Renault In Trouble

Ferrari looked stronger & stronger while Renault was nowhere to be seen. That's the conclusion for yesterday's F1 German GP. It won by Schumi & Massa completed a 1-2 finish for the Prancing Horse. Raikkonen who started in the pole position, finished in 3rd. Weird to see Raikkonen went for the 3 pit-stop strategy, anyhow, at least he was on the podium. So, where were both 2 Renaults? Alonso finished in 5th while Fisichella finished in 6th. It could be worse actually. If there were no failure & the luck with them, I think Ralf, Webber, Barrichello & De La Rosa could finish ahead of both Renaults. But, that didn't happen. Lucky Renault..

In squash, we saw our own Nicol David beat Tania Bailey 9-4, 9-6, 2-9, 5-9, 9-3 in the CIMB Malaysian Open title at the National Squash Centre in Bukit Jalil yesterday. From the result, I guess it was a tough game for Nicol. It was a memorable tournament as Nicol regained her World No 1 ranking on Friday after No 1 Vanessa Atkinson of the Netherlands fell at the q-finals to Tania. Hoping more to come from Nicol & other Malaysian athletes..

F1 German GP top 8:

1. M. Schumacher
2. F. Massa
3. K. Räikkönen
4. J. Button
5. F. Alonso
6. G. Fisichella
7. J. Trulli
8. C. Klien

F1 current standing (Drivers - top 10):

1. F. Alonso 100
2. M. Schumacher 89
3. F. Massa 50
4. G. Fisichella 49
4. K. Räikkönen 49
6. J. P. Montoya 26
7. J. Button 21
8. R. Barrichello 16
9. R. Schumacher 13
9. N. Heidfeld 13

F1 current standing (Constructors):

1. Renault 149
2. Ferrari 139
3. McLaren-Mercedes 77
4. Honda 37
5. Toyota 23
6. Sauber-BMW 20
7. RBR-Ferrari 12
8. Williams-Cosworth 10
9. STR-Cosworth 1
10. MF1-Toyota 0
10. Super Aguri-Honda 0

M-Cup Group Stage Wrap Up

4 already booked their places in the q-finals, and yesterday, 4 lagi berjaya layakkan diri to the q-finals. The 8 teams are NS Naza, Terengganu, TM FC, Penang E&O, Perlis, Sarawak, Perak & MPPJ. Congrats to them. The 1st leg of the q-finals will be played this coming Saturday.

However, I'm really sad with the commentators during the live telecast yesterday yang disiarkan menerusi RTM2 & TV9. The RTM2 commentator said something like this, "Perlis & Sarawak sudah pasti mencongak untuk mengelak daripada bertemu Selangor di suku akhir nanti." There's 2 points from that statement that I don't like at all! 1st, the commentator's mentality. Even though both teams already qualified to the q-finals, both teams still hungry for a victory. All teams play to win, right? 2nd, the 'Selangor' factor. Yup, Selangor is the most successful team in our local football history. But, the current Selangor team? I don't think Perlis or Sarawak need to be afraid, they finished last in the Super League!! Kita tukar pula ke TV9, the commentator said, "Saya berdoa agar Selangor layak ke suku akhir, seterusnya berjaya mempertahankan kejuaraan Piala Malaysia." Yeah, another 'Selangor' factor thingy! He pray for Selangor??!! Yes he can if he is Selangor's fan, but not as a commentator. As a commentator, he shouldn't be bias to any team!!! Come on, be professional!!!!!!!

Yesterday's highlights:

M-Cup (Group A) : Selangor 3 Sabah 1
M-Cup (Group A) : Terengganu 3 NS Naza 3
M-Cup (Group B) : Kedah 4 Johor FC 2
M-Cup (Group B) : TM FC 1 Penang E&O 1
M-Cup (Group C) : Perlis 0 Sarawak 0
M-Cup (Group C) : PKNS 2 Pahang 2
M-Cup (Group D) : Perak 0 MPPJ 0
M-Cup (Group D) : Melaka 3 DPMM FC 3

SPL : Celtic 4 Kilmarnock 1
SPL : Dunfermline 1 Hearts 2

F1 German GP : Raikkonen in pole position!

