Quarterfinal Preview: vs. Warlocks/Team Mulla

Date: 8th April 2009, Wednesday
Kick-off Time: 8:00pm
Venue: Intramural Playing Fields
Jersey: Spain (Away)

**UPDATE - We're playing Scoregasm instead. Sorry for misinforming.**

We've not been having match previews and match reports for the past few weeks, and I on the behalf of the 'At Vandy' contributors would like to deeply apologize. It has been a hectic few weeks, what with the semester closing up and everything - and that should always take precedence over football. A lesson to note for others hopefully.

Malay FC finished the 'B Gold' league with four wins and one draw. That meant we top the group and will play in the quarterfinals on Wednesday, the 8th. Finishing top of the group implied a technically easier tie in the quarterfinals, namely the fourth team of league 'B Black'. The second team in league 'B Gold' plays the third team in league 'B Black' and so forth. As the games are not yet completed in the 'B Black' league, we're still left uncertain as to whom we'll face. There are two possibilities - Warlock and Mulla's fraternity/arab team; their names absent from memory. Both ties are tricky as Chica FC might testify. Warlocks was the team that had huge players and defeated Chica FC on Chica's first game. On the other hand as with Mulla's fraternity - most of us have played against the middle east students to know the tremendous quality they possess.

As always, Malay FC would play following the same game plan we've had throughout the tournament. There are no injuries reported except that our goalkeeper Hafiz looks to suffer from a slight flu. We also welcome back the service of Jerry after being away for the last game against El Turcos. So the team formation looks set viz:

Shawn

Dollah --- Izwan --- Amar

--- Shah --
-- Hasan ---
Aniep ------ Baba

Jerry

Subs: Hafiz, Billy Joe, Nasir, Khairi, Salman

Weather forecasts have tomorrow as sunny with a high of 18 deg C and low of 4 deg C. As we'll be playing at 8:00 it might be a little chilly so everyone is advised to have on sufficient outerwear. We're heading into spring semester crunch time so it might be tricky for people to show up, but again any form of support is highly welcomed. To that note I wish everyone a good end to the semester - there's not even 3 weeks left so let's get our acts together and make that first step towards finishing strongly. Good muslims are those who are balanced in everything they do, so apart from being good at football/cheering, let's all strive for academic excellence as much.

Till tomorrow, salam wrwb.

A.Z.A.

Game 3 : PETRONAS FC

Sekali lagi para pemain turun padang pada petang 25 Mac. Membawa semangat setinggi gunung Ledang. Akan tetapi pihak lawan pula yg tidak menghadirkan diri. Sungguh hampeh mereka itu. Jadi Kami telah menang tanpa bertanding. Bapak boring!

Perlawanan akan datang ialah insyaAllah pada 30 Mac akan datang pada pukul 7 mlm menentang BYX. Nama team pon dah mcm nama basikal. Jadi kami membayangkan mereka ini pantas2 belaka. Jadi saya selaku salah seorang pemain mengharapkan kemenangan buat Petronas fc pada perlawanan yg akan datang ini. Berikut merupakan statistik jaringan gol sepanjang tiga perlawanan :

rhuee = 4 gol
ikhwan = 1 gol
nihat = 1 gol
paan = 1 goal

Pujian yg amat tinggi dan ucapan terima kasih pada semua penyokong yg tidak putus2 hadir ke setiap perlawanan kami. Semangat mereka semua boleh dikatakan menandingi semangat para pemain sendiri. Terima kasih tidak terhingga...

sekian..Majulah sukan untuk negara yg tercinta..

Game 2 : PETRONAS FC

Pada petang 23 Mac kami telah bertemu dengan The Knockouts untuk perlawanan kami yg kedua. Akan tetapi kami telah kalah 2-0 (aduhai). Permainan agak menarik pada separuh masa pertama tetapi para pemain Petronas fc menjadi goyah pabila pihak lawan berjaya menjaringkan goal pertama.

