Liverpool FC vs Malaysia
The first time i saw a live football match on tv involving Liverpool FC was the 1977 European Cup Final against Borussia Monchengladbach of Germany on 25 May 1977 at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome , Italy. That was the first time Liverpool won the cup. Among the key players were the England goal keeper Ray Clemence, Emlyn Hughes, Kevin Keegan and Terry Mc Dermott. Berti Vogts was the star player for Borussia Monchengladbach. I thought Liverpool was a great team and started to develop the interest to become a fan. They won the cup four more times and the last one was in 2005 final against AC Milan in Istanbul , Turkey. That was the greatest come back game for Liverpool. Anyway, the name was changed to the UEFA Champions League. The 2005 final was the sixth final for Liverpool after they were banned from the competition for some time after the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985 when Liverpool lost to Juventus 1-0. I missed watching a lot of Liverpool games on tv during my 5-year studies in the US. No English Premier League games shown on tv in the US during that time. Only some games from the German Bundesliga. I played soccer for the university and there was one friendly game against a young team from Liverpool. Our coach was from Liverpool ( Not Liverpool FC 
). He managed to get the friendly game against that team from Liverpool and we were soundly beaten 7-1.
My twins, big fans of Liverpool FC and Manchester United FC
I have twin boys who love football. However, they support different teams. The one who plays football supports Liverpool FC and the other one supports Manchester United FC. Every Saturday night, we will be watching live English Premier League matches on tv. July 2011 was the month of premier league football in Malaysia. Three giant premier league teams visited Malaysia for friendly matches as part of their Asian Tours. Of course my twins were very excited about it. I too was happy but i kept low profile and just kept quiet . Tickets were sold like hot cakes and i only managed to get less favorable seats only. Arsenal was the first to arrive and they beat the Malaysian team 4-0 on 14th July.
Bukit Jalil National Stadium
The Liverpool and Malaysia match was on 16th July 2011 at 5.45 pm . As i had some work to do in the office, we left home quite late. When we arrived at the stadium, the road was jammed. Police were controlling the traffic but we were stucked in the jam. We had to park quite far from the stadium and had to walk around the park for about 500 meters. We could hear the noise from the stadium. We were 30 minutes late and Liverpool were leading 1-0 from the penalty kick converted by the new Liverpool signing, Charlie Adam. When we entered the stadium, all the seats were taken. We had to go upstairs and climbed down looking for empty seats. Luckily we found a few . The atmosphere was deafening and we could see a sea of red-shirted Liverpool fans. It could be well over 85,000 of them.
90,000 strong Red-shirted Liverpool fans
The first half game was very entertaining with the fans kept on cheering Liverpool and Malaysia.
A beautifully taken free kick goal against Liverpool
Malaysia was given a free kick just outside the penalty box. I was holding a camera and my twin told me to get ready to take a camera shot as the Malaysian captain, Shafiq Rahim was preparing to take the free kick. He said he could guarantee Shafiq would score. True enough, Shafiq scored a beautiful free kick goal. The score remained 1-1 at half time.
Dreaming to play for Liverpool FC
In the second half, Liverpool added 3 more goals and the Malaysian side replied with 2 goals. The score was 4-3. The referee gave 4 minutes extra time and when Malaysian fans thought the score would stay, Liverpool scored 2 more goals in the added time . It was worth an effort to watch the game. The KOPS never walk alone !!!
October 12, 2011 at 4:41 pm
ehmmmm… to me, the so-called fans who just watch European football are not real football fans, but people who eat in front their sofa, watching TV. Just that the content is football. Watching football in the stands is just different, because you shout from where you are in the stadium and the referee, linesmen, players, coaches all can hear you… what say u, sir?
October 13, 2011 at 11:48 am
When i was in high school, i liked to watch football ” live ” on the field. I even skipped school for that matter even though the game was between small teams. I played for the university soccer team in the US. But now with so much better technology such as HD tv etc, i prefer to be couch potato