Gol bodoh dilepaskan penjaga gol Jerman

Inilah gol bodoh dilepaskan penjaga gol muda Jerman, berusia 21 tahun, Marc-Andre Ter Stegen ketika perlawanan persahabatan antarabangsa menentang Amerika Syarikat yang menyaksikan Jerman tewas 3-4 pada 2 Jun 2013 di USA.

Namun keputusan itu mungkin berbeza jika Jerman menurunkan barisan terkuatnya yang dianggotai pemain Bayern Munich yang baru saja muncul juara Champions league 2013, juara Bundesliga dan Juara Piala Jerman. Skuad Jerman ini juga tidak mempunyai pemain dari naib juara Champions League 2013, Borrusia Dortmund.

Bodoh kan.. saya sendiri boleh menyelamatkan bola itu.

Penjaga gol England, Rob Green juga sering melepaskan gol bodoh seperti dibawah.

Jekerison Kilan dan Mark Hateley, gayanya sama

Mark Hateley pernah mewakili England sebanyak 31 kali, ini wajah terbarunya sekarang


Jekerison Kilan kelihatan di barisan depan 2 dari kanan di sebelah jurulatih Justin Ganai.


Mark Hateley ketika zaman kegemilangannya dulu


Jekerison Kilan dan Mark Hataley, gayanya sama

2 pemain bolasepak yang terpisah ribuan kilometer, namun gayanya bermain bolasepak sama.

Jekerison Kilan, bekas pemain bolasepak Sabah dan Mark Hateley, bekas pemain antarabangsa England mungkin belum pernah bertemu, namun mereka ada persamaan yang hanya saya seorang saja yang tahu.

Gaya larian, semangat, ciri wajah dan style bermain bolasepak adalah sama bagi Jekerison Kilan dan Mark Hateley.

Saya pernah menyaksikan Jekerison Kilan beraksi untuk Sabah di Stadium Likas mahupun di tempat lawan dan melihat gaya bermain bolasepak Mark Hateley di TV.

Kesimpulannya, 100% sama.

Sekian, terima kasih kerana membaca.

What really happened to Welsh manager Gary Speed, that made him took his life??

Wales manager Gary Speed was found dead at his home on Sunday, 27th November 2011, from an apparent suicide, reports the Telegraph and many other medias.

He apparently died after the Manchester United 1-1 draw against Newcastle and before the much anticipated Liverpool 1-1 Manchester City match.

The football fraternity in Britain and the world are stunned.

The former midfielder, who played for clubs such as Newcastle, Everton, Bolton, and Leeds was 42-years-old.

But what prompted Gary Speed to end his life?? This must be investigated thoroughly.

According to police, there are no suspicious circumstances involved with Speed's death.

Former Liverpool and current Manchester United striker Michael Owen said the following about Speed's death:

"Just cannot believe the news regarding Gary Speed. We waved at each other a couple of days ago dropping our kids off at school. I'm numb."

Speed was a talented player, earning 85 international caps for Wales. He made his debut for Leeds as a 19-year-old in 1988, and was a key player on the club's 1992 First Division championship team.

In 2006 while playing for Bolton Wanderers he became the first player ever to makes 500 Premier League appearances.

In August of 2007 Speed became the only player to score in every Premier League season to that point, a feat later matched by and continued by midfielder Ryan Giggs of Manchester United, also from Wales.

He became the Wales manager in December 2010, and earned his first competitive win with a 2-1 victory over Montenegro in September 2011..

With Speed as manager, Wales improved drastically and won three consecutive games for the first time since 2008 recently. Wales finished their qualifying stage for Euro 2012 with three wins in their last five matches.

Speed will be missed by the entire football community, and our thoughts and prayers go out to his family and friends.

God bless his soul and his family.

Chelsea nearly humiliated by Malaysia!!! 21 July 2011

The Blues were saved from Blushes, struggling to beat Malaysia 1-0 in a friendly and only scored late in the 2nd half through a controversial Didier Drogba goal which was awarded despite the ball not crossing the goal-line completely.

Superstars in world football such as Fernando Torres, Nikolas Anelka, Frank Lampard, John Terry, Michael Essien, Jon Obi Mikel, Yossi Benayoun, Florent Malouda and Salomon Kalou could not break the Malaysian defence.



However in the end, Didier Drogba scored Chelsea's solitary winning goal via a hotly disputed free kick goal in the 78th minute.

The Goal was disputed by the Malaysian teams as well as the 84,890 strong home crowd (the biggest in Malaysian history) as it did not cross the goal line completely, and it should have been 0-0.

Star studded Chelsea was nearly humiliated by the under-strength Malaysian national side in a friendly match at the Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur on Thursday night, 21st July 2011.

The Blues only managed a 1-0 win and that winning goal saw the boal off a free kick by Drogba in the 78th minute, did not cross the goal line completely.

Remember Chelsea's Frank Lampard disallowed goal during the 1-4 England loss to Germany in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa..?? The Clear Goal by Lampard was disallowed by a FIFA class referee and yet the 50% Chelsea goal in Malaysia tonight was allowed by the referee. Why referee why??