Hari menjadi lebih sakit buat Petronas pabila sekali lagi pihak lawan menjaringkan gol kedua. Penyerang Petronas Fc iaitu rhuee tidak dapat berbuat apa kerana dia telah di jaga oleh tiga orang pemain pertahanan pihak lawan (alasan). Para pemain menjadi penat kerana kekurangan stamina. Ditambah pula ketinggalan 2-0.

Pengajaran yg dapat diambil di sini ialah kita perlu bersemangat waja. Walaupon ketinggalan kita tidak boleh berputus asa.. Majulah sukan untuk negara...

Game 3 preview: vs Galaxy

Date: Sunday, 22nd March 2009.
Kick-off Time: 3:00pm
Venue: Intramural Playing Field 3
Jersey: Spain (Away)

I apologize for the deficiency of a match report for Game 2. I'm usually responsible for the previews but regardless there should not be any excuse. We won the match 1-0 thanks to a goal from Jerry, but could've, and should've won by a greater margin due to the number of chances carved out. Our right back is particularly guilty of a really bad miss, shame on him. That said the team have trained on Friday night and hopefully that should transform their finishing a bit more sharp and clinical.

Our next opponents are potentially dangerous, on paper at least. They, along with El Turcos and ourselves have been 100% in winning all their games. Some of the players seem to remember them from last year, which they claim we beat them then, albeit none of us remembering the final score. However that should not get into the minds of the players for if we feel too confident it usually leads to complacency and a terribly lax attitude. The team should go out once more and play their usual style of football - keeping possession, defending as a unit, you all probably know that by now. No injuries are reported although some of the players have taken knocks during training (Abdullah, Hafiz), and some of the players might have other commitments as well (Amar). So the team might go out with possibly the following plan:

Shawn (or Hafiz, depending)

Nabil (or Dollah, depending) --- Izwan --- Billy Joe (or Amar, depending)

--- Shah --
-- Hasan ---
Jerry --------- Baba

Aniep

Subs: Nasir, Khairi, Afiq, Adre, Salman

There was a really good turnout last time around, we, the players really appreciate it. We controlled the tempo of the game throughout, and had numerous shots on goal, albeit not finishing most of them. So we should stick to our usual style for this game and hope for better finishing insyAllah. The game's at 3:00pm, on a Sunday on top of that so it might be difficult for most to show up. But do note any support is highly welcomed :).

Till tomorrow, here's to a good game and a good turnout. Salam wrwb.

AZA

Freshmen Team

Assalamualaikum warahmatullah...

Pada tahun ini..untuk intramural.. frehmen juga masuk bertanding dan berada dlm group C black. Nama PETRONAS fc telah diberi kepada team bola freshmen. Knapa petronas..ntah sbb da xdak idea nak bg nama apa dah.

Berikut merupakan kesebelasan utama team Petronas :

                                           Bad(keeper)

               ikhwan          uncle              farid          kuduih

                            din               hero               apis

                                               rhuee

Alhamdulillah team kitorang menang 4-0 menentang Knight Skream pada perlawanan pertama.

Berikut adalah nama2 penyumbang goal.

Goal pertama == paan

Goal kedua== rhuee

Goal ketiga == ikhwan (free kick)

Goal empat == nihat

kemenangan kami bukan sahaja hasil penat kesebelasan utama sahaja. Sebenarnya semua freshmen lelaki bermain pada mlm tersebut. Saya juga ingin mengambil kesempatan ini untuk mengucapkan ribuan terima kasih pada supporters pada mlm tu. Sampai bawak banners lagi..

Perlawanan kedua kami adalah pada hari isnin akan dtg (23 march 2009). Kemenangan kami harapkan...

sekian..

Game 2 Preview: vs Fallerenes

Date: Wednesday, 18th March 2009
Venue: Intramural Playing Field 3 (Closest to Rec Center)
Kick-off Time: 8:00pm (Chicanos at 7:00pm and Freshmen's Petronas also at 8:00pm)
Jersey: Malaysia 07/08 (Stripes)

Malay FC looks to keep the ball rolling from their previously impressive win over Pace Knights, this time at the expense of Fallerenes. Due to the odd number of teams in the group, this game is the first game for Fallerenes, which in and of itself renders pros and cons for Malay FC. The good news is Fallerenes has yet to gain match fitness and can prove to be a little less sharp opponents for Malay FC. On the flip side - as was the case with Pace Knights - none of us know their style of play or the level at which they're capable of playing. I'd love to judge from nomenclature, but nobody knows what in the world Fallerenes is. Hmm, mungkin chicanos.

