61 years is a long time to wait for anything. But as they say it, it's better late than never. Negeri Sembilan football team is not known to be a power house in Malaysian football. They only featured in quite a handful of finals and a few league championships to add to that. The coveted Malaysia cup have alluded them for 61 years. The closest they got was in the 2000 and 2006 seasons when they lost the finals to Perak (0-2) and Perlis (1-2), respectively. The wait ended last night.
Going into the final with good goal scored and against results, and unbeaten through the earlier rounds of the Cup, they were still considered as underdogs (or at least they considered themselves as underdogs).
But inspired to win the Cup as a coronation present to the Yang Di Pertuan Besar, Tuanku Muhriz (who was watching from the royal stand), the team nicknamed Rusa, or the Deers, played the game of their lives against the battling Red Warriors from Kelantan....winning, 3-1.
The goals were scored by Shahruain Abu Samah (18th mins), Hairudin Omar (46th mins) and MohdZaquan Adha Abd Razak (penalty, 59th mins). Kelantan's solitary goal was scored by Indra Putra Mahyuddin (93rd mins).
I was watching the game through the internet live streaming at CG residence in Al-Barsha... the streaming was not that good but at least we could hear the ever-green voice of Mr Hasbullah Awang who wEre doing the commentating.... Most of the friends at the residence were from Kelantan (including the CG) and I was the only Negeri Sembilan supporter there. Naturally, they were quite disappointed with the results.... I would feel the same had Negeri Sembilan lost the game.... but in the end, the better team walked out the winner.... no hard feelings I hope. It's just a football match.... there'll definitely be a winner and runners-up.
To all players, officials and supporters, I congratulate you... This is a big achievement for us... I hope we can do it again next year....
HOBIN JANG HOBIN!!!
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