what i am writing is a little bit outdated. but hey, i am allowed to. i am doing graveyard shifts 5-7 days a week, and not being paid. who have got time to browse youtube or the news.
the my team 2 lads lost to indonesia team. 0-2!how dare them!i am fuming with anger when i found out.
i am not doing any more criticizing. my guess is they have had enough. i cringed when i read harakahdaily.net. there’s definitely some truth to it, no doubt.
but to grant someone a chance of a lifetime; to go board a flight for the first time (for many of them), to walk into the stadium they have heard about and seen so much on tv, to see their heroes played live in front of them, is nothing short of amazing. i applaud the idea. bare in mind these ‘kampung lads’, most of them from humble background, would have never in their wildest dream think this is possible.
but with all the privileges being endowed to them, i think it is not too much to ask of them to deliver. to play beautiful football. to let their aspirations and dreams translate into brilliant defending, precise passings, cheeky tackles and on the mark shot at the goal.but apparently this was not to be the case. sadly.for them, and for all malaysians who dream of a football team that can play in south africa in 2010.(not one that stays at #29 in Asia, for goodness sake!)
well i guess, the lesson of the story is, there is no shortcut. success is not a given. talent doesn’t necessarily translates into victory.
it takes 5 years to train a doctor, no less. and probably that should be the case for footballers too. my team series provide entertainment and realized many young lads’ dreams, no doubt about it. but maybe a football academy is a better answer. not a haphazard 10 weeks training that promises glamour through tv appearance, more than anything else.