2006/2007 Season Begins

The Europe 2006/2007 football season already began, actually. The 1st round of Intertoto Cup began on June 17, the 1st qualifying round of Champions League began on July 11 while the 1st qualifying round of UEFA Cup began on July 13. But, today, the Scottish Premier League will kick-off, the 1st of the Europe well-known leagues to do so. On paper, again it will be the battle of the 2 Glasgow teams, the Celtic & the Rangers. And again, I'll be on the defending champion Celtic's side!

Yesterday also saw the draw of Champions League 3rd qualifying round. My attention went to Liverpool, although I'm not a Liverpool's fan. The Reds will meet Maccabi Haifa. Hohoho.. Liverpool, kasi belasah sama itu Israel!!!! Other big teams like Shakhtar Donetsk, Valencia, CSKA Moskow, AC Milan, Galatasaray, Benfica, Arsenal & Ajax, I would say have good chance to progress to the group stage.

In our local football scene, the last match of the M-Cup group stage will be played tonight. 4 teams - Perak, Perlis, Sarawak & TM FC already booked their places in the q-finals. NS Naza, Terengganu, Selangor, Penang E&O, Kedah, MPPJ & DPMM FC will go all out tonight to try to get the remaining 4 places.

This weekend's schedules:

1. Malaysia Cup : Group Stage last matches (29/7)
2. Scottish Premier League : Opening matches (29-30/7)
3. Formula 1 : German GP - Hockenheim (30/7)

Fiorentina & Lazio In Serie A

Fiorentina & Lazio will be playing alongside AC Milan in Serie A next season while Juventus remain in Serie B after the federal court of appeal reduced their punishments for their involvement in the sporting fraud inquiry. However, both sides have respectively seen their points deductions increased from 12 points to 19 & 7 points to 11. Juve will remain in Serie B but with a reduced points penalty of minus 17 from minus 30. The court also maintained the decision to strip Juve of their last 2 Serie A titles. Meanwhile, AC Milan's 15 points penalty was cut to minus 8. Their 44 points deduction from the previous campaign has now been reduced to 30, leaving them in 3rd place at the end of last season. Therefore, AC Milan will play in the 2006/07 Champions League, won't they? Hmm...UEFA still discussing lohh..

Landis Won TdF 2006 - The Review

Floyd Landis won Tour de France 2006, beating Oscar Pereiro by 57 seconds. Ahh, another American. Before him, Greg LeMond won in 1989 & 1990 while Lance Armstrong won 7 times, 1999-2005. And yeah, all 3 names begin with 'L', LeMond, Lance & Landis! In this edition, without the greats Armstrong, Ullrich, Basso, Vinokourov & Heras, we saw the battle between Landis & Pereiro. The 1st week of the race saw the yellow jersey had been exchanged among the sprinters & the time-triallists. On July 13, after Stage 11, it was the 1st time Landis worn the yellow jersey. After a successful breakaway in Stage 13, Pereiro took over the jersey from Landis. Before that stage, he was almost 29 minutes behind Landis. Bizarre!!! Landis took back the maillot jaune from Pereiro after Stage 15. The next stage (Stage 16) saw Landis lost 8 minutes from Pereiro who regained the yellow jersey. 8 minutes behind, impossible for Landis to win! But Landis proved the critics wrong. The next day, his Stage 17 victory put him back in contention when he finished 7 minutes faster than Pereiro. Pereiro still kept the yellow jersey but Landis just half-a-minute behind. In the time-trial of Stage 19, Landis who theorically the better time-triallist between the duo, finished 1 & a half minute faster than Pereiro & took back the maillot jaune. It stayed until they all arrived at the Champs-Elysées. Robbie McEwen won the green jersey, his 3rd, as the best sprinter. Michael Rasmussen defended his polka-dot jersey, as the best climber. Damiano Cunego won the white jersey as the best young rider while the best team award went to my favourite team, the magenta T-Mobile!!!

