Red's came back

Fernando Torres dan David Ngog berjaya menyempurnakan tugas malam semalam dengan menjaringkan gol kemenangan Liverpool ke atas pasukan Man U. Walaupun bermain dengan 10 pemain selepas mascherano dibuang padang, Liverpool masih mampu menjaringkan gol dan seterusnya membuatkan Alex menggigit jari.

Liverpool mempamerkan satu tahap permainan yang tinggi sehingga pemain ManU tidak mampu untuk berbuat apa-apa dan terpingga-pingga setiap kali mereka menguasai bola. Semangat juang untuk mencapai kemenangan adalah kunci kepada kejayaan Liverpool ke atas pasukan 'kerdil' - ManU.

Walaupun dibantu oleh bola pantai, ManU masih tidak mampu untuk menjaringkan gol. Ini membuktikan kesemua penyerang pasukan ini sudah hilang taring dan perlu digugurkan. Begitu juga dengan pemain pertahanan yang sudah dianggap kuda tua kerana tidak mampu untuk berlari lagi dan apa yang mampu hanya menarik pihak lawan sehingga di beri kad merah - amat MEMALUKAN.

Seperti biasa setiap kali selepas mengalami kekalahan, Alex akan memberi komen yang telah dijangka- Pengadil berat sebelah, pengadil tidak 'fit' dan pelbagai alasan lagi. Bagi 'mereka' yang tidak boleh menerima kekalahan, sejak malam tadi selepas wisel penamat telah mula mereka-reka alasan yang hendak diberi kepada 'musuh-musuh' mereka. Alangkah sedih melihat mereka ini tidak tidur malam dan ada yang tidak sanggup membalas sms rakan-rakan dan yang lebih teruk lagi mereka yang langsung tidak mahu datang ke pejabat.

Aku Bukanlah Superman

Diego Maradona; satu nama yang gah dipersada bolasepak dunia pada suatu masa dahulu. Kini beliau merupakan seorang jurulatih pasukan terhebat dunia, Argentina. Beliau merupakan individu yang telah menjaringkan gol kontroversi semasa menewaskan pasukan England pada kejohanan dunia pada 1986.

Beliau kini sedang menghadapi suatu waktu yang amat kritikal sehingga kerjayanya sebagai jurulatih menjadi taruhan. Pasukan Argentina berada dalam keadaan genting untuk layak ke piala dunia pada tahun hadapan di Afrika Selatan. Selepas kejayaan menewaskan Peru, kini Argentina hanya perlu bergantung kepada diri sendiri untuk memastikan mereka layak secara otomatik ke piala dunia.

Maradona (gambar) meraikan gol kemenangan Argentina yang telah dijaringkan oleh palermo dalam masa kecederaan. Bagaikan dia yang menjaringkan gol, maradona begitu teruja dengan jaringan tersebut sehingga membuat layangan terbang di atas padang untuk meraikannya.

Tahniah sekali kepada Maradona dan Argentina, semua pihak berharap agar Argentina akan memenangi perlawanan terakhir mereka esok menentang uruguay yang juga memerlukan kemenangan untuk layak ke piala dunia. Pastinya perlawanan ini nanti akan menjadi satu perlawanan yang menarik.

Marila kita sama-sama menonton perlawanan ini di siaran astro 811 jam 5.55 pagi esok. Akhir kata selamat maju jaya kepada Argentina.

You will never walk alone...

Prince Faisal could bid for a major stake in Liverpool but has concerns about the club's debt and relationship between its owners, a key aide says.

Co-owner George Gillett will travel to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to hold further talks with the Saudi Royal.

"His Highness's shareholding could go from anything from nought to 100%," Barry Didato told BBC Sport.

"But he cannot be seen as a solution to the debt or problems in the existing relationship between the owners."

The fractious relationship between Liverpool's American co-owners is a concern, though.

"His Highness would not want to get involved in (the problems between the pair), he is not a marriage counsellor," Didato said.

He added that the Saudis has concerns about the high debt levels at the club.

"The debt has to be at a manageable level before Prince Faisal would invest and the current level is high," he said.

"He cannot be looked to as someone who is going to clean up the balance sheet - Gillett has to deal with this."

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/

Don't cry 4 me Argentina

Diego Maradona has threatened to quit as coach of the Argentine national team less than a year after taking the post.

