Sports : Fantasy Football

English Premier League will start soon. Next month. Huhu. The fever is back! I've been playing this fantasy football game 3 years already. Along with my EEunderground friends.

Its kinda cool actually. Being able to create a team every matchday by selecting EPL players that in your view will perform the best every week. Its not pure luck actually. Sometimes you need to aware recent news of EPL as well.

This year will be the 4th year. Huhu. EEu league currently have 8 teams joined. I notice that 2 ladies joined. Hehe. Wani and Liza. Hahaha. Nice one.

I'll blog more when the season starts.

EURO 2008 : Final

Its a cracking match as I predicted it is! Well, before the tournament start I do predict Germany or Portugal will battle it out to be crowned champion. As the game goes by, Spain is the one who deserve it.

Young players, great tactics, great coach, great captain and TORRES! You got it only in Spain.


In fact, last night even the strongest 'twin towers' couldn't handle this 'Kid'. Mertasacker and Metzelder forced to give their very best to contain 'El-Nino'. Eventually, Torres managed to lose his marker(s) and lobbed the ball over the in-rushing Lehmann. 1-0.

The scores remain until the final whistle. Germany do create a few chances. But Spain can increased the margin with some great football by the players. Torres header hit the post in the early minutes. Xavi and Fabregas tested Lehman a few times. Marcus Senna should score his first international goal after his sliding kick missed the ball when the goal already wide opened.

Man of the Match? Sergio Ramos. Germany's leading goalscorer, Podolski had a tough time dealing with him. And his diving header cleared off the line by Frings should have been a great goal.

EURO 2008 : Semi Final 2

Yes, I did watch the match this morning. Huhu. One sided match! Duh!

At least at the first half I should say 50-50. Cesc Fabregas change the game. And of course in favour of Spain! Wuhuu.. Thats a 21 year old y'know. Real Madrid should chase this guy instead of that Portugese guy, so called 'Best Player in the World'!. Hmm..

Enough said, Spain win 3-0. Goals scored in the second half. The first one from Xavi Hernandes who slide the ball after brilliant run from the left by Iniesta. Iniesta crossed, and with a perfect time slide, Igor Akinfeev couldn't do nothing.

The second goal come from the substitute. Mallorca's Daniel Guiza scored after brilliant flick by Cesc Fabregas. He chested the ball and squeeze it past Akinfeez. That's the Top Goalscorer of La Liga last season. Damn. Spanish do have the most talented young players.

The 3rd goal scored by another promising youngster, David Silva. I kinda like the way he plays. Left footed player but always roaming outside the box. He scored by kick a well placed shot into the left corner of Russian's post. 3-0.


Post-match review: Hiddink admitted that Cesc Fabregas do change the way russians played. Arshavin also didn't have so much to do. Puyol marked him very tight indeed.

The final will be another cracking match! The battle of midfielders! :)

As for me? NGANTUK!!.. haha.. Tidur kat masjid le jawabnye..

Sports : Euro 2008 Semi-Final 1

Ngantuk.. hehe.. Tengok bola sampai kul 5 pagi tadi.. Damn.. Its well worthed.

Germany menang 3-2. Bukan sebab Germany menang. Sebab 5 gol! hehe.. Personally, I do think Turkey deserve to win. Dorg control game dari awal. Germany kelam kabut. Masa Torsten Frings masuk baru la ok sikit.

Aku bengang gak semalam. Boleh tengah2 tgk bola tu rancangan tergendala! I thought Astro Supersports that having problem. Tukar channel Tv3, NTV7, rupa2nya sama gak. Bengong. Even gol Klose pn tv tak tunjuk. Cet~!.

Nasib baik gol Lahm tu ada. wooOhoo.. tambah lagi point aku Yahoo Fantasy Sports. Yeah!

EURO 2008 : Portugal out

Yup, sad but true. Huhu. Ronaldo alone just cannot defeat the Gers. But, to be honest, the match was awesome. 2-3 the final score. And the Portugese defeated by 2 goals by set pieces. Felipe Scolari should emphasized on this for the match.

Paulo Ferreira against Klose? Again Paulo Ferreira against Ballack? Marking was awful. Pepe or Carvalho should mark these guys. Damn!

As I posted earlier, I predict Portugal vs Germany in Semis. It turned out that they battle it out in quarter. The winner takes all. Germany for champion! I just hope Russia will beat the Oranje. Hehe.