Hayden won the MotoGP US GP at Laguna Seca. His teammate, Pedrosa finished 2nd while Melandri finished 3rd. Rossi The Doctor, didn't finished the race because of mechanical problems.

MotoGP current standing:

1. Hayden - 194 points
2. Pedrosa - 160 points
3. Melandri - 150 points
4. Rossi - 143 points

Today's schedules:

Malaysia Cup (Group B): TM FC vs Kedah
Malaysia Cup (Group C): PKNS vs Perlis

Malaysia Cup Group Stage Game 5

In Group A, only Sabah is out of the contention. NS Naza, Terengganu & Selangor have to battle it out for the 2 spots for the q-finals. In Group B, TM FC & Kedah will play their game 5 on next Tuesday. The match will determine whether TM FC will go through to q-finals & whether Kedah still has a chance to progress. After their defeat last night, Johor FC out of the M-Cup. Group C is the only group that so far already has 2 teams that secured the 2 spots to q-finals which is Sarawak & Perlis. In Group D, the unbeaten Perak is the only team that already secured their place in the next round. MPPJ & DPMM FC will be fighting for the 2nd spot.

Yesterday's results:

Malaysia Cup (Group A): Selangor 2 Terengganu 1
Malaysia Cup (Group A): NS Naza 3 Sabah 0
Malaysia Cup (Group B): Penang E&O 4 Johor FC 1
Malaysia Cup (Group C): Pahang 0 Sarawak 1
Malaysia Cup (Group D): Melaka 1 Perak 2
Malaysia Cup (Group D): MPPJ 1 DPMM FC 1

Barca Signed Zambrotta & Thuram

Arrgghhh!!!! Zambrotta signed for Barca?! I thought he wanted to don the Rossoneri shirt.. And for Thuram, hey come on Lilian....Barca already has Puyol & Marquez. Weird decision by the duo, juz as weird as the planning to build our own sports complex in UK & the planning to have KL-Singapore bullet train service. Sports complex in UK?? I guess we don't have enough land in Malaysia anymore, huh... KL-Singapore bullet train???? Already forgot the 'scenic bridge' issue? Let juz have KL-JB or KL-Penang bullet train service.

This weekend's schedules:

MotoGP: US GP - Laguna Seca

Tour de France (Stage 19): Le Creusot - Montceau-les-Mines ITT
Tour de France (Stage 20): Antony (Parc de Sceaux) - Paris Champs-Elysées

Malaysia Cup (Group A): Selangor vs Terengganu
Malaysia Cup (Group A): NS Naza vs Sabah
Malaysia Cup (Group B): Penang E&O vs Johor FC
Malaysia Cup (Group C): Pahang vs Sarawak
Malaysia Cup (Group D): Melaka vs Perak
Malaysia Cup (Group D): MPPJ vs DPMM FC

International & Local

Real Madrid have agreed deals to reunite Juve's duo, Cannavaro & Emerson with coach Fabio Capello. 2 gone, who's next? Zambrotta? Buffon? Trezeguet? Ibrahimovic? How about players from the other 3 teams like Kaka, Gattuso, Nesta, Pirlo, Inzaghi & Toni? Surely we'll see a clearer picture soon.

Football in Malaysia also panasss with Malaysia is now sit at the 146th place in the latest FIFA World Ranking. It sad to know we're that low in the ranking. But hey!! Did our national team achieve anything lately? No!!!!! Then, we ask, why? For me, there are many reasons such as the players' attitude, the way of selecting players & FAM management. Players' attitude; x payah crita byk, you all know, right? The way of selecting players; Sometimes we saw underperform players had been selected/kept atas alasan 'pengalaman'. Come on!! Apalah sgt 'pengalaman' depa tu, pernah main kat Primera Liga? Serie A? EPL? OK, the last 1, FAM management itself; Juz a simple message for them, step down lah, give others chance to do what you all can't. Sometimes I also curious about the way 'we' approach a tournament. Always we can hear the coach/management says, "This tournament is juz a pemanas badan. Our main target is bla bla bla (the next tournament)..." As a result, we didn't give 100% in the 1st tournament (where we capable to win) & worse, we even didn't rise to our target in the 'main' tournament (where obviously it tougher than the 1st one). Hmm..why don't 'we' approach every tournament with 100% commitment????