The disputed Drogba goal below :



Now compare that to Chelsea's Frank Lampard disallowed goal at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa in the England vs Germany match.



If that was not considered a Goal, then why Drogba goal was allowed tonight 21st July 2011 in Kuala Lumpur???

To Save the Blues from Blushes??

Malaysia also had goal scoring chances and if they converted one of the chances as shown below, then Andre Vilass-Boas will have a hotter seat than Carlo Ancelotti last season.

Malaysia should have been an equaliser on 84 minutes after a clever pass between the Chelsea centre-backs but Thamil Arasu wasted it, to his and his team-mates disbelief.



For the record Malaysia fielded an understrength squad due to Malaysia having an international fixture in Singapore this weekend 23rd July 2011, a World Cup qualifying match against neighbour Singapore.

So the Malaysian team that nearly humiliated the star studded Chelsea team only consisted of the Malaysian Olympic (Under 23) team, augmented by a few senior club players.

The team was different and weaker than the one that lost 0-4 to Arsenal and 3-6 to Liverpool earlier this month.

Full Match highlights here :



The Under 23 team is also known as Harimau Muda A (which translates as Young Tigers) and competes in the domestic league. They finished fifth last campaign.

Senior players who featured included :

Mohd Badri Mohd Radzi - a 29-year-old playmaker/midfielder who is captain of Kelantan, the reigning Malaysian champions. He also lifted the Malaysian Cup a year earlier although has no internaitional caps to date. He wears number 16 shirt due to his admiration for Roy Keane.

The name Hairudin Omar might be familiar to Chelsea fans with a good memory.

He scored Malaysia's solitary goal in the 4-1 loss to the Blues at the 2003 FA Premier League Asia Cup a powerful header that keeper Marco Ambrosio could only palm into the net.

The forward is now 31 and has been a league champion and won the Malaysia Cup with three different clubs.

Mohd Amri Yahyah is the 30-year-old captain of 2009 and 2010 Malaysian Super League champions Selangor.

A striker or midfielder, he scored two goals against Manchester United during their 2009 visit to Kuala Lumpur. He was part of the national side that won the 2010 Asian Football Federation Cup.

Joseph Kalang Tie who had a trial with Hartlepool United 2008.

By contrast, Chelsea started by fielding a world class front three of Fernando Torres flanked by Salomon Kalou on the left and Yossi Benayoun on the right.

Florent Malouda was on the left so starting captain Frank Lampard moved to a less accustomed right berth.

Josh McEachran was again the deeper of the midfield three and there was a second appearance for centre-back Slobodan Rajkovic following the Wycombe game. He was paired with Branislav Ivanovic.

The second-half side was 11 different players with young Nathaniel Chalobah partnering John Terry and Billy Clifford and Yury Zhirkov both in midfield. Didier Drogba led the line with Nicolas Anelka left and Daniel Sturridge right.

And the result was a controversial 1-0!!! Viva Malaysia... Viva Liverpool.. You will never walk alone!!

Arsenal beat Malaysia 4-0 in pre season friendly in Kuala Lumpur, 13th July 2011

Arsenal cruised to victory in the opening game of their Asia Tour on Wednesday night 13th July 2011 at the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

In the sweltering heat of Kuala Lumpur, a Malaysia XI found the Gunners simply too hot to handle. Arsenal won impressively 4-0.

Aaron Ramsey stroked home a penalty after 5 minutes and, 8 minutes before the break Theo Walcott clipped home a second.

Carlos Vela dinked in No 3 just after the restart in the 58th minute.

Tomas Rosicky scored Arsenal's 4th and final goal in the 90th minute after a good work by Andrei Arshavin.


Arsenal took an early lead via a penalty in the 5th minute by Ramsey.



Theo Walcott scored this beauty in the 37th minute for Arsenal's 2nd goal



Carlos Vela scored Arsenal 3rd goal in the 58th minute



Andrei Arshavin put up a good job in the left flank before his deflected cross found Tomas Rosicky for Arsenal's 4th goal in injury time.

Malaysia XI had carried a threat in the first half, mainly thanks to the pace of left winger Kunanlan Subramaniam. But they fell away as the game wore on.

This was Arsenal’s first game in Malaysia since 1999. Back then French duo, Emmanuel Petit and Nicolas Anelka had secure a solid 2-0 victory.

In 1975, Malaysia beat Arsenal 2-0, both goals scored by Malaysia's legendary striker the late Mokhtar Dahari.

Arsenal leaves for China on Thursday, 14th July 2011 on the second leg of the Tour.

Malaysia will face another 2 English giants, Liverpool and Chelsea at the same stadium in a few days time.

Liverpool is due to arrive in Malaysia on Thursday 14th July 2011.

Arsenal tewaskan Malaysia 4-0 di Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil, 13 Julai 2011

Kelab gergasi Liga Perdana Inggeris, Arsenal menewaskan Malaysia 4-0 dalam perlawanan persahabatan antarabangsa di Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil pada Rabu 13 Julai 2011.

