The Reason Why I Don't Play Football

hello. i just got back from watching germany's victory over argentina. mmg agak best match itu. aku tgk dr mula sampai habis kot.

yes. i do watch football. but if u ask me whe the hell wears jersi nombor 13 argentina or siapa coach german, i do not know.

that's just the way i take football. i love the game but i don't study everything bout it.

so, it kinda annoying when someone buat2 terkejut or denying the fact that i watch football matches. they always think that i do not have any interest in football other than seeing the footballers. hey. i watch ok. in fact i was.. yes, WAS a hardcore fan of football. local football to be exact.

i still remember when i was in primary and early secondary school, back then, local football scene was not as rubbish as it is nowadays. they were kinda good. and living in selangor makes it an easier choice for me to root on the Red Giants. they were great. they had azman adnan and few great players who i already forgot their names.. owh yeah, the imported ones were great too.. mehmet durokovic (dunno how to spell his name) and tony cottee (we call him tony kote) were fantastic.

at that time, i would stayed up late just to watch the matches and everytime selangor scored, the house shook. haha and in the morning, i would wake up and head straight to kedai mamak and tgk paper.. they use to have this column kecik kat front page that shows the results of yesterday's matches.. and everytime selangor won, i felt great.

enough about watching, how about playing? well, i do play football but i would rather not. there are few reasons why.

first, when i was in secondary school. we had PJK. and all these boys would play football every week. where i was? on the bence gossiping with my bff. haha

see, i have a bestie who was in the next class, so since we were not in the same class, PJK was the only time for us to catch up and gosip gile2 punya (PJK gabung 2 classes). therefore, when the other boys are running here and there sepak2 bola, me and danial (bff of mine) would sit on the sideline and chat. haha

and the only time we would join them is when there was not enough players and they would force us to join. the position, as usual.. the position which requires the least amount of skills, the BET (betul ke eja ni) haha so there were we.. bola datang, kitorg kejar and sepak ntah kemana ntah.. as long as bola goes away from the goal, it was good enough.

*tibe2 teringat, bile abis PJK semua boys tukar baju blakang bangunan.. azmi grrrr

ok sambung. not that i suck in football but that time, i was more interested with last nite's charmed and melodi instead of football. haha

then when i was in form 2 or 3, i got close with the guy guys in my class and guess what? every evening we would go and play football. yeahh! i took the time to brush up my skill and suprisingly, i was good. haha i had this thing where i can predict the opponent's movement and being a bet guy, this is a plus cos i got to hold his attack before he got the chance to do it. haha
hebat kot.

sadly, these group of friends i have went to boarding schools and left me alone. sigh..

owh.. i forgot. there is a peristiwa that makes me hate football when i was younger. well, this is kinda pathetic but hey.. lantak lah.. dah lepas kan?

when i was 10 or so.. i was a baby hippo. gemok badak betul. but, regardless, i enjoy playing football. so i had this group of friends who played regularly.

one day, they decided to take part in this one tournament. it was just a small one. budak2 kampung punya event. so we took part. that morning, we were the first to come to the venue so we got the name 'group a'.. then bila tournament tu dah start, people found it hard to remember our group's name cos group lain semua nama nak gempak2 seperti Bebola Api Neraka, Tendangan Patukan Tedung dan Harimau Siberia.. so the organizer decided to change our group's name into something more commercial. and it was APAM. haha A for APAM. mmg cam haram.

so we were so pumped up to win regardless the name apam. aku pun excited la since this is the first time aku join. so there i was, an overly excited fat kid. the first match, APAM kalah. haha and i wasn't in the field pon sbb the group decided untuk menurunkan keseblasan utama. haha so i got bored and went to the kedai mamak to buy food. haha so masa kat kedai tu, i was like.. ermm better belikan diorg makanan sbb maybe diorg lapar. being a good friend, i bought them coke botol besar and roti sweetie.. gigih kayuh basikat bwk plastik besar and ditakdirkan, plastik koyak and the food jatuh terburai.. so kejadian tu wat aku lewat few minutes.. but yg sedihnya.. smapi je kat padang.. i found out that the group had played the second game and lost and got disqualified. haha babih je. i didn't get the chance to play pon.

so masa kitorg nak chow, other players jerit2.. yeyeh apam balik.. apam balik..bodoh sgt.

haha funny kan?