Yesterday's results:

Malaysia Cup (Group A): Selangor 2 NS Naza 2
Malaysia Cup (Group A): Sabah 1 Terengganu 0
Malaysia Cup (Group B): Kedah 1 Penang E&O 1
Malaysia Cup (Group B): Johor FC 1 TM FC 2
Malaysia Cup (Group C): Perlis 1 Pahang 0
Malaysia Cup (Group C): Sarawak 2 PKNS 0
Malaysia Cup (Group D): Perak 2 DPMM FC 1
Malaysia Cup (Group D): MPPJ 0 Melaka 1

F1 vs MotoGP

Michael Schumacher won again the French GP at Magny Cours. A totally dominant race by him & the team. Even Massa should ended 2nd in the race but Alonso stole it late, thanks to the genius strategy by Pat Symonds. However, overall the race was still dull as ever. Very hard to see overtaking & the team strategy, as shown by Massa, holding Alonso in the 1st few laps, didn't help at all.

It was a different story at the MotoGP German GP. From the beginning, it was a very tight race. 7 riders (Melandri, Pedrosa, Hayden, Rossi, Roberts, Tamada & Capirossi) were in the 1st group. They stayed together for the 1st half of the race. In the middle of the race, Roberts fell & brought Tamada down with him. 5 left. As the race progressed, Capirossi left further & further behind. Then, just Rossi, Pedrosa, Melandri & Hayden left. Then, we could see many overtaking. Even at the last corner, Melandri tried to pass Rossi. Before the finish line, even Pedrosa tried to pass Hayden. In the end, Rossi The Doctor won, Melandri was 2nd, Hayden was 3rd & Pedrosa finished 4th. An exciting race!!!!!

Wednesday's schedules:

Malaysia Cup (Group A): Selangor vs NS Naza
Malaysia Cup (Group A): Sabah vs Terengganu
Malaysia Cup (Group B): Kedah vs Penang E&O
Malaysia Cup (Group B): Johor FC vs TM FC
Malaysia Cup (Group C): Perlis vs Pahang
Malaysia Cup (Group C): Sarawak vs PKNS
Malaysia Cup (Group D): Perak vs DPMM FC
Malaysia Cup (Group D): MPPJ vs Melaka

The Fate Of The Serie A Clubs

Serie A champions Juventus have been relegated Serie B along with 2 other Serie A clubs, Fiorentina & Lazio at the conclusion of the Italian tribunal into sporting fraud. Juve also was stripped of the their last 2 league titles, from 2005 & 2006. They also will start with a 30-point handicap for the impending Serie B campaign. Also relegated, Fiorentina, who finished fourth in Serie A in May, will start the 2006/07 season with minus 12 points while sixth-placed Lazio join Fiorentina in dropping down a tier & will start the 2006/07 season with minus 7 points. On the contrary, AC Milan escaped relegation (fuhhh...lega!) but will begin their next Serie A challenge at minus 15 points. All the clubs have three days in which to lodge an appeal.