Gol Arsenal dijaringkan Aaron Ramsey menerusi sepakan penalti sewal minit ke 5.

Gol kedua the Gunners pula dijaringkan cantik minit ke 37 oleh pemain sayap Theo Walcott menerusi sepakan lob menarik menewaskan penjaga gol Malaysia.

Kedudukan separuh masa pertama Arsenal 2-0 Malaysia.

Manakala gol ketiga Arsenal disumbat Carlos Vela minit ke 58.

Penyeang dari republik Czech, Tomas Rosicky menjaringkan gol keempat Arsenal pada minit ke 90.

Pada 1975, Arsenal tewas 0-2 kepada Malaysia dalam perlawanan persahabatan antarabangsa di Stadium Merdeka. Kedua dua gol Malaysia dijaringkan penyerang terbaik Asia, Allahyarham Mokhtar Dahari.

Kali terakhir kedua dua pasukan bertemu pada 1999 juga di Kuala Lumpur di mana Arsenal menewaskan Malaysia 2-0 menerusi jaringan 2 pemain impot Perancis yang baru menjuarai Piala Dunia 1998 iaitu Emmaneul Petit dan Nicolas Anelka.

Selepas Arsenal, Malaysia akan menentang 2 lagi pasukan gergasi Liga Perdana Inggeris iaitu Liverpool dan Chelsea.

Syabas Arsenal. Go Malaysia.

Singapore returns to Malaysian football after 17 years hiatus

As reported by the Star Online today 12th July 2011.

PETALING JAYA: The Lions return to Malaysian football next year.

After a lapse of 17 years, Singapore will be playing in the Malaysian Super League (MSL) with their Under-23 squad - Singapore Young Lions - playing in the top flight of the 14-team Super League.

Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) deputy president Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah announced the new collaboration between the FAM and the FA of Singapore (FAS), after a signing ceremony at the Wisma FAM in Kelana Jaya Tuesday, 12th July 2011.

Under the four-year agreement between the two countries, the Singapore Young Lions will be playing in the MSL while the Malaysian Harimau Muda A squad under coach Ong Kim Swee will be playing in the S-League.

The Young Lions are set to to include five senior players, including foreign signings, while the Malaysian Harimau Muda A squad will not be fielding any foreign players.

Tengku Abdullah said he hoped that the spark between the two nations would revive the rivalry that everyone remembered of the glory days.

"We hope to rekindle the glory days of the past shared between Malaysia and Singapore, when they made waves in the Malaysia Cup competition," he added.

The great Singaporean team last played in the Malaysian league in 1994.

During the glory days, Singapore dominated the league, beating every team including the mighty Selangor, Pahang and Kedah.

Prominent Singapore players who had tasted Malaysian football in the 80s right up till 1994 were Samad Alipitchay, Goal keeper David Lee, Mohamed Noh, the mercurial Fearsome Foursome Quadruple of Fandi Ahmad, V Sundramoorthy, Abbas Saad and Alistair Edwards and many many more.

As a Sabahan, i still remember vividly how Singapore trounced Sabah 7-3 at the Kallang National Stadium in Singapore and how Sabah beat the Lion 1-0 in Stadium Penampang in 1994.

Welcome back Singapore... we miss you.




Samad Alipitchay played for Singapore in many memorable matches in the Malaysian League including against their arch enemy - Selangor.



David Lee (left) and Fandi Ahmad (right) were the dynamic duo then. Prior to playing for Singapore, Fandi played for Gronigen FC in the Holland professional league.



We will never forget Australian's Alistair Edwards many wonder goals for Singapore.



We will never forget the magic skills of V Sundramoorthy



Abas Saad's partnership with Alistair Edwards resulted in hundreds of goals for Singapore



Fandi Ahmad is one of the greatest ever player who ever donned Singapore jersey




Malek Awab's skills are still being cherished by Malaysians football fans

Viva Singapore.. we welcome you...

Russia Football League to probe racist jibe at Roberto Carlos

To all football folks, this is what Roberto Carlos is all about. He is a legend, a champion, not a monkey or chimpanzee.






World football governing body, FIFA and its President, Sepp Blater should seriously investigate the recent incident where Brazilian Football Star, Roberto Carlos was a victim of racism not once but twice.

Roberto Carlos is a legend, not an animal and he does not deserve that inhuman and jungle books treatments.

After the incident which happened on Wednesday 22 Jun 2011, Russia's football league is launching an investigation.

The shameful act by Russian football supporters happened after a banana was thrown at Roberto Carlos during a league match on Wednesday, 22 Jun 2011.

It was the second such racist taunt to be faced by the 2002 World Cup winner in three months, local media reported.

The Brazilian, who joined Anzhi Makhachkala earlier on 2011, quit the pitch in protest before the final whistle after the banana was thrown from the stands in stoppage time of a game at Krylya Sovetov.

Krylya Sovetov will also begin its own inquiry into the incident, the website of Russian daily Sport Express said.