The 48-year-old will hold talks with Argentine Football Association president Julio Grondona after the coming World Cup qualifiers.

"If I continue it will be under my conditions," said Maradona.

Argentina lie fifth in their regional standings with two qualifiers remaining and could face a play-off to reach next summer's finals.

Maradona has come under pressure following a run of poor results including a 6-1 drubbing by Bolivia in March since succeeding Alfio Basile last November.

Three successive defeats by Ecuador, Brazil and Paraguay have left Argentina fifth in the South American standings and in serious danger of failing to qualify for South Africa.

Much of the blame has been placed on Maradona, who has been criticised for a perceived lack of team strategy and selection consistency.

However, Maradona has said he may quit even if his side make the World Cup finals.

Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk

Jamuan raya lagi...

Alhamdulillah, hari ini sekali rakan-rakan di MKM (blok A) bermurah hati untuk menjamu seluruh kakitangan dalam jamuan hari raya. Seperti biasa semua warga MKM berpusu-pusu untuk menjamu selera. Pelbagai juadah disediakan dari pulut, laksa, lontong, lemang, nasi impit, kek dan sebagainya. Apa yang menggembirakan adalah pada kali ini, semua warga kerja tidak mengira pangkat menjamu selera dan bersembang di dalam satu bilik. Tidak ada pengasingan bilik dan juadah berlaku seperti jamuan hari raya yang lepas di IEM.

Dalam kesibukan menjamu selera, terlihat satu perkara yang jarang-jarang berlaku di MKM apabila terdapat pegawai atasan yang tercari-cari tempat duduk dan terpaksa merendah diri untuk memohon kebenaran dari pegawai berpangkat rendah (low class officer) untuk mengambil kerusi yang kosong.

Itulah hakikatnya, tidak semestinya apabila kita sudah berada di atas dan mempunyai pangkat yang tinggi, semua perkara telah disediakan untuk kita. Walaupun ramai yang bergembira, ada juga yang bersedih kerana mungkin jamuan itu merupakan jamuan hari raya yang terakhir untuk beliau sebelum mengundurkan diri setelah tewas dalam perjuangannya. Dapat dilihat ramai rakan-rakan yang duduk satu meja berborak-borak di samping menyusun strategi bagi mencapai matlamat masing-masing.

Apa-apa pun tahniah kepada rakan-rakan yang menganjur jamuan ini, dan tahniah juga kepada sahabat kita En Nusi kerana buat pertama kalinya gagal untuk sampai awal ke jamuan tersebut setelah 5 tahun berkhidmat. Sekali lagi tahniah.

Manchester United & Konspirasinya

Walaupun hari ini ramai yang bergembira bila dapat makan percuma di open house hari raya, namun terdapat golongan yang bersedih. Siapakah mereka? Tentulah penyokong Manchester United. Walaupun megah dengan gelaran diantara pasukan terbaik di eropah namun hakikatnya amat menyedihkan. Jika kita mengimbas kembali beberapa minggu yang lepas pasukan MU ini telah ditewaskan oleh pasukan kerdil yang tidak pernah mengenal erti apa itu kejohanan eropah - BURNLEY.

Semalam perkara yang sama telah berulang, sekali MU tidak mampu utk mencatat kemenangan walaupun berdepan dgn satu lagi pasukan kerdil - SUNDERLAND. Keputusan seri yang dicatat amat MEMALUKAN kerana satu gol disumbangkan oleh adik (gambar) kepada pemain utama MU iaitu Rio Ferdinand. Adakah ini satu KONPIRASI bagi memastikan MU tidak kalah??? Gol dijaringkan pada minit2 terakhir membuktikan lagi KONPIRASI INI.

Adakah MU sudah tidak ada penjaring gol sehingga terpaksa meminta bantuan pemain lawan untuk melaksanakan tugas tersebut???. Ditambah hanya menentang 10 orang pemain setelah seorang lagi bekas pemain MU memainkan peranannya agar dibuang padang bagi membantu bekas pasukannya untuk mencapai kemenangan.

Pihak EPL, UEFA dan FIFA perlu segera menyiasat KONSPIRASI ini agar ia tidak akan berlaku lagi dimasa hadapan.

