Amri hailed alongside local football legends
PETALING JAYA: Mohd Amri Yahyah will become a legend and a folk hero of Malaysian football.
The 28-year-old from Tanjong Karang will be hailed alongside some of the former greats, among them the late Mokhtar Dahari and R. Arumugam, “Raja Bola” Datuk Abdul Ghani Minhat and Matlan Marjan, who scored two goals against the visiting England team in the 1980s.
Amri will be a household name and remembered for his double strike in the national team’s spirited showing against English Premier League giants Manchester United in the first match of the Red Devils’ pre-season Asian Tour, which Malaysia lost 2-3 in Kuala Lumpur on July 18.
More so, the classic volley when he surprised United No. 1 goalkeeper Edwin van dar Sar from 40 metres out. He also rounded United’s former England goalkeeper Ben Foster to put Malaysia on level terms.
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“It feels like being in a different world now,” said Amri yesterday.
“Whoever I meet, they talk of the two goals and congratulate me. It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and I am happy to have left behind something for the fans to remember.
“In fact, I need to thank national coach K. Rajagopal for giving me the break to don national colours after a three-year break.”
The Selangor skipper has been going great guns and has been playing consistently well for the Red Giants this season.
Selangor have won the Charity Shield (defeating Kedah 4-1) and the FA Cup (defeating Kelantan 4-1 on penalties).
Last night, Selangor clinched the Super League title when they thrashed Police 6-1 at the Selayang Municipal Council Stadium.
Rajagopal should also be credited for taking a bold step in naming only four seniors in the national team, comprising Under-23 players preparing for the Laos SEA Games in December. Besides Amri, the other seniors in the team were Indra Putra Mahayuddin, skipper Norhafli Zamani Misbah and V. Thirumurugan.
“This is the team for the future and there is a lot of work to be done. These players need matches and having played against United would surely motivate them to raise their playing level,” said Rajagopal.
Although Malaysia went down 0-2 to United in the rematch on Monday, it was still a good effort by the team, who were assembled for barely 10 days.
Rookie goalkeeper Mohd Farizal Marlias from Perlis was also outstanding, pulling off several daring saves in the two matches.
Skipper Norhafiz again proved that he could still be counted on to hold the Malaysian fort.
Rajagopal has got to get cracking on the team for the SEA Games and work on the flaws, especially the finishing.
The national Under-23 strikers Mohd Zaquan Abdul Razak, Norsharul Idlan Talaha, Mohd Farderin Kadir, Stanley Bernard Samuel and S. Kunalan certainly need to sharpen up.
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5 comments:
Good for Malaysia Football . have some improve!
legend? haha, tak tau la nak cakap, sebab gol2 semua cam nasib je
hihihi.. Malaysia ni pelik sikit. sikit nak dibanggakan. huuhhu
no doubt m'sia played a good game against man utd on sat night, they just need to be consistent in other tournaments.
whichever team plays against man utd, they are always more energetic, that's a fact
ya... if they keep macam tu lawan team2 lain i rasa Malaysia Football ada peningkatan. mungkin lawan MU dorang rasa xboleh jadi so, dorang lawan habis habisan sebab xnak malu sgt kat tmpt sendiri.
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