Safety not an issue

This season has been a revelation for Sarawak football, so far at least. Top of the table with four games to play and just a point ahead of second-placed Sime Darby is a good place to be but shows that nothing can be taken for granted. On the pitch, things seem to be going smoothly but off the pitch is where the concern now lies. This is a story of Razali Paee.

Classy goals: Advantage Kelantan

Kota Bahru – Two classy goals for Kelantan have put them in the driver’s seat for the return leg of the 2013 FA Cup quarter-finals tie against Sarawak. Losing 2-1 away to the defending Super League champion and FA Cup holder seems a job well done but Sarawak still has much to do before they meet again on the 16th of April.

Don’t be sorry, Champ

8pm Malaysian time, 5^th August 2012; Malaysia came together to watch Datuk Lee Chong Wei take on his arch-nemesis, Lin Dan for the Olympic Gold Medal in the Mens Singles. Four years ago, Datuk Lee was anihiliated in Beijing. In London, an avenging was on the cards. An hour and thirty minutes later, our champ was slumped to his feet in defeat as he did in Beijing.

Datuk Lee down and out against China’s Lin Dan

Datuk Lee, being a champion that he is, tweeted ‘I’m sorry’. You don’t have to be. You are a true Malaysian hero.

Sarawak relegated

Any other season of the Malaysia Super League, Sarawak would have sighed a sigh of relief for barely escaping relegation and be gearing up for the Malaysia Cup next month. Fourth from bottom out of fourteen teams would have been good enough but not this time around. Having announced at the start of the season that the MSL will be reduced to twelve teams, many Sarawak fans must have had their minds tangled in yet another conspiracy theory of the Football Association of Malaysia, FAM treating Sarawak unfairly. Some fans will remember the humiliation and disrespect Sarawak suffered posing with a paper replica of the then Liga Perdana Malaysia trophy even when Sarawak won the league before their final match against Selangor.

Sarawak Malaysia Premier League Champions in 1997 with a paper trophy. I do NOT own this photograph. Saw this on Facebook, original owner unknown. Whoever it is, Thank You.