However as always Malay FC go into this game with the mindset of sticking to the usual gameplan - protect the goal, play possession football, and pounce early. No injuries are reported so the same team is set to line up with only minor changes viz:

Hafiz

Dollah ----- Izwan ----- Amar

--- Shah --
-- Hasan (C) ---
Jerry ---------- Baba

Aniep

Subs: Nabil, Billy Joe, Nasir, Khairi, Afiq, Salman, Adre (?)

Raja Hasan the team captain is set to give Salman a deserved rest and start Aniep at his expense. The impressive Hafiz will continue in goal and seek out to close off one-on-one attacks at which he does best. As always the defence will be marshalled by Izwan tenang whose great positional sense allow for vital interceptions and break up of opposing attacks. Playing at right back is Dollah. With Amar on the opposite flank always looking to make vital overlapping runs to support the attack - a feat rewarded with Malay FC's first goal in the previous game. Playing in front of the defence is Shah who's box-to-box play, imposing physique, and a powerful left foot provide great value both in defence and offence. In the playmaking role will be Raja Hasan looking to strut out his creative talents to drive the team and make passes to unlock the opposing defence. Jerry as always will be looking to make his trademark solo runs from the right hand side of midfield. And on the opposite side is Baba with good ball control and a fearsome right foot making him the ideal player to cut in from the left and have a shot on goal. In the lone-striker role is Aniep able to trouble defences with his pace and well-timed runs along with clinical finishing.

The subs make up of Nabil (Center back/Full back) who's a player much in the mould of Izwan, close ball control and good positional sense. Another defensive player is Billy Joe (Full back) who's great recovery pace makes him a tough obstacle to beat for most wingers. Nasir's ability to make good tackles and a good passing range makes him a suitable replacement either in center back or as a defensive midfielder. Khairi is another player with exceptional technique allowing him to play in most positions centrally - either of a defensive midfielder, playmaker, or striker. Afiq possess tremendous pace and a good cross allowing him to replace any of the two wingers while Salman is another player with magnificent technique and a good pace able to play in the wings or centrally (playmaker or striker). Finally on the bench is Adre (?), a quick, skillful player who's most suitable on the wings.

The players

The fans

As was evident on the previous Sunday, Malay FC has every chance of doing well if everybody sticks to the game plan and play as a team - keeping good possession and closing out opposing offences starting from the striker and back. Should the team perform similarly on wednesday there is a good chance for another win. Kickoff is at 8:00pm with a reported high of 23 deg C and low of 8 deg C, i.e. it'll most likely be a nice day out so everyone is invited to come watch and have a good break from the heavy work loads (boleh beli bubble tea before datang juga, tak sure la dia tutup pukul berapa tapi, 7 maybe or something Wallahu'alam). Also playing tomorrow is Chica at 7:00pm and Petronas also at 8:00pm so everybody is welcomed as not only will your support be tremendous for the players, it's also a good way to fortify friendship ties in my humble opinion. Here's to a good turnout and a good game insyAllah.

Till tomorrow. Salam wrwb.

AZA

P/S: Kalau turun boleh masuk flickr rakan-rakan SLR kita Muhaimin, Awatif and Adil juga, which I thank them again for the persistence and effort. :)

Perubahan formation chica FC

Assalamualaikum

Melalui first game kita tadi, Aku selaku kapten dpt merasakan yg formation kita salah. Midfield kite kurang dan byk defend pon x guna sbb midfield xde lantas menyebabkan game kita xde flow. So, rasenya kita akan menggunakan formation seperti malay FC selepas ni, 3-4-1. Tolong la jgn putus asa, boleh2 sabar2.

