The premier league showcased their two most famous and well-supported teams in south east asia in these two weeks. Manchester United was in Malaysia and played two games there…winning 3-2 and 2-0. Owen scored 0n both occasions. Yay!!! They were supposed to go to Indonesia but for the hotel bombings. Pity the football mad indonesians. The match had been sold out and I’m sure many indonesians had been looking forward to watching the red devils. Man U said they would come back one day…haha…wait long, long.

Liverpool played Thailand to a 1-1 draw yesterday with Babel and Sutee scoring and the reds have landed in Singapore today, not that I cared too much about it. I’m just happy that premier league giants still consider our country worth their while coming…not least the money they can make on trips like these and the networking they can make to earn more $$$.

But on a personal level, my interest in watching live exhibition matches has waned since the children have grown up. I could have gone up to KL to watch Man U as it was dirt cheap converting to ringgit but the thought of travelling 5 hours on the north-south by coach and being away from the family made me think hard about going. Same with Liverpool…$88 to catch a top side play singapore is not the most expensive ticket…I have paid more for pop concerts, but I would rather spend sunday evening at church with my family and then having a good meal with them. I have missed family meals before but that would only be for a real solid premier league match on the telly or if Man U were playing top opposition. In this instance, pool were just not worth the trouble sacrificing family time…just as well since I will use the dough to get a new Man U jersey with the black V. I saw the pool-thailand match on live streaming yesterday and consider that good enough for me! I can live without witnessing Liverpool at the piss-old National Stadium! 

So when will be my next live match? Not another friendly, that’s for sure. I understand Singapore’s next big match is in November against Thailand in the asian cup qualification…hey, that may be one worth going for the genuine competitiveness.

 

saw ryan babel score against thailand on live streaming

pool visits thailand & singapore

man u visits malaysia, korea & china but cancels indonesia trip due to terrorism

All in all, an interesting 2009…