Yesterday's results:

Malaysia Cup (Group A): Sabah 0 Selangor 1
Malaysia Cup (Group A): NS Naza 1 Terengganu 3
Malaysia Cup (Group B): Johor FC 4 Kedah 3
Malaysia Cup (Group B): Penang E&O 1 TM FC 1
Malaysia Cup (Group C): Sarawak 1 Perlis 2
Malaysia Cup (Group C): Pahang 4 PKNS 2
Malaysia Cup (Group D): MPPJ 1 Perak 3

Nothing Much

After the WC ended, there is nothing much to say (I mean, to type). Before focusing on the EPL (haha typical Malaysian me), now I'm focusing on the Tour de France. It's the 1st post-Armstrong-era TdF race. Before the start, the favourites to win the race are Ivan Basso, Jan Ullrich & Alexander Vinokourov. But, because of the ‘Operation Puerto’ doping case, those 3 & several others are suspended. So now, there is no favourite rider, it will be interesting to guess who will win TdF this year. Same as years before, I'll support the T-Mobile team. No Jan now, so maybe Kloden or Rogers can do something..

This weekend's schedules:

Tour de France (Stage 13): Béziers - Montélimar
Tour de France (Stage 14): Montélimar - Gap

Formula 1: France GP - Magny Cours

MotoGP: German GP - Sachsenring

Malaysia Cup (Group A): Sabah vs Selangor
Malaysia Cup (Group A): NS Naza vs Terengganu
Malaysia Cup (Group B): Johor FC vs Kedah
Malaysia Cup (Group B): Penang E&O vs TM FC
Malaysia Cup (Group C): Sarawak vs Perlis
Malaysia Cup (Group C): Pahang vs PKNS
Malaysia Cup (Group D): MPPJ vs Perak

Italy Win The 2006 World Cup!!!!!!

Between Italy & France, I prefered Italy to lift the cup, & they did!!! (Achtung!! Maybe I'm a bit bias in this entry.) Although the victory was decided by the penalty shoot-out, the match was very interesting from the 1st minute. There were many talking points. 1st talking point, Henry fell down to the ground. A worrying moment, remembering the late Marc Vivien Foe incident. 2nd talking point, the penalty that was given to France. Malouda had a slight touch from Materazzi, it was a touch but I didn't think France deserve a penalty kick. 3rd talking point, the penalty kick itself. Zidane scored with a chip that hit the cross bar & went in. Yup, Zizou planned the chip but I didn't think he planned to hit the cross bar. Lucky Zizou. 4th talking point, the Italians' corner kicks. Every time Pirlo crossed the ball, with the like of Thuram, Gallas & Vieira, France still looked so vulnerable, hmmm...why?? Don't forget, Materazzi's goal came from 1 of the corner kicks. The 1st half was well balanced. However, the 2nd half was a different story. It was all about France. Henry, Zidane, Malouda, Ribery, all went for attacks. Hard time for Cannavaro & co. 90 minutes ended with no goal added. The match went to extra time. OK, now the 5th talking point, Zidane head-butted Materazzi in the chest. What was he thinking?! To be fair, maybe Materazzi said something. But a great player like Zizou to do such silly act, unthinkable, unacceptable! The extra time ended & then the penalty shoot-out began. Only Trezeguet missed the kick. Very costly miss, handed the WC to the Azzurri.

Yesterday also saw Federer finally got his revenge, beating Rafael Nadal 6-0, 7-6 (7-5), 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, & at the same time retaining his Wimbledon crown. Fedex, on the grass bole laa..try on the clay tgk!! :P

Yesterday's result:

World Cup (Final): Italy 1 France 1 (5-3 in penalty shoot-out)

Germany Got The Bronze

Germany claimed the WC third place by beating Portugal 3-1. Schweinsteiger scored a brace & he might has a hattrick when his low free-kick diverted into Portugal's goal by Petit for Germany's 2nd goal. Portugal's 1 & only goal also is to be remembered. Figo, on his final appearance for his country, sent over a cross for Nuno Gomes (I think he was also on his final WC appearance) to head past Kahn (he too will retire soon). Now, the finale, Italy vs France. I'll bet on Azzurri to win..but if Zizou & Henry can come with their magical thingy, it will be France...

A bit bout tennis, the 2006 Wimbledon. Amelie Mauresmo won the Ladies' Singles Finals by beating Justine Henin-Hardenne 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Today, Federer will play against Nadal in the Gentlemen's Singles Finals. It's not a clay court, so I guess Federer will win this.