--GK--
--LB-- --CB-- --RB--
--DM--
--CM--
--LW-- --RW--
--ST--

Regards,
Kapten Hannan.

1st win for Malay FC

Alhamdulillah malay fc berjaya memulakan kejohanan dengan kemenangan bergaya ke atas pace knights. Perlawanan diadakan di padang tengah yang merupakan padang ter'ok' di antara 3 padang yang digunakan. yang mengecewakan adalah sesetengah pemain datang agak lambat namun mungkin mereka mempunyai urusan lain yang lebih penting. harapnya kita akan lebih berdisiplin selepas ini dengan turun awal. so senang untuk pilih player.

Formation awal yang sudah dipostkan oleh AZA menjadi pilihan cuma ade perubahan posisi oleh jerry dan salman. Penjaga gol cemerlang hafiz di setia di pintu gol. Di hadapannya 3 orang defender yang rock solid. Izwan centerback berpengalaman luas, sudah ramai striker yang tewas di kakinya. Dolah, all time faveret right back, kembali memegang posisi tersebut setelah beberapa kali mencuba posisi lain sebelum ini. Left back ialah Amar yang merupakan late inclusion yang menunjukkan betapa khidmatnya sangat ditagih dengan menjaringkan gol awal yg sgt kritikal. Di tengah Shah dan Hasan saling bergilir utk naik dan turun, untuk memastikan kestabilan team dan memelihara flow perlawanan. di kiri baba dengan ball control serta rembatan kencangnya dan di kanan jerry yang...hebat. Akhir sekali Salman yang mempunyai potensi yg amat besar, namun tidak dapat ditonjolkan secara maximum tadi.

Perlawanan dimulakan dengan Malay FC dengan segera cuba menguasai perlawanan dgn ball control dan passing. Gol pertama hadir hasil kombinasi menarik antara amar dan baba di sebelah kiri. Overlap cantik amar menyebabkan baba teruja untuk mengassist bola yang akhirnya dengan tenang disudahkan oleh Amar utk membuktikan betapa lariannya perlu digeruni. Gol kedua dihasilkan oleh jerry yang tenang menyusup ke kotak penalti sebelum merembat masuk. 

Malay FC pergi ke half time dengan selesa 2-0. 2nd half bermula dengan agak ok namun Malay FC dikejutkan dengan gol pertama pihak lawan. Tersentak dgn gol tersebut, malay fc menggandakan asakan dan berhasil memperoleh gol melalui Jerry yang membuat larian pantas dan melambungkan bola mengatasi penjaga gol.3-1. Kemenengan bergaya disempurnakan oleh baba yang membawa bola dari kiri, kemudian cut-inside dan melepaskan rembatan cantik yang gagal diselamatkan penjaga gol. Full time 4-1.

Semoga prestasi mantap dapat diteruskan ke perlawanan seterusnya insyaAllah

Chica FC

Assalamualaikum

Seperti mana yg kite tau Chica FC akan menempuhi first game pd hr isnin 5 ptg ni.
Walaupon tujuan Chica FC ni hanya untuk suka2, tp kalau boleh kite nk tgk sejauh mane kite boleh pegi n maen all out. Okeh seperti mane yg kite tau, Pemergian kapten ammar bakal memberi impak kpd team chica. Jgn risau pasal ketiadaan ammar akan diganti ngan wansyah dan mafa yg mantap bermain samada left back/right back dgn speed ngan tackle mereka.
Satu lagi, harta peninggalan kapten ammar (email die sebelum ni) die ade propose untuk maen defensive(4 org defense) n 1 lone striker. Say amat bersetujulah dgn amanat kapten ammar nih pasal team kite pon kalau tgk squad members, byk defensive player.