Bagan Pinang

Pilihan raya kembali lagi...sekali lagi akan menguji kemampuan BN utk memenanginya setelah berkali-kali tewas....kesian Dia

petikan dari Malaysiakini.com :

Mantan Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad tidak akan berkempen untuk calon Barisan Nasional (BN) dalam pilihan raya kecil Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Bagan Pinang.

"Beliau adalah calon parti, saya sokong. Pendapat peribadi saya tidak perlu diambil kira," katanya apabila ditanya sama ada beliau kecewa dengan pencalonan bekas menteri besar Negeri Sembilan Tan Sri Isa Abdul Samad sebagai calon BN, lapor Bernama.

Persoalannya: 1. Mengapa Tun tidak berminat utk berkempen pada kali ini? adakah kerana 'anak' sudah menderhaka kepada 'bapa' sehingga tidak mengambil kira 'pandangan' bapanya?

2. adakah Tun sudah menjangka BN akan kalah?

Magic Touch

Barcelona 2-0 Dynamo Kiev

Barcelona made it four points from two games in their Champions League group after confidently seeing off Dynamo Kiev.

Lionel Messi put the Catalan giants on their way with the opening goal in the 26th minute before half-time substitute Pedro Rodriguez sealed a fairly comfortable victory with Barca's second 14 minutes from time.

Pep Guardiola's side, who drew 0-0 with Inter Milan in their opening match, now take over the Group F leadership from Dynamo, who beat Rubin Kazan 3-1 first time out but were outclassed tonight.

Barca led 1-0 at the break, but they should have been out of sight by that point after creating a series of chances that saw Dynamo goalkeeper Olexandr Shovkovskiy working over time.

Dynamo gave as good as they got in the opening stages but Barca soon started to dominate possession and territory and they made the breakthrough in the 25th minute.

Ibrahimovic was the outstanding player of the first half, but it was Messi who put Barca ahead as he picked up a good pass from Xavi, cut inside Leandro Almeida before rifling a low shot past Shovkovskiy.

Shovkovskiy will probably feel he could have done more with the effort as the ball squirmed under him, even though Messi's effort was well struck.

That goal was the catalyst for a sustained period of Barca pressure that saw the treble winners create at least four very good opportunities.

The first saw Messi denied by the onrushing Shovkovskiy in the 27th minute following a brilliant Ibrahimovic backheel, while five minutes later the Dynamo goalkeeper did well again to race out any deny Ibrahimovic after Xavi's perfectly-weighted pass had put the Sweden international clear.

Xavi then saw two of his own efforts saved by the busy Shovkovskiy as Guardiola's men continued to dominate.

The hosts almost suffered a surprise setback just before half-time when, against the run of play, Dynamo got the ball into the back of the Barca net following a rare foray forward.

However, Ognjen Vukojevic's celebrations were cut short due to an infringement and Barca could breathe again.

And it was back to business as usual soon after that as Shovkovskiy was again called upon on the stroke of half-time to make a crucial double save to deny Messi when one-on-one and then tip over Ibrahimovic's acrobatic volley from the rebound.

If anything, Barca were even more dominant after the break, although they found clear-cut chances harder to come by as Dynamo packed their defence.

On thing that did not change was the massive contributions of Ibrahimovic and Shovkovskiy for their respective sides.

Ibrahimovic twice tested Shovkovskiy, the first with a header and then with a low shot that the Dynamo stopper did superbly to push away one-handed, before the former Inter Milan hitman turned provider to help Barca finally get the two-goal cushion they were desperately seeking.

Ibrahimovic's low pass into the area found Pedro, and he controlled the ball, shifted it onto his left foot and slotted a low shot just inside the far post.

That was enough to guarantee the points would be staying at the Nou Camp, although Dynamo almost set a few hearts fluttering in the 87th minute when captain Artem Milevskiy's lob landed on the roof of the net after latching onto a poor headed back-pass by Sergio Busquets.

Source: http://www.espnstar.com/football/champions-league/news/detail/item331326/Barcelona-2-0-Dynamo-Kiev/

Excellence

Arsenal 2-0 Olympiacos

Arsenal maintained their 100% record in Champions League Group H with a 2-0 win over Olympiacos at Emirates Stadium.

Arsene Wenger will later this week become the longest-serving manager in the history of Arsenal, whom he openly admits were a "bit crazy" to take the gamble on his appointment some 13 seasons ago.