Yesterday's results:

World Cup (3rd-Place Play-Off): Germany 3 Portugal 1

Malaysia Cup (Group A): Terengganu 2 Selangor 1
Malaysia Cup (Group A): Sabah 0 NS Naza 3
Malaysia Cup (Group B): Kedah 0 TM FC 1
Malaysia Cup (Group B): Johor FC 0 Penang E&O 1
Malaysia Cup (Group C): Perlis 2 PKNS 1
Malaysia Cup (Group C): Sarawak 1 Pahang 0
Malaysia Cup (Group D): Perak 2 Melaka 1
Malaysia Cup (Group D): DPMM FC 1 MPPJ 3

Today's schedule:

World Cup (Final): Italy vs France

Near To The End

Arrgghh!!! The last several days I'd been quite busy. No time to watch the WC - the Portugal-France game, no time to update this blog. Anyhow, I'm quite sure the Portugal-France wasn't interesting as the Germany-Italy game. Am I right, huh? And I also quite sure Zizou played better against the Brazilians, than against Portugal. Am I right again? Hohoho.. Ahh whatever lahh.. Belated congrats to the France team for their achievement of reaching the WC finale.

Today, the 2nd last match of the Germany '06 WC will be played. The play-off for third place will see the host team, Germany vs Portugal. Germany will begin without Ballack, Mertesacker & Friedrich. Kahn will replace Lehmann in the goal, maybe to say goodbye, duh! On the other side, the Portuguese will begin without full-back Miguel. Hopefully the Germans will win. Go Deutschland! Ahahaha I suppose not to be bias to any team. Hmmm who cares...!!

OK. Now, local football scene. 8 Malaysia Cup matches will be played tonight, 2nd match for all teams. Still too early to predict which team will go through to the q-finals. A bit tennis news, the 2006 Wimbledon. Today's match will see Amelie Mauresmo vs Justine Henin-Hardenne in the Ladies' Singles Final.

Today's schedules:

World Cup (3rd-Place Play-Off): Germany vs Portugal

Malaysia Cup (Group A): Terengganu vs Selangor
Malaysia Cup (Group A): Sabah vs NS Naza
Malaysia Cup (Group B): Kedah vs TM FC
Malaysia Cup (Group B): Johor FC vs Penang E&O
Malaysia Cup (Group C): Perlis vs PKNS
Malaysia Cup (Group C): Sarawak vs Pahang
Malaysia Cup (Group D): Perak vs Melaka
Malaysia Cup (Group D): DPMM FC vs MPPJ

Italy Beat Germany

2 goals from Grosso & Del Piero carried Italy to the WC 2006 Final. Both goals were scored late in the extra time. Grosso scored the 1st goal in the 119th minute. His curling left-footed shot past the despairing dive of Lehmann from the right side of the penalty box. The 2nd goal was scored by Del Piero when he beat Lehmann from close range in added time at the end of the extra time. Maybe at that time the Germans were already thinking of how could they beat the Azzuri. To be fair to the Germans, they also played well. The match was actually evenly-matched, hard to predict who will go through to the WC Final. After a 90 minutes of hard fought contest, it was still 0-0. Even in the extra time, the action became more entertaining. But in the end, it is the Azzuri who march on to the finale. Although it was Italy who won the match but the Germans should be proud of their achievement. Remember, most of us, including me myself, didn't expecting anything superb came from this young Germany side. They showed they able to reach the s-final! Kudos to both teams since they played very well with both skill & spirit throughout the whole match. An entertaining match! Kudos again!!

Another s-final match will be play today, Portugal versus France. We will see Figo vs Zidane, Pauleta vs Henry, Ronaldo vs Ribery, Deco vs Vieira, Costinha vs Makelele, Ricardo vs Barthez. It's tough to predict who will win...Slight mistake may cause the ticket to the finale.

Yesterday's result:

World Cup (Semi-Final): Germany 0 Italy 2 (a.e.t.)

