my thoughts on the Champions League Final

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Manchester United FC vs Barcelona FC
Man U : 0 Barca : 2 (10", 70")
Sensational strikers : Cristiano Ronaldo (MU) Lionel Messi (Barca)

Man U played like a bunch of monkeys. The defenders were the biggest apes.

If you watched the game then you'll know what I mean.

The first 10 minutes showed Ronaldo eagerly, passed desperation, trying to prove himself over and over again as the newly crowned World's best footballer 2009 against runner up, Messi. I think there was a huge pressure on him and he tried too hard. His fellow wing-men, Park and Roonie, fed him with opportunity endlessly, as much as they can for the 1st 10 minutes and throughout the game. It was beginning to convince the spectators that Man U was going all out, and I mean all out and I actually had the thought of, "this is going to be an exciting game."

All of a sudden, for the first time, or for the first couple of time when Barca managed to passed the ball up to United's defense area, and they immediately scored a goal. Much to my surprise and I believe many others too as the first 10 minutes were all about United and we weren't anticipating on any goals especially on the 1st or 2nd trial for Barca (considering United had tried like 10 times before that...really, that bertubi-tubi, ok.)

Then, from then on..it was not Manchester United whom had not managed to build back their psychos, their psychos never went down in fact. It is just that, Barcelona FC was the one that had their psyche built up and the rest of the 80 minutes were all about Barcelona.

This was when the United players started playing monkeys. Barcelona made good passes. When they have the ball, it would be a long time for the United to grab it back. Or at least stealing it. It was darn obvious. They controlled the game. I enjoyed watching Barcelona players. They really played their game. Turning another giant club into a monkey bunch. That's a success.

As for the biggest apes, the United's 'strong' defenders....they are nowhere near the Barca defenders that night. In fact, Anderson and Vidic annoyed me. Anderson, especially. I don't know what they were doing. Barca players have always had easy access to Man U's penalty area. I repeat, easy access. Really, many times when Barca made a dangerous move, the moment when the commentator was talking fast and furiously high-pitched anticipating a goal moment, ya, during that time, it would always be either Ronnie or Roonie, trying to save the ball at the corner of Man U's area. I mean, whadda? Imagine they had to rush back for a counter attack.

On the other hand, it was tough for Man U's attach line-up. Cristiano Ronaldo, Park Ji-Hsung and Wayne Roonie, they were all tied. Seriously, the Barcelona defenders really defended their area like they were paid for it. They were good.

Meanwhile, old timer, Ryan Giggs, whom had just announced his dream team, which does not include Ronaldo in it, missed a couple of good chances. Makes me wonder, would it make any difference if he could have passed to the attackers? Or does he have a grudge over the hype of their striker? Yea, the fella may be unpleasant at times and definitely snobbish, but it definitely ain't for nothing. The guy's the best.

I have read over and over again in every newspaper, 2009 Manchester United is the best line up in Sir Alex Fergusson's career. If what I watched in the Champions League final is the best line-up performance, then in my humble opinion, it is always, always good to instil a bit of fear in you. Good enough for you to be extra cautious. Keeps you more alert. Seriously, how cautious are you when you are over confident?

I CAN'T HOLD IT ANYMORE !!!!!

WHEN ARE WE GOING TO DECLARE WAR AGAINST THESE THIEVES ??!!!

WHY ARE THE COPS CONCENTRATING ON US HARMLESS CIVILIANS AND PIRATED DVDS ????!!

ISN'T SNATCH THEFT THE BIGGER ISSUE HERE ????

EVERYONE SHOULD WARN THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF MALAYSIA NOT TO "VISIT MALAYSIA". THEIR LIVES ARE DEFINITELY IN DANGER.

MAYBE THEN THE TOURISM MINISTRY MIGHT FEEL THE PAIN AND THE GOVERNMENT WOULD START PRESSURING THE AUTHORITIES ON THIS ISSUE.

DON'T BLAME US WHEN WE START TAKING THINGS OUR WAY. WHEN WE START TO BEAT UP THESE SNATCH THIEVES. WHEN WE KILL THESE SNATCH THIEVES. EVEN IF THEY ARE JUVE.

Pregnant woman dies after thieves pull her off motorcycle

By FARIK ZOLKEPLI

Needless death: Jamilah Selamat was only 31 and two months pregnant when she died at the hands of a snatch thief.

JOHOR BARU: The killers on motorcycles have done it again — this time, snatch thieves took two lives when they tried to rob pregnant Jamilah Selamat.

Jamilah, 31, suffered severe head injuries after falling from her motorcycle on Sunday. She died at the Sultanah Aminah Hospital at 7.30am yesterday without regaining consciousness.

Her husband of seven months, trader Razali Ahmad, 41, was a distraught man yesterday.

For him, the tragedy was harder to take because he had just started to taste happiness again after five years when his first wife died of cancer.

The tragedy also leaves Jamilah’s two children from her first marriage — Norasyikin Salleh, seven, and Mohd Khairi Ridwan Salleh, five — without their mother. They looked dazed and clung to their crying stepfather.

Razali said he was told by an eyewitness — his older brother’s friend — that his wife had hit the pavement face first and did not move after that.

“The witness told me that he saw two men on a motorcycle flee the scene immediately after Jamilah fell, and her bag was nowhere to be seen,” he told reporters at the hospital mortuary yesterday.

Razali said Jamilah, a handicraft dealer, was on her way home to Taman Mekar after work that day.

Jamilah had lost her handbag to snatch thieves last year but escaped unharmed. A friend advised her to twirl the handbag around the rearview mirror for a tighter hold.

That move may have been fatal.

In mourning: Razali with his stepchildren Norasyikin and Mohd Khairi at the mortuary yesterday.

When the snatch thieves grabbed Jamilah’s bag, they pulled her motorcycle, causing Jamilah to fall.

“I never thought that I would lose her this way. We were expecting our child, we have only been married for seven months ... I lost my first wife to bone cancer and now, I have lost Jamilah and baby,” he said.

Razali has two teenage children from his previous marriage.

Jamilah and the unborn child were buried at the Ayer Hitam cemetery yesterday.

Batu Pahat OCPD Asst Comm Ibrahim Arif confirmed police received a report on the incident.

Eyewitnesses are urged to contact the police hotline at 07-2212999.

In 2004, a Nanyang Siang Pau clerk, Chong Fee Cheng, 37, died after she lapsed into a coma following a snatch theft in Taman Molek, Johor Bahru.

In December last year, snatch theft victim Lim See Nya, 58, was run over by a three-tonne truck when she lost her balance and fell onto the road, after a motorcycle pillion rider grabbed her handbag in Bukit Mertajam.