kepada pemain UKRV betul tak? Kita masih mampu mempersembahkan permainan yang sungguh mantap & bermutu tingggi sehingga goalkeeper kita complained yang dia orang kena bayar RM10 match fee tapi tak dapat banyak peluang pegang bola (bukan tangkap ya!) in the 2nd and 3rd half. Tak apa, nanti masa hari practise kita bagi dia orang tangkap & kutip bola banyak2 bila kita practise shooting goals.
Tapi yang pastinya, kesemua pemain kita yang lama tak main football at this competitive level tu telah mula sedikit demi sedikit meningkatkan level of confidence mereka dan "mendisplaykan' (ma'af ya Bentara Guru, betul tak pengunaan bahasa tu?) sekali sekala football skills mereka yang terpendam selama ini seperti body swerve & turn, block and sliding tackle, ball control skills, floating the ball into the 18 yard area from the corner kick etc etc ..................... overhead bicycle kick aje yang belum! Ini Azrin kena cuba dulu. Malaysia boleh bang! Azrin pun boleh! Below is the group photo who played that night. Some are missing though, kerana datang lambat.
Walaubagaimana pun kita perlu stay clean walaupun beberapa kali kita di "ganasi" (especially StevenG, Shah & Amin). It shows you guys are good and the only way they can keep you in check are with all those "dirty tricks". We must stay calm and "toy" around with them. Tapi kita kena juga bermain aggressive jika situation memerlukan kita berbuat demikian. Aggressive does not mean kita main jahat/kotor ....... aggressive means we keep winning the loose and 50/50 ball dan committed to keeping posession of the ball. Body tackle tu biasalahkan, but rampant and tackle with bad intention to hurt should not be tolerated. Let the your Captain take it up with the referee. Kalau it is too much and the referee is "one-sided", we just need to walk off the pitch. No point getting ourselves hurt and in turn trying hard to hurt them. In the end tak jadi main bola nanti.
Coming back to the game; our "hard & tough" Fauzi captained the side in the first half. He commanded play from the back with Mohd, "Bentara Guru" Shariff and Chris forming the back four and Rustam keeping check in goal. And as usual, the 1st half was fast and furious. Ball possession was about equal on both sides. But I personally feel that our midfield was a bit too crowded. We could have spread play a bit more. Murti, Azhar, StevenG and Bab "Veron" was dictating play in the middle with Shah "Rooney" and Azmi providing the "fire power" upfront.
We could have done much better if we have covered both the right and left flanks well and fly in the crosses into their 18 yards box for the forwards to come in from behind and try to score. They did not have tall defenders like when we faced ISKL, so I feel the strategy might have worked well in our favour. We could have StevenG and Bab "Veron" providing the crosses in from the left and right side of the field. They were "holding" tight to Shah and the only way to get them out of that position would be to spread the ball play and lure them to the flanks. Well!, those are my thoughts ................
We finally scored a goal through Bab "Veron", Man!!!!!! what a thumping header. It was a well struck header from a well taken corner kick by "StevenG". The goal came half way through the first half. It was a 'beaut", well done Bab (luckily you cukur sebelum the match lah brother!, kalau ada rambut walaupun 1/2 inchi, the ball might have been deflected above the goal post!). A very well taken header and their goalkeeper was "temporarily blinded" by the reflection of the floodlight on your ........ tolong habiskan sentence ni ya. Tapi malang sekali, gambar tak menjadi, sekali lagi disebabkan light reflection from the stadium floodlight. Anyway it happened at the other end. Next time kena bawa tele lens lah pulak!
Tapi, apa pasal kita punya goal celebration seems to be a very "muted" affair bro??? (maybe dah jadi otai sekarang ni dan setelah score banyak sangat goal pada masa muda dulu ....... dah tak enjoy celebrating the goal yang kita score lagi ke?). Larilah macam kapal terbang lepas score goal tu! Buat "John Travolta" punya stance ke ......... kena createlah goal celebration, bolehlah teman-teman yang kat luar padang ni tumpang sekaki masa celebration tu!
............ boringlah, they had to equalise about 5 minutes later through their "fast" right winger. Itu pun kira "fluke" goal ..... the ball floated into the 6 yard box from the right hand side of the field by their winger; somehow it glanced the back of the head of one of our defender and went into the back of the goal. Our keeper was somewhat out of position, otherwise it should have been an easy pick by our keeper.
The second half saw a new set of players taking the field led by our ever present and reliable "Maestro" Mizi. He did well to organise play in the second half, putting the available players in their right position of play. We spread out the ball play and had several opportunities after breaking through their defence with through balls to Amin ................. had the timing of the through ball been better, we might have score a couple more goals in the second half.
With our backline comprising of OM, Mizi, Nik "Messi" Aziz and Kamil commanding play from the back, we took possession of the ball most of the time, switching play from left to right and vice versa. Raja Radzmi, Karu, Black and Azrin covered the midfield well, while Amin and Azrul provided the forward drive.
The second half saw our second goal scored through a free kick. I knew OM was going to take the kick as it is his favourite distance to shoot for goals (I had the unfortunate experience of facing his kick as a goalkeeper from that distance during the a Parents Team match against UKRC (dia main untuk UKRC masa tu) ................ OM is so precise and accurate from that distance (just outside the penalty box) and angle walaupun ada wall in front of him.