Today's schedule:

World Cup (Semi-Final): Portugal vs France

Germany vs Italy

Today 2 football superpower nations, Germany and Italy will square off in the first semi-final at the 2006 FIFA WC. Both are 3-time world champions. Germany as usual, looked unconvincing before the WC begins. But when the tournament began, they raise to the fans' expectation, or even above that. On the other side, Italy typically always play defensively. Maybe they seldom show beautiful football but their defensive method undoubtly is the important aspect that brought them to where they are now, the WC s-final. The offensive Germans versus the defensive Italians, who will win????

Today's schedule:

World Cup (Semi-Final): Germany vs Italy

F1, MotoGP & Malaysia Cup

1st of all, no WC bla bla today, sorry!! Ok, last year we saw only 6 cars took part in F1 US GP. Yesterday saw at least 8 cars collided in the 1st two corners of the race. Then, we saw Alonso struggling, very rare to see him struggling this season. Out of the 22 cars that started, only 9 finished it. A great day for the Ferrari team.

Yesterday also saw Dani Pedrosa won MotoGP British GP held at Donington Park. Rossi finished 2nd while Melandri finished 3rd. The Championship leader, Hayden only managed to finish in the 7th spot.

The 1 & only Malaysia Cup match played last night saw TM FC drew with Johor FC 4-4. Yup, 4-4!! I didn't expect 8 goals from that game, but yeah..thumb's up for the strikers.

Same Old Stories

Yesterday's 1st match saw Portugal beat England again, & yeah...Big Phil beat Sven again. It was a familiar tale for England who once again exit a major tournament on penalties. This time, Lampard, Gerrard & Carragher were the culprits. The 2nd match also saw a familiar outcome. Same as in the France '98 finale, France beat Brazil again. Although it was Henry's goal which separated both teams, it was Zidane who was simply sensational last night. Maybe majority of us wanted Brazil to go through. However, with such performance, France surely deserved the victory, Zidane deserved the victory! Ohohoho.....No more Brazil!!!!

Besides the WC matches, 7 Malaysia Cup 1st matches also held last night. Although we are in the WC fever, there were fans who still went to the stadiums to support their local teams. Kudos to them!

Yesterday's results:

World Cup (Quarter-Final): England 0 Portugal 0 (1-3 in penalty shoot-out)
World Cup (Quarter-Final): Brazil 0 France 1

Malaysia Cup (Group A): NS Naza 1 Selangor 0
Malaysia Cup (Group A): Terengganu 3 Sabah 0
Malaysia Cup (Group B): Penang E&O 1 Kedah 2
Malaysia Cup (Group C): Pahang 1 Perlis 1
Malaysia Cup (Group C): PKNS 0 Sarawak 3
Malaysia Cup (Group D): DPMM FC 0 Perak 0
Malaysia Cup (Group D): Melaka 1 MPPJ 4

Today's schedule:

Malaysia Cup (Group B): TM FC vs Johor FC

Goodbye Argentina

Yesterday's clash saw 2 most impressive teams in this WC. It finished with the host, Germany had the last laugh while Argentina had to say goodbye. It finished with a 1-1 draw. Nothing separated both teams in the extra-time. Lehmann became Germany's hero by saving penalties from Ayala & Cambiasso. The 2nd match of the q-finals, Italy vs Ukraine. A goal from Zambrotta & a brace from Luca Toni helped Italy to a convincing 3-0 victory over the Ukrainians. The best performance from the Azzuri, so far. Today, 2 more match will be play. England vs Portugal: Sven vs Big Phil. Brazil vs France, ahhaa..slurrpppp very delicious!!!!

Yesterday's results:

World Cup (Quarter-Final): Germany 1 Argentina 1 (4-2 in penalty shoot-out)
World Cup (Quarter-Final): Italy 3 Ukraine 0

Today's schedules:

World Cup (Quarter-Final): England vs Portugal
World Cup (Quarter-Final): Brazil vs France