"I'm outraged by the sickening behavior of this fan, who, in fact, insulted not only me but all the players," Roberto Carlos told Sport Express. "I hope Russian federation, UEFA and FIFA will give an adequate evaluation to this disgusting incident."

He said his decision to walk off had nothing to do with his side's 3-0 lead at the time.

"I did it deliberately because I have suffered a bitter disappointment and I didn't want to continue to play in the match," he said. "Believe me, I would have done it at any scoreline."

He also said he raised two fingers at the side of the pitch "to remind (people) that it was the second such case in the short time that I've been playing in Russia."

In March 2011, Russian champion Zenit St. Petersburg was fined $10,000 after one of its fans offered a banana to Roberto Carlos at a pre-match ceremony.

The 38-year-old left wingback, who won the World Cup in 2002, joined the Russian club earlier this year from Corinthians.

"It's a pity," the Brazilian said. "The majority of the people in the country treat players, including foreign ones, cordially and with respect. Unfortunately, there are also freaks, such as this one."

He added that a senior Krylya club official came to the changing room to apologize.

"I'm not used to racism in football," he told the RIA Novosti news agency. "Russia should not be an exception."

Sergei Fursenko, president of the Russian Football Federation, told Sport Express that his executive committee will discuss the incident at an extraordinary meeting Thursday 23 June 2011.

"We will sort out the situation and seriously punish those guilty," he was quoted as saying. "We must fight racism in the stands decisively."

The incident was also condemned by Anzhi coach Gadzhi Gadzhiyev.

"A banana thrown on the field left an impression as lingering as the joy of our victory," Gadzhiyev was quoted as telling the paper. "One cannot remain indifferent about a prank like this."

Mass brawl in Singapore league

We are used to seeing football matches turn into wrestling or kungfu and karate fights!!

These shame and unsportmanship acts happened if players could not control their emotions..

Come on.. if you win you win.. and if you lose, you lose. No hard feelings. Even the likes of Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Liverpool, Real Madrid and Barcelona accept defeat gacefully and gentlemanly.

In Singapore, we were shocked to learn of a mass brawl

On Monday 23rd May 2011, Singapore champions Etoile F.C. and Houngang United have been suspended from the top-flight S.League after an all-in brawl caused their fixture to be scrapped before even kick-off.

Local media reported that the brawl was sparked by a minor altercation while the teams warmed up at Hougang’s stadium and swiftly developed.

Four people were treated at hospital for minor injuries, Singapore’s Straits Times newspaper reported.

Both teams were quick to condemn such behaviour and were conducting their own probes into what had happened.

A disciplinary hearing has been scheduled for June 3 and matches involving either of the two clubs have been suspended.

“We have a zero tolerance policy when it comes to violent conduct both on and off the pitch,” Singapore Football Association (FAS) President Zainudin Nordin said.

“FAS has started investigations and will pursue the matter thoroughly. Any players and officials found guilty of misconduct will be severely dealt with.”

“I am very, very angry to see such incidents happen. Any player found guilty of violent conduct will be punished very heavily and the club will be the first to take action,” Etoile chairman Johan Gouttefangeas said.

This mass brawl is not the first in Singaporean football.

In September 2010, players from the Young Lions and Beijing Guoan, brawled in a free for all kungfu and karate match, one minute before the end of regulation time when the score was tied 1-1.

The S.League encounter was eventually abandoned by referee Zaid Hussein who had seen enough and couldn't control the wild situation.

After the melee, Young Lions' Faritz Abdul Hameed (head injury), Gabriel Quak (arm) and Nazrul Ahmad Nazari (knee) were all discharged from hospital after observation.

Team manager Eugene Loo, who received a kick in the back, said: "Incidents like these are unacceptable. The players are remorseful for their actions and are apologetic."

The benches of both teams cleared in the free-for-all, with officials and substitutes running onto the field.

Rogerio Ceni - the goalkeeper who scored 100 goals!!!

Sao Paolo Goalkeeper, Rogerio Ceni is better than some top class strikers in the world for he already scored 100 goals in all professional competitions.



Here, Ceni scored his 100th goal, a beautiful thunderous freekick from 30 metre in the 2-1 win against Corinthians at the Brazilian football league on Sunday, 27 March 2011.

Ceni struck a perfect right-footed shot over the wall, curling the ball into the top right corner past goalkeeper Julio Cesar in the 54th minute at the Arena Barueri.

"It was beautiful," said Ceni, who was the third goalkeeper in Brazil's squad when it won the 2002 World Cup.

"As a goalkeeper you don't enter the match thinking about scoring a goal, but it happened just as I wanted: with a free kick, deciding an important match. For me, it doesn't matter that it was against Corinthians, but for the fans it must have been important."

It was Ceni's 56th free kick goal, while the others came from penalty kicks.

FIFA says Ceni has 98 goals, but the goalkeeper counts two he scored in unofficial friendlies — one against a combined Santos and Flamengo in 1998 and the other against Russian club Uralan Elista in an exhibition tournament in 2000.

