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Monday, January 03, 2005
~ 5:37 PM ~
i just watched the TIger Cup semi final leg 2 between singapore and myanmar. though i did not watch the first 80 min of soccer, i continued watching the extra time part. and i was totally disgusted by wat i saw on tv. would u believe me if i said tt i saw more fists, punches, kicking, scolding, fighting, brawling, scowling than football? hard to believe...but it was true. credit should be given to myanmmar for making history by entering the semi finals...however, they should also be condemned on their behaviour. can u imagine a player kicking mud at the referee? a substitue goalkeeper throwing a water bottle full of water at a singapore player from bench side? a player elbowing a singapore player? and many many more....for ur info, myanmar only had 8 players in the extra time...
not only were the myanmar players loosing their cool, so were the myanmar fans. policeman were sent up to the spectator seats as myanmar fans were showing signs of frustration and irritation...to the extent of small rioting.
truthfully speaking, i felt kinda of sorry for the myanmar playing team..those 8 players. into extra time, singapore kicked in 2 goals within 6 min. tehre was no hope of them winning. however, the 8 of them showed gut and determination...the epitomy of the never say die attitude was shown. however, it was the myanmar side bench tt was creating the problems. wat a surprise. the 8 players were just trying to complete the match but the benchside players were really intolerable, disrupting the match by throwing a water bottle at a player. they were the ones who were involved in the brawls when 1 occured...not the 8 players. i felt sorry for the 8 myanmar players. whenever each brawl ended, it was those 8 players tt shook hands wif the singapore players to apologise. here, they had to tolerate the humiliation of a 4-2 defeat and at the same time, they had to apologise for wat their side bench players did. i really feel very sorry for them...a feeling very rarely experienced whenever i watch football.
the singapore side is no better too. i have to admit tt their level of play has improved since the last time i saw them play (due to better imported players...such as Casmir and someone else...), however the way of handling themselves in disputes is totally irrational. sometimes i ask where are their brains? when a player confront u, i think tt the best way to avoid further trouble is just to walk away and not involve urself into a push and then fight game. by involving urself in the fight, u face the risk of a yellow card and then u r suspended frm the finals match which ur team has already cruised into. so, the singapore players tried to show tt not only they could play football, they could fight too....bravo....no credits for them though..
i m oso disgusted by the way the singapore fans were behaving, myanmar was already down wif 8 players, fighting galiantly, and yet, those singapore fans were still booing the myanamr players whenever they had possesion. those fans still had the cheek to sing songs such as "nananana nanananana, hey hey good bye". where is the sense of humility tt singaporeans always claim to have? so i guess tt action has spoken for itself...humility and not being boastful is just all but crap talk. ( no offence to anyone though..just expressing my thoughts). perhaps singapore should rememebr the 4-0 defeat 2 yrs ago at the very same place? wat were the fans doing then? they kept silent....so now after they have entered the finals, they can jeer at others?
even if singapore wins the Tiger Cup, there is nothing to be proud of as though they may have won the honours, they still lack in sportsmanship. in fact, i wonder whether the win, or the brawls tt they went thru will be in the limelight. as for now, Tiger Cup is an ugly game tt pales so much in comparison to the UEFA cup and EPL.
Tiger Cup has lost it's respect, glory and meaning. there is no pride in fighting wif punches just for a silver cup...really....