Time has, of course, since proved that judgement more than sound - but the burning desire to bring more success to Emirates Stadium remains as strong as ever for Wenger and his young side.

The Greek champions, now managed by Brazil legend Zico, had goalkeeper Antonis Nikopolidis to thank for preventing Arsenal chalking up a big score in a one-sided contest.

However, they were eventually undone with 12 minutes to go when substitute Eduardo set up Robin van Persie before Andrey Arshavin made sure of the win when he netted a cheeky backheel, which had more than a hint of offside.

Arsenal had opened their European campaign away to Standard Liege - where they trailed 2-0 inside five minutes before battling back to a morale-boosting victory.

The Gunners, though, showed no signs of any such repeat tonight as Olympiacos were immediately pushed onto the defensive.

Full-back Gael Clichy, who came through the Arsenal youth ranks under the watchful eye of Wenger, broke down the left and cut the ball across for Arshavin, whose sidefoot shot was gathered by Nikopolidis in a sign of things to come for the Greek keeper.

On 16 minutes, captain Cesc Fabregas rattled the crossbar from 18 yards, with Nikopolidis then producing a fine reaction save to keep out Thomas Rosicky's fierce angled drive.

Olympiacos sat deep and Arshavin tested Nikopolidis again before William Gallas almost connected with Van Persie's corner.

Arsenal goalkeeper Vito Mannone - outstanding in the 1-0 Barclays Premier League win over Fulham on Saturday - finally had something to do after 34 minutes when he comfortably collected a header from Vassilis Torosidis.

Olympiacos skipper Nikopolidis was having a busy night, as he had to touch behind a deep, inswinging free-kick from Fabregas.

Abou Diaby, eight yards out, headed wide following the corner.

Arsenal were almost made to pay for not taking their chances at the start of the second half when former Aston Villa defender Olof Mellberg headed a corner down towards the near post - which Mannone parried.

From the quick counter-attack, Van Persie forced Nikopolidis to make another good save, before picking up a yellow card when he clattered into defender Michal Zewlakow chasing the loose ball.

As the hour mark passed, Arsenal maintained their pressure.

Centre-back Thomas Vermaelen - the top scorer so far with four goals - just failed to direct his far-post header on target following Van Persie's deep free-kick.

Wenger made a change with 24 minutes left when he introduced Eduardo - free to play after UEFA's two-match diving ban was overturned on appeal - for Rosicky.

Olympiacos continued to sit back and invite pressure, but all too often Arsenal's final delivery was poor, much to the frustration of the Emirates Stadium faithful.

Arshavin turned quickly to release Van Persie into the left side of the penalty area.

His angled drive was blocked by Nikopolidis but Gallas could not get the rebound out from under his feet, as the keeper once again denied Arsenal, although the assistant's flag was raised anyway.

Nikopolidis was inspired as he saved at full stretch from Diaby, before the midfielder was replaced by Carlos Vela - a move to inject some pace into the attack.

The goal finally came on 78 minutes, when Eduardo darted into the box to collect Fabregas' pass, before cutting the ball back to Van Persie, who this time swept it into the net.

Arshavin made sure of the result when he backheeled in Fabregas' low centre, despite looking suspiciously offside.

While there is still much work to do before this side can genuinely claim to live with those built around Tony Adams, Dennis Bergkamp, Patrick Vieira and Thierry Henry, Wenger's young Gunners continue to give the wise old manager reason to be positive for the future.

Source: http://www.espnstar.com/football/champions-league/news/detail/item331321/Arsenal-2-0-Olympiacos/

Arsenal vs mitsubishi

Adakah kemantapan pengendalian pasukan Arsenal sama seperti mengendali sebuah mitsubishi lancer ini. Bukan sahaja dari segi luaran / rekabentuk tetapi ketahanan dan kemampuan enjin yg jitu mampu untuk meningkatkan prestasi dalam jangka panjang.

Prestasi membanggakan

Dua jaringan dari van persie dan arshavin membolehkan arsenal berjaya menewaskan olympiakos 2-0. Persembahan yang begitu membanggakan walaupun terlepas banyak peluang menjaringkan gol. Arsenal perlu memperkemaskan lagi jentera serangan.