ok sambung the story about that overly excited fat footballplayer-wannabee kid. but this next story is kinda sad. at least for me. ok few years later.. when i was in form 1 kot.. i was still fat. my friends and i decided to masuk tournament lagi. but this time, it was a proper tournament. so we had to buy matching jersey and all. so, member2 aku ajak la aku join.. aku ngan excitednya pun setuju. haah but the problem is, i don't have everything..i mean football gears.. boots, knee pads and all..

so i went home with mounting expectations and hopes that my family would sponsor aku beli those stuff.. and suprisingly, it was a full support from them. my arwah mak gave me money to buy the jersey which we bought at this one hari2-like kedai.. the name was 'khalifah airways' ntah negeri arab mane punya jersey ntah.. then my sisters bought me knee pads and socks, then i borrowed my fried's boot.

so there i was. i looked like a professional player from khalifah airways. haha

the day of the tournament came. it was on saturday so there were quite a people around the field. but i did not get nervous at all in fact i was so ready to score 20 goals. haha few minutes later game pun start and my team was called to the field. first game aku tak main sbb according to them, they ned to win the first match in order to stay in the tournament. so xperlah. aku main second game..

so the first game, we lost. haha

here comes the second game and it's the time for me to play! yeay!! aku pun gigih panaskan badan! masa tgh dok kat tepi padang tu.. i got to reallized that my whole family came to see me play! haha they were so excited for me, they came to the tournament. lagilah aku bersemangat nak main. so the second game was about to start. but somehow, the team said, they need to win this time cos they lost the first match so i was put on the bench again. a bit dissapointed but aku tak kisah! this is for the sake of the team! so i sat on the sideline and rooted for the team.

lepas second half, diorg played for a few minutes then tetiba they ask me to play! wow! this is my time to shine! me and my family got excited! so i put on the game face and stepped into the field.

from a far i saw this opponent bwk bola towards me. i was ready..i predicted his moves and i tried to steal the ball from the left. but he actually turned right. haha my prediction was wrong. haha nasib baek tak goal. xpe.. i said to myself,

lepas ni jaga betul2 faiz! family tgh tgk tu!!

and sadly, seminit lepas tu, ref tiup wisel.. rupenya game td tgl x smpai 2 minit. and the saddest part was, i did not get to touch the ball at all. imagine the feeling.

pakai full attire ni, ngn matching socks, jersey, boots, with the family rooting on the sideline.

and i played for 1 and a half minute je. didn't get to touch the ball pun.

pathetic huh?
and of cos the team lost and we went home right after that.

haha story of my life. sedih kan?

so, that was why aku tak berapa into football ni. apart from the physical yg gemok, i didn't really have friends who would really main bola ngn aku. i was always the guy who got in because there was nobody around.

so since then, aku dah malas nak main bola. mainly because people underestimate me.

benda ni bersambung sampai la aku masuk uni. back in melaka masa aku diploma, the boys slalu gi main futsal. but no matter how aku wat2 muka excited nak ikot, they never ajak aku.

:(

sebabnya? they underestimated me. they dont see me as a person who plays football. and i couldnt careless to show them that i play. i would rather pretend that i am clueless about football.

then one day. the same thing happened, kekurangan player. so diorg terpaksa ajak aku untuk mencukupkan org supaya xbyr mahal masa sewa court nanti. i was reluctant. sbb dah lama x main.. but, aku pergi gak.

and, through out the whole trip to tampin, i was being sooo la pretend tak tau main.. but when the first game started, i scored 5 goals. haha

in ur face straight guys!

well, it was easy actually. i pretended like i kick like paris hilton so they didnt jaga me at all. so diorg biar je aku without any jagaan. and diorg xtau aku ni laju. i could be everywhere anytime so masa tu, aku just duduk atas and tgu bola. thank god lah xde offside dlm futsal kan?

call me curi ayam but who cares. sape suruh underestimate aku. hahaha the next game i scored 4 goals. even the boys admitted that i was fast. haha tau pun. i practice pakai heels kot. hahaha

so from that time onwards, i was a regular player kalo main futsal..

but that is like 1 year ago. nowadays. bile dah kat s.alam ni.. i don't play anymore because nobody ask me to join them. :( sedih la bile kene left out camni.

now, bila tgk world cup.. and tambah plak dah lama tak main.. kaki aku ni cam ringan je nak gi rembat2 bola. but i am still waiting for the guys to ajak me join them. but until then.. berangan je lah..

ok that's it. penat cite pasal football!
daa!

gambar sewaktu part 6 diploma... miss this moment