Kita combined the 2 sets of players from the 1st and 2nd half untuk bermain in the 3rd half and made some substitution half way through the 3rd half. In this way we were able give every player ample opportunities to "exhibit" their footballing skills and get use to match play football. Abdah stood in as goal keeper in the 3rd half and Hashim was given a position at the front. Play was mostly done in their half during the 3rd half. Again, we created quite a few chances and came close to scoring a third goal if not for the goal post.
Did you notice that UKRV has slowly turn to becoming a close knit group that can totally espouses camadarie that will forge bonds between the players. The bond among the players has been cleary demonstrated and shown on the field, for example, when a player makes a mistake, macam passing tak berapa betul, saya tak nampak yang lain bising atau menyumpah; sebaliknya saya nampak everybody tolong each other and I sincerely hope this will carry on .......... tapi yang buat mistake tu kenalah belajar tak buat selalu sangat, penat kawan tu bang nak cover!.
It was a good turnout by the team members. Kesemuanya 26 orang turn-up (yang main dan yang tak main oleh sebab yang tertentu). Thank you for your support to UKRV.
Congratulation to all players for the fine display of footballing skills and good sportmanship. I would also like to welcome Kamil (our son's under-11 coach) to the team. Terima kasih saya ucapkan kepada the ever present Abang Jo and Rashidi for assisting me and their invaluable services to the team off the field. Besides Abang Jo and Rashidi, I have decided to rope in the services and Raja Radzmi and Black to help organise and manage the Team. I hope this arrangement is ok with the team players.
Many thanks also to the spouses and their children that were present that night and who has given their undying support they gave to the team and to their beloved other half. Their support has given their other half the passion to play well last night.
Thank you also to you Aidit for your support ........ mana lagu kita? kalau dah ada, boleh bicang dengan Azrin. Azrin penyayi utama kita ....... selain dari bermain di padang, Azrin akan lead the chorus support semasa permainan berlansung.
Some of us stopped at Kinrara/Puchong R&R and had some makan and drinks while reflecting on the game we had. The group includes Mizi & Fauzi with their families; Hashim, Shah, Azrin, Azmi, Black and their kids, Amin, Rashidi, Azhar & me
Meanwhile, you can browse through the photos taken during the game here (just click on the line below):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157619351111455/
Gambar tak berapa menjadi kerana tak berhati-hati dengan "exposure" rate malam hari. Kamera tak boleh bergegar, kalau tidak gambar tak focus ..... jadi blurr. Kena pakai tele lens untuk aksi padang under floodlight conditions. Gambar yang dipaparkan disini boleh di save dalam thumb drive and gi "cuci" di kedai. Tapi kalau ada photo printer sendiri, boleh lah cetak banyak2 and distribute kat kawan2. amal jariah.
We hope to have the next game on Sunday 21st June 2009 di padang UKRC. I will update you on that as we get closer to the date. Till the next match have fun playing the game.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Match Report (practise match vs UKRC Football Academy U16
UKRV played in the 3rd series of practise matches against UKRC Football Academy U16 team last Sunday 31st May 2009. The match started at 10.45am and ends around 11.45 am. The players who played against an understrength U16 side includes Mizi, Shah, Garrett, Nik, Azmi, Azrul, Chris, Karu, Krishnan, Raja Radzmi, Rustam, Fauzi, Ali Hanafiah (a new player - son playing for U11) and aided by our guest player Michael.
UKRV players yang lain seperti saya, Amir, Ravin, Murti, Abang Jo, Black & Mohammed turut hadzir bersama, tapi tak dapat beraksi kerana we were nursing some injuries sustained in the match against Subang Jaya the previous Sunday. The game ended with a score of 2-1 in UKRV favour with Karu scoring both goals, one in each half.
The whole idea behind this game that we try to have once a forthnight is to give match exposure to our sons in the U16 team. At the same time UKRV , which is basically the parents team, needed this game to keep their fitness in check and have match practise on a football pitch of the actual size (kita hanya boleh main one touch football di 'Wembley'). So hopefully, it would be a win-win situation for both sides. Saya rasa 2 halves of 25 minutes each sudah memadai untuk latihan bersama ini. Lebih dari itu, tak boleh tahan kerana matahari sedang naik, kena standby ambulan pulak !
Di sini saya sertakan gambar saudara sedang beraksi pada pagi itu untuk kenangan bersama ...... sendiri boleh print/cetak lah!.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157619098663660/
UKRV players yang lain seperti saya, Amir, Ravin, Murti, Abang Jo, Black & Mohammed turut hadzir bersama, tapi tak dapat beraksi kerana we were nursing some injuries sustained in the match against Subang Jaya the previous Sunday. The game ended with a score of 2-1 in UKRV favour with Karu scoring both goals, one in each half.
The whole idea behind this game that we try to have once a forthnight is to give match exposure to our sons in the U16 team. At the same time UKRV , which is basically the parents team, needed this game to keep their fitness in check and have match practise on a football pitch of the actual size (kita hanya boleh main one touch football di 'Wembley'). So hopefully, it would be a win-win situation for both sides. Saya rasa 2 halves of 25 minutes each sudah memadai untuk latihan bersama ini. Lebih dari itu, tak boleh tahan kerana matahari sedang naik, kena standby ambulan pulak !
Di sini saya sertakan gambar saudara sedang beraksi pada pagi itu untuk kenangan bersama ...... sendiri boleh print/cetak lah!.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sallahudinar/sets/72157619098663660/
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