Die hard fans? The AFF Suzuki Cup 2014

Personally I would like to say congratulation to my country's football (or soccer) team for making it to the semi-finals of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2014 with a tremendous performance that show to the world that Malaysia is actually a force to be reckon with. But for the next few days afterwards, where Malaysian team confronts the country that once feared by the world, Vietnam. Now there only one sentence or qoute to potray the first aggregate for the match, 'Pride Comes Before The Downfall'. Malaysia was beaten by the Vietnamese with the score of 2-1 and Malaysia only goal was through a penalty kick by Safiq Rahim, Malaysian Captain.

Although honestly I was unsatisfied with the game as I place my full support to Malaysian team, But I think Vietnam actually deserve the win because their team actually show a better chemistry among the player, a highly trained team with experienced players and I dare to say that they shown to me an overall World-Class performance throughout the match. I hate to give first impression towards a game but I just can't stand the huge gap of skill differences between the two South East Asia countries. The Vietnamese really outdone themselves this time. In the past friendly match between the two country, Vietnam team are a lower average team performance (my personal point of view) but the AFF match proves me wrong. Vietnam didn't just merely won this match, they won this match in Malaysia! Wow! Seriously? With the Malaysia fans screaming and chanting nonstop throughout the game!? You have my salute Vietnam!

Talking about fans, there was a recent incident that happens after the match between Malaysia and Vietnam where Malaysian fans (we here in Malaysia call them 'Ultras Malaya') showed their 'ferocity' at the Shah Alam Stadium by beating up Vietnam fans! Some of the Vietnam fans that come to the match were forced to scuffle with the Ultras because they were clearly assaulted by the Ultras themselve. Yes, we Malaysian were disappointed by the game because we lose at our own home soil. But, showing this kind of attitude after the games watched by other countries were a far more disappointing act than the defeat of the game itself. I am embarassed with our so called 'die hard fans' of our football team. Where is our identity as a Malaysian or to be more specific, a Malay that was infamous for its polite attitude and culture?'Ke mana perginya Melayu kita? 'Come on Malaysia! We are not Panem(Hunger Games references) that tries to have a riot for an obvious reason. Burning flares and injuring a person head is just an unacceptable attitude for a Malaysian with a no obvious reason at all! Show a good ettique in a game people. Try to take an example from Japan from their attitude in the FIFA World Cup 2014 in Brazil! (Google search it for further information) this is a pure embarassment!

The thing is, we Malaysian have this one bad attitude, we don't think the consequences, think what would happen to the fans that will go to Hanoi Vietnam to support Malaysia? I leave the imagination to the readers to picture what would and can actually happen to them. I hope the Vietnam didn't keep a grudge to the Malaysian or other wise, again I leave this to the reader to think about it. As a conclusion, I hope that our fans will never do his kind of behaviour again. This some pictures that I found in the web that shows the act of the die hard fans.👇

So embarassing(Always a Malaysian fan though)... 😣