anyway, here are some pics.
my ticket
on the mrt, i saw lots of ppl wearing red. some are poo fans, others man u fans, BUT NONE ARSENAL FANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GRRRRR!!!!!!!!!! i saw this guy who had this red wig and a red nose - a clown costume, and he was on the mrt lah! if i were him, i'd feel damn embarrassed!!
at kallang mrt, i had no idea how to go to the nat stadium, so i followed a stream of red-wearing ppl who were walking towards somewhere. and i followed them and i was right. when i reached there, the first thing i did was to go in. and i came out with a 'pass out', so when i wanted to go in later, i wouldnt have to follow the long line of ppl in. hehe, vehh smart eh? haha!
so i came out and 2 different music was blaring from different speakers. and as i recall them, i long to go back once more and soak in the atmosphere. i took this photo from the steps of the east entrance.
as u can see, there are already many people. i met sggooner again! :D
feeling really bored, i went into the stadium and shot this picture.
singapore vs thailand. hmm, took that photo at 6.30 sharp. notice the no smoking sign. but at half time everybody chiong up to smoke. tsk.
the stadium slowly filling up with people. i have this picture on my handphone but it was taken on the semi final. looks pretty much the same, yknow. anyway, i walked around for many times (like wat i did in the semis) with this singapore banner on my head. makes me look like a real goon. but, must support singapore mah!
and here's the pitch from where i was sitting...
sigh, the match was really bad thanks to that stupid ref. the stupid spoilsport thais also. more on that later.
the first half was full of stretchers. i lost count on how many times the thai medics came. walau, they were falling down all over the place, clutching their 'injured' legs in pain lah!! like drogba lor! dropbutt! we were booing them (as usual) and yelling 'butoh'. which i think is the only chant we know...
at the 17th minute, noh alam shah scored, and when the ball went in we jumped up and danced around!!!!!!!!! i was screaming and dad was busy filming me. when the singapore players celebrated, there was a thai guy who had fallen down. dad said that he did that to disallow singapore's goal, but i dunno wat happened. but the goal still stood and we were leading 1-0. and the thais kept falling down and we kept booing.
and we were fouled in their box i think for 2 times but then it wasnt a penalty. why? i myself don't know, because the 55k ppl in the stadium don't have the luxury of replays.
then it was half time.
the 2nd half was so much more exciting. so many times my heart almost stopped beating because the ball almost went into our net!! the thais had so many shots on goal but none went in. until the 50th minute...
this thai guy was chionging towards goal. then our defence was in tatters. then it was face to face with our goalie. then lewis fell down! about 50cm from goal, that guy, whom i later knew was pipat, slotted it home. thais equalised. we shook our fists at him while the ppl in yellow celebrated. more chants of 'butoh' rang out.
and so it was 1-1. until the 82nd minute...
some guy was fouled in their box. the next day i would know him as noh alam shah but that time i didn't know. then suddenly the thais went to their coach! they left the pitch and goodness knows what they were doing. i used my dad's DVD camcorder and zoomed in on the players. could see them so clearly but i didnt know what they were talking about. we were getting restless. and we were booing them. i hadnt a clue wat was happening, but when i read the papers today, i found out that the thai coach was angry that singapore was awarded a penalty. and being a sore loser, he called his team off the pitch. insolence!
while waiting for the men in red to settle the problem, the smart singapore team went to warm up. they played first touch and after 14min and 19 sec (that's wat they said in the papers) the thais reluctantly agreed to the penalty. and so, fahrudin scored and we won!!!!!!!!!!!! we jumped up and yelled and shouted and screamed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my father brought an old magazine and ripped the pages off and began shredding them! and he threw into the crowd and when a gust of wind blew the pieces of paper flew about! so nice! and i folded a paper aeroplane and threw it down! we were so happy lah!!!!!!!
outside, the cars were honking and we were yelling ole. i was so damn happy! actually everybody was!!!!!!!! i mean, who wasn't?! except the thais lah!
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and, today i checked the arsenal vs totnumb match. WE WON 3-1!!!!!!!!!!! AND WE ARE NOW IN THE CARLING CUP FINAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! guess what? we're vs-ing CHELSEA in the final leh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ARSENAL JIA YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU WILL WIN THIS ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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