Euro 2008: Players to Watch

Personally, I hope managers will give priorities for youngster. Forget about Piero, Saha, Larsson, Vieira, Klose, Schneider or even Euro 04 top scorer, Baros.

These are the playes I hope plays a big part in this year's tournament.
1. France: Benzema, Toulalan, Nasri.
2. Holland: Afellay and Huntelaar
3. Italy: Quagriella, De Rossi
4. Spain: Ramos, Villa
5. Germany: Mario Gomez
6. Croatia: Modric and Kranjcar
7. Portugal: Moatinho and Nani
8. Sweden: Sebastian Larsson
9. Turkey: Tuncay

Team to watch would be Portugal and Spain.

Big team that will leave early: France! Hehe

Most likely to spring a surprise: Croatia

Golden boot contender: Torres, Ronaldo, Klose

Euro 2008

Euro fever is back! This time, i've picked Portugal as my fav team. Yes, they've got Cristiano Ronaldo in it.

Why i chose Portugal is not totally because of that guy. The team is actually the same that lose to Greece on Euro 04. Add in it some new faces, which are Bosingwa, Veloso, Nani, Almeda and Pepe, the team are much better.

Other interesting players are Barcelona's Deco, Porto's Quaresma, Simao, Chelsea's Carlvalho and Paulo Ferreira. Not to forget Sporting Lisbon's Joao Mautinho, a Man U target.

My bid is that Germany-Portugal in semi. Winner will eventually win the Cup.

Sports #2 : 07/07 UCL Final, Man U Vs Chelsea

As expected, the match is damn great. 1-1 till the final whistle blown. It ended up with PENALTY!! Sigh.. Hehe..

PENALTY for me is just luck. Pure Luck! Hehe.. but of course you need some good reflexes and long stretched hand to won the shootout. In MU, they've got Van Der Sar.

Pure Chelsea fan couldn't blame John Terry or Anelka for missed the spotkick. In fact, Terry is fantastic throught the 90+15+15 minutes of full match. Anelka might felt that he could contribute more at least to score the penalty. I still think that Avram Grant should bring him in earlier.

Hero and the Zero

Moan of the Match
Ronaldo scores.. Again! Damn..Again and Again.. He is good isn't he? Hopefully Real Madrid can lure him out of Old Trafford. Hehe.

Moment of the Match
Also Ronaldo's reaction after Van Der Sar saved Anelka's Penalty. Gosh.. He must be relieved. Very relieved indeed. If only Terry scored his spotkick.. Huhu.. Ronaldo would be on his way to Bernabeu.. hehe..

Sports : EPL 07/08 Best 11

First of all, I'm not a football pundit. Hehe. But I am a huge fan of Most Entertaining League of the world, English Premier League. This is my very own assessment of best players for the past season.

Ok, Man U have won the premiership. I could say that Man U could'nt won it without the best player of the season, Christiano Ronaldo. My bet is that he will be in every football fans' Best 11 for EPL 07-08..

Some may less argue on my selection on midfield. Probably readers agreed that Barry+Gerrard is the best combination of centre midfiled England ever created. I probably sound a lil' bit poyo there. Hehe. But hey, They've already show it in recent England Internation mathces. On top of that, with Cesc Fabgregas in there it would be an unstoppable midfield engine. Left side, it is between Bentley vs Young for me. But since Bentley plays at right most of the time, my bet is on Young for this slot.

For the defensive line, people may argue why I put Dunne in partnership with Lescott in the centre. Lescot is undisputed best defender for the season, but Dunne? Especially after 8-1 lost on their last match. I think, Dunne will be in his best when facing one of the big four. It would be great acquisition for any other team in the premier league if Man City decided to sell this defender. Hutton and Bale?? Spurs probably have the best right back or left back in the premier league. In Bale, they have the pace, the crosses and not to mention his specialty on taking free kicks. And he is young! Damn, he got injured on the second half of the season. Hutton? A great move to buy this defender. Very consistent.

David James would be unquestionably the best keeper of the season. Other choices would be Pepe Reina or Chris Gordon or even Joe Hart of Manchester City.

As for the benchwarmers, the list probably complete the overall dream team. Santa Cruz? The best bargain of the season. Adebayor? The fact that he scores as much as he misses clear chances, I still put him on my dream team. Hehe..

I think thats all. Cant wait for the 08-09 season. Gosh...

In the meantime,

Premierleague.com very own Dream team here
Sportingo's all star team here