So, camni lah formation kite ye:

-----------------------------------------------------------
Shawn (GK)

Zulisk/Ganu (RB) - Hadi/Syamir (CB) - Hubab/Adil (CB) - Wansyah/Lukman (LB)

Tariq/Azrin (RMF) - Lah (MC) - Azlan/Mafa (LMF)

Hanan/Jobol (FC)
-----------------------------------------------------------

Formation ni macam boleh try nnti:

---------------------

--GK--
--LB--LCB--RCB--RB--
--DM--
--LM-- --RM--
--ST--

---------------------

Tp midfield pancit ah kene lari byk involve attack/defense..Tp camni byk sket peluang nk attack

and defense cam secure sket

Free Kick: ??
Corner Kick: ??
Penalty: ?? (Tariq?)
Captain: Xtau ah xlantik lagi...hanan ok gak..setuju hanan? ok ah ahanan

Position untuk setiap player x fixed..bole je tuka2..ikut keadaan
xde regular or sub player..kite akan maen berdasarkan sape pancit die kuar.
And kalau boleh nk kasi sume merasa maen.

So camni lah plan kite..kite akan anto lone striker untuk menyelesaikan tugas2 score gol and 3 midfied, lah akan maen sebgai playmaker untuk feed bola pada striker n membuat creative passes yg akan menundukkan pihak lawan. Alan(Super sprinter,stamina power) Akan men lebih offensive and support striker. Jgn lupe anda midfield, so priority adalah untuk maen kat center and dominate tgh pdg. Azrin/Tariq akan maen lebih defensive untuk kasi serangan lawan tumpul n memudahkan defense melakukan kerja2 ganas. So, kalau ade peluang, alan boleh je nk sprint n take role as a winger (pastu bole score goal/cross untuk striker) Jgn lupe team kite byk sprinter(ganu,zulisk,alan,jobol) So kite mcm boleh buat super counter attack nampaknya.

Kat goal xyah risau..kite ada shawn ngan bdn yg besar untuk tutup goal dan super reflexes die untuk mempertahankan gawang goal..defense kite lak sume mantap2 ditambah lak ade 4 org..so rasenya mmg kukuh ni. Kite ada hanan(sharpshooter) ngan jobol(power tanduk). Oklah tu je sori ah ayat tunggang langgang..karangan hancur. Sape2 ada cadangan untuk perubahan dan nasihat, atau rasa cam boleh maen better kat position laen, atau nak amik free kick corner penalty, boleh lah menyarakan kepada Captain Hanan.

All the best chica FC!!
for Malay FC insya-Allah boleh jd Juara..line up sume mantap2..amiin.

Yg benar,
Jejakja Macho

Game 1 Preview: vs Pace Knights

Date: Sunday, 03/15/2009
Kick-off time: 4:00pm
Jersey: Spain National Team (Away)

The much anticipated IM season is upon us once more. IM season usually serves as a more than reliable preparations for the midwest games, as much as it is a good way for the players to have fun and strut their stuff along with the fans cheering them on. Add to that the wonderful spring days it typically adds up to a usually good day out for MSAV.

Malay FC have the task of facing Pace Knights on opening day. None of us seem to have a clue who they are, nor how good they are. Judging by nomenclature, they're a pack of really fast people or something. Regardless we'll need to be in our best conditions and playing our usual flowing football and defending as a unit (cam Arsenal a haha, sorry ah Man U baru kalah mantap punya hari ni takleh guna jadi contoh) - if that's the case we have a good chance of doing well. There are no injuries on the team so Malay FC seem set to go out viz:

Hafiz

Dollah ---- Izwan ---- Amar

-- Shah------
------ Hasan --
Salman ----------------- Baba

Jerry

Subs: Billy Joe, Nabil, Nasir, Aniep, Khairi, Afiq

In goal will be Hafiz, behind a defence marshalled by Izwan tenang, together with Amar Phillip Lahm on the left hand side and Dollah on the right. Protecting the defence is Shah, with Hasan playing in a more advanced play-making role. On the flanks there are quickfeet Salman on the right and Baba on the left. Jerry will start in a lone-striker role.

On the bench there are more than adequate replacements; Billy Joe and Nabil would have no problem replacing the fullbacks, the latter also able in CB, Nasir is adequate either in CB or as a DM, Afiq is a traditional winger able