Even by FIFA's count, he is the goalkeeper with the most goals ever scored and even better than the famed Paraguayian goalkeeper, Jose Luis Chilavert who scored 62 goals in his professional career.

Ceni's goal on Sunday also meant a lot for Sao Paulo, allowing the club to end an 11-match winless streak against Corinthians, the team's biggest rival. Sao Paulo hadn't beaten Corinthians since February 2007.


Rogerio Ceni's 57th goal!!!



Ceni most memorable year as a footballer was in 2002 when he was a member of the Brazilian national squad that won the 2002 World Cup in Korea/Japan, beating Germany 2-0 in the final. Both goals scored by the legendary Ronaldo..

Ceni appeared 950 times for Sao Paolo.

Now, not everybody can do that, not even aliens in far away galaxies. Ceni proves himself as the best attacking goalkeeper in the world!!!


Chilavert is a Football Legend in Paraguay. He saved and scored 62 goals in his gliterring professional career.

Real Madrid, kelab teragung bolasepak dunia

Jika ada menyatakan Manchester United (the Red Devils) atau Barcelona atau Independiente, Boca Juniors, Santos, Penarol atau Juventus, Inter Milan dan AC Milan sebagai kelab teragung dunia... anda silap.

Menurut Persekutuan Bolasepak Dunia, FIFA, kelab paling berjaya di abad ke 20, tidak lain dan tidak bukan ialah Real Madrid.

Real Madrid merajai arena bolasepak domestik Sepanyol sejak penubuhannya pada 6 March, 1902 yakni 108 tahun lalu.

Kelab tersohor itu menjuarai La Liga, iaitu liga domestik Sepanyol sebanyak 31 kali.

Real Madrid juga sudah 17 kali menang Piala Spanish "Copa del Rey", 8 kali Spanish Super Cups, 9 kali juara UEFA Champions Leagues, 2 kali juara UEFA Cups, 1 kejuaraan UEFA Supercup, dan 3 juara Intercontinental Cups.

Manakala pencabar terdekatnya di Sepanyol, Barcelona pula hanya menang 20 kali kejuaraan La Liga.

Dalam tempoh 108 tahun di kancah teratas bolasepak Sepanyol, Real Madrid juga tidak pernah diturunkan ke liga divisyen dua, sebaliknya kekal di Liga paling atas iaitu La Liga!!!

Gelanggang keramatnya ialah Santiago Bernabeu, dimana banyak pasukan ternama dunia seperti Barcelona, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester United dan banyak lagi, sudah terkulai dan tersungkur layu.



Stadium itu mengambil nama sempena nama Presiden Real Madrid, Santiago Bernabeu yang meninggal dunia pada 2 Julai 1978 ketika Piala Dunia 1978 sedang rancak dilangsungkan di Argentina yang dimenangi tuan rumah Argentina.

Santiago Bernabeu adalah orang yang bertanggung jawab di era paling gemilang Real Madrid apabila menang 5 Piala Eropah berturut turut pada 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 dan 1960!!!



Tiada pasukan yang boleh berbuat demikian pada zaman ini... mahupun di planet Marikh, Zuhal, Musytari dan Galaxi lain..!!

Pasukan paling kuat Real Madrid pastinya pada era Alfredo D'Stefano (lagenda bolasepak Argentina) dan Ferenc Puskas (lagenda bolasepak Hungary) yang membantu Real Madrid menang 5 Piala Eropah berturut turut pada 1956 hingga 1960.

Kemenangan teragung pada final Piala Eropah 1960 dimana Real Madrid membelasah Eintracht Frankfurt 7-3. 4 gol dijaringkan Ferenc Puskas manakala 3 gol dijaringkan Alfredo D'Stefano.





Bayangkan pasukan sekuat Barcelona pun begitu mudah diratah 4-2 oleh Real Madrid paDA 2005 yang dibarisi striker Ronaldo (3 kali pemain terbaik dunia dan penjaring terbanyak dalam sejarah Piala Dunia dengan 15 gol serta pemenang 2 Piala Dunia pada 1994 dan 2002), Raul (penjaring terbanyak Real Madrid dengan 323 gol) dan Michael Owen (pemain terbaik Eropah 2001).

Manakala midfieldnya diperkuatkan oleh Zidedine Zidane (juga 3 kali pemain terbaik dunia dan menang Piala Dunia sekali bersama Perancis pada 1998), David Beckham (2 kali naib juara pemain terbaik Dunia) dan Luis Figo (Pemain terbaik Dunia 2001 dan pemain terbaik Eropah 2000) dan dibantu attacking leftback dari Brazil, Roberto Carlos (pakar sepakan lencong dan naib juara pemain terbaik dunia 1997)

Barcelona pun menangis beb...

Manchester United pun pernah menangis di tangan Real Madrid apabila tewas 5-6 secara agregate dalam UEFA Champions League musim 2002/2003.



Hidup Real Madrid.!! Selamanya...

Good Bye Beckham...David Beckham too old to play for England

Good Goodbye David Beckham...

Fabio Capello has made up his mind not to include Beckham in future international duty for England due to age factor. But to me, Beckham even at 35, is still an X-Factor in the England squad and still an icon in world football. You name it - 30 yards, 25 yards, 40 yards and even 70 yards. Beckham can still score many amazing goals in his career...

many top international goalkeepers had been beaten by the super bending of the ball whenever Beckham step forward to execute a free kick. The ball can go high, low, left, right, extreme left and right but will always end up at the back of the net.

Beckham scored many wonderful goals from set pieces beginning from his early playing career at Manchester United, followed by Real Madrid and now LA Galaxy.

However Beckham is still very much an utility player for LA Galaxy.. His skills comes with good looks and charms.

He is one of the most handsome footballers of all time. Beckham even succeded in wooing one of the most glamorous girls in the world - Posh Spice or Victoria of the Spice Girls fame..

Beckham took part in 3 world cups - France 1998, Korea/Japan 2002 and Germany 2006 and scored in all those 3 world cups - the first England player to do so.

Beckham was selected to play for England in the 2010 world cup in South Africa but an injury sidelined him.

But after more than 100 games, three World Cups and years living as an international icon, David Beckham's England career may be over for good.

England coach Fabio Capello said on Wednesday 11th August 2010, that the 35-year-old former captain, who has played 115 times for his country, is too old and will no longer be a part of his plans as he prepares for the 2012 European Championship qualifying campaign.

"I won't be picking him for any more competitive matches," Capello said after England beat Hungary 2-1 in a friendly at Wembley.

"David is a fantastic player, he was really important, but we have to see the new players for the future because the age is important for a lot of people, not only for David."

From his debut against Moldova in 1996 until his heart-breaking injury just before the 2010 World Cup, Beckham had been synonymous with the England team and his presence, not to mention his global appeal, will be fondly remembered and sadly missed.

Capello said Beckham, who trails only goalkeeper Peter Shilton's record of 125 England appearances, will have the chance to play in a friendly "farewell game."

"I hope he can play one more friendly game to say bye bye," Capello said.

Capello spoke while Beckham was in the United States training with the Los Angeles Galaxy for the first time in five months.

"Did I phone him before I went on television?" Capello said. "No. I think I will speak with him. We tried to speak with him. But I think David knows he has no future with the international team because we have to change. We tried to speak with him."

Beckham has repeatedly said he has no plans of retiring from playing for England. He went to the World Cup in South Africa in June as a member of Capello's off-field staff after being sidelined following Achilles' tendon surgery.

Speaking in Carson, California, before Capello's comments, Beckham had said: "I've always said that I won't retire from playing for my country, whether I never get picked again, play one more game or 10 more games. There are a lot of good young players coming through. We'll see."

The Galaxy said there would be no response Wednesday to Capello's comments, but Beckham's spokesman, Simon Oliveira, said the player isn't calling it quits.

"There has been no discussion of retirement," Oliveira said. "He will always be available for his country, when fit and if needed he will be there."

England captain Steven Gerrard said he expects Beckham to bounce back, just as he did after being dropped following the 2006 World Cup.

"I'm sure that if he hears that news, it'll drive him on and he'll try to prove people wrong and try to get back in the set-up because I know he loves playing for England," Gerrard said. "He's had some fantastic performances, some fantastic goals, memories. He was a fantastic captain. I've learned a lot from David and it's been a pleasure to play alongside him.

"If he has played his last game, he'll certainly be missed because, both on and off the pitch, he's a great guy."

Beckham missed out on a fourth World Cup after tearing an Achilles' tendon in March while on loan to AC Milan from the Galaxy to stay in shape for England during the Major League Soccer offseason. He resumed training Wednesday in Los Angeles.

Beckham didn't do any drills with the Galaxy but he participated in conditioning with training staff.

"The focus is on the team and preparing my tendon," Beckham said. "I've been hitting it so hard for the last two years, every month that it's obviously tough on my body. It's about getting back this season as soon as possible, playing the rest of the season and then taking the time to get the rest in, prepare my body and be ready for next season."

He is not expected to be fit for the Galaxy again until Sept. 4 in Chicago.

Beckham, who began his career at Manchester United in 1992, made his England debut against Moldova in September 1996.

The low point of his international career came at his first World Cup, in 1998, when he was sent off for petulantly kicking out at Argentina midfielder Diego Simeone. England lost the round of 16 match and some England fans hung effigies of Beckham.

Beckham managed to bounce back and captained the team at the 2002 World Cup under coach Sven-Goran Eriksson.

Beckham tearfully relinquished the England captaincy after the 2006 tournament, when England reached the quarterfinals for the second straight time. He was then dropped by coach Steve McClaren, but was restored as England's qualifying campaign for the 2008 European Championship faltered.

McClaren was fired in November 2008 after England failed to reach Euro 2008.

Despite initially falling out of favor under Capello before being restored to the team when both were at Real Madrid, Beckham's international career survived when the Italian took over as coach from McClaren.

Beckham often only appeared as a late substitute but played a role in 16 of the 21 matches under Capello before he was injured three months before the World Cup in South Africa.

Because of his influence in the camp, Beckham was taken to the World Cup in a non-playing role by Capello. He wasn't there in an official coaching role despite often appearing on the training field and at matches.

To those who doesn't know Beckham.. Well he was twice runner-up for FIFA World Player of the Year.

In 2004 Beckham was the world's highest-paid footballer when taking into account salary and advertising deals.

Beckham was the first British footballer to play 100 Champions League matches, was Google's most searched of all sports topics in both 2003 and 2004 and with such global recognition he has become an elite advertising brand and a top fashion icon.

Beckham was captain of England from 15 November 2000 until the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals, during which he played 58 times, scoring many amazing goals via freekicks.

Since then he has continued to represent his country and earned his much-publicised hundredth cap for England against France on 26 March 2008. He is currently England's 2nd most-capped outfield player with 115 appearances after Peter Shilton.

Beckham's career began playing professional football with Manchester United, making his first-team debut in 1992 aged 17. During his time with the Red Devils, Manchester United won the Premier League title six times, the FA Cup twice, and the UEFA Champions League in 1999.

Beckham however left Manchester United to sign for Real Madrid in 2003, where he remained for four seasons, clinching the La Liga championship in his final season with the club.

In January 2007, Beckham left Real Madrid and signed a five-year contract with Major League Soccer, MLS club Los Angeles Galaxy in the USA. Beckham's contract with Los Angeles Galaxy enabled him to become the highest player salary in MLS history, his playing contract worth USD$6.5 million per year

Thanks for all the sweet memories Beckham....

No religious ban on Manchester United jerseys in Malaysia, says Mufti

The disputed football jerseys include that of Brazil, Portugal, Serbia, England, Manchester United, Liverpool and Barcelona because the emblems feature among others The Red Devils, Cross, Betting company and Alcoholic drinks!!!!

But to me, football is football and religion is religion. They are 2 very very very separate things and issues. No sane football supporters will suddenly convert to other religion from their respective religions on seeing their teams actions.

No logic thinking football supporters will suddenly worship the devil whenever Manchester United win.

As reported by the Star on 24th July 2010.

KUALA LUMPUR: There is no “religious ban” on Manchester United jerseys despite statements by several prominent Islamic scholars urging Muslims not to don the Premier League club’s shirts because the emblem features a devil.

Perak mufti Tan Sri Harussani Zakaria said jerseys with devils, crosses or skulls promoted the wrong values for Muslims but that did not mean they should be banned.

“A fatwa on the matter is not necessary as it is clearly wrong for Muslims to wear shirts with devils and other unIslamic symbols because it is against the teachings of Islam,” he said yesterday.

Apart from Manchester United, which is also known as The Red Devils, other football teams whose crests carry images deemed unIslamic like the cross are Brazil, Portu­gal, Serbia, Barcelona and Norway.

“In Islam, Satan is our enemy ... but I believe Satan is also an enemy of the non-Muslims.

“We advise people not to wear them,” said Harussani.

He added that Muslims had no reason to wear and glorify symbols that promoted wrong values.

Harussani said other ulama and mufti shared his opinion but they did not plan to pass any edict to ban the attire either.

Many Muslim football fans, he said, were actually unaware of the images on the emblems.

His view was shared by Johor Religious Council adviser Datuk Nooh Gadot, who had issued similar advice to Muslims on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, several Malaysian football fans have shown the “red card” to the advice by the ulama.

They voiced disapproval over social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook.

“What am I going to do with all my Manchester United jerseys? And my sons’ jerseys?” said a Twitter user.

Some even went to the extent of accusing the ulama of supporting Liverpool, Manchester United’s archrival.

Manchester United Malaysia Fan Club, which boasts 7,000 members, when contacted, declined to comment.

Checks at various sports retail outlets in shopping malls revealed that the famous red jerseys of the club were still on sale.

Sales personnel on duty said the new version of the club’s attire was selling like hot cakes as it had arrived just a few days ago after its global launch on July 15.

World Cup greatest moments - Pele's goal attempt from the halfway line

It happened in the 1970 world cup in Mexico. The game was Brazil versus Czechoslovakia.

Brazil won the match 4-1 with their legendary striker - Pele scoring a goal.

But the highlight of the match was a goal attempt in which Pelé audaciously attempted to lob a shot over Czechoslovak goalkeeper Ivo Viktor from the halfway line, missed the goal by a whisker.

The goal attempt can be seen at 3 minutes and 22 seconds of this video below:

World Cup greatest moments - the save of the century by Gordon Banks

During the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, 2 times world champion Brazil was in the same group with the then reigning world champion - England who won the world cup in the previous tournament in 1966.

The "Clash of the Champions" between Brazil and England lived up to all expectations.

The match is always best remembered for the great and legendary Brazilian striker - Pelé near-miss. His powerful close-range downward header was kept out by an amazing save from England goalkeeper - Gordon Banks, who somehow managed to get down to the ball and flick it upwards and over the bar. The save "stopped the world" and till now Pele still remembers the save of the century and still could not understand why the sure goal, managed to be saved by Gordon Banks!!! Other goalkeepers in the world would have been beaten!!!!

In the end, a single Jairzinho goal was enough to win the game for Brazil. However England too advanced to the next around before being beaten 2-3 by Germany in the quarterfinal.

Thiery Henry handball incident - it is time to use video technology

Ireland branded Thierry Henry as "Le Cheat"!!!! Why?? Because Thierry Henry handled the ball before passing the ball to William Gallas for a 2-1 aggregate victory to send France to the 2010 World Cup Final in South Africa, at the expense of Ireland.

Yes... the traditional luck of the Irish, deserted them that day..

Well, in the highly charged match, the incident happened in split seconds - less than 0.001 seconds - impossible for the referee to see...... but it could have been a different story, if video technology was used...

French football great - Michael Platini said, the use of video technology will kill the game... But i would like to ask Platini - without the use of video technology, the referees will kill the games... How many high level matches had ended up like this??

If video technology was used - the 1986 World Cup winner would not have been Argentina.... Everybody saw Diego Maradonna used his hand to score the 1st goal for Argentina against England in the quarter final of the 1986 tournament... yet the referee was blind...!!!! Maradonna went on to single handedly guided Argentina to lift the 1986 World Cup.. with a 3-2 victory over West Germany in the final.



If video techonology was used, the 1966 World Cup winner would have been West Germany and not England... The match ended 4-2 in favour of England with Geoff Hurst scoring a hattrick.

But after 43 years, Hurst 3rd goal was still disputed till this day....!!

A study conducted by the Engineering Department at Oxford University concluded that the ball did not cross the line entirely and that it was 6 cms away from being a goal.

Watch the controversial goal by Hurst in the 1966 World Cup Final..


And finally, if video technology was used - Ireland would have qualified to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and not France...

Thierry Henry November 2009 handball was worse than Diego Maradonna infamous 1986 hand of God, handball goal.. For Maradonna only handled the ball once but Henry handled the ball TWICE...

Thierry Henry, what is wrong with you??? You have won everything the world football has to offer.. you name it - the World Cup, the Euro, the English Premier League, The La Liga Spanish League, the UEFA Champions League... Henry has won it all...!!!!

With France, Henry won the 1998 World Cup (France beat Brazil 3-0 in the final) and the Euro 2000 (France 2-1 Italy in the final).

With Arsenal, Henry won the Barclay's English Premier League title, twice.

With his current club, Barcelona - Henry won the 2008/2009 UEFA Champions League, beating Manchester United 2-0 as well as the Spanish La Liga title that year...

Finally, to FIFA, please use video technology..... no man can spot a handball or fouls committed in 0.0000001 seconds!!!!

who is the most handsome footballer of all time??

A footballer will be remembered for his good sublime skills... but what if that footballer is good looking too??
GEORGE BEST

As for my personal opinion.... George Best tops it all.... this mercurial Northern Ireland international not only had the skill, but also possess a Pop superstar look... At first look, one may mistaken him as a member of the Beatles... infact he was dubbed as the 5th Beatles. For football fans, George Best was and will always remain a legend.. He was one of the first celebrity footballers, winning the European footballer of the year in the 1966-1967 season - the same year The Beatles kickstarted its phenomenal music career.
Best scored 178 goals in 466 apperance for Manchester United in all competition since 1963 t0 1974.

To sum it up, Maradonna Good, Pele better, but George Best..!! Rest in Peace sir...


ROBERTO BAGGIO

Next on my list is Italy's Roberto Baggio. Dubbed "the divine ponytail", Baggio is among the best technically gifted players in the world in the 1990s. He played and scored 9 goals in 3 world cups (1990, 94 and 98), the first Italian player to achieve such feat.. However with his good looks, he was very popular among female fans including his most famous fan- Madonna (not Maradona!!)


DAVID BECKHAM

CRISTIANO RONALDO

RAUL GONZALEZ

Female fans will loathe me if these guys are not included in the list.. David Beckham, Raul Gonzalez (Spain & Real Madrid) and 2007-2008 European player of the year, Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal & Manchester United).. They are hot, aren't they..!!

AHN JUNG-HWAN
As for asian player - i think ahn jung-hwan who helped South Korea reach the world cup semifinal in 2002 is among them..

MOHD ZAQUAN ADHA & MOHD AIDIL ZAFUAN
And as for Malaysia - the twin brothers - Mohd Zaquan Adha and Mohd Aidil Zafuan Abdul Radzak is no doubt among the best looking footballers in the country.. too bad Girls, one of this hearthrobs is already married to actress Rita Rudaini...!!!

KHAIRUL AZMAN MOHD
Last but not least - let's don't forget Malaysia's former no.1 goalkeeper - Khairul Azman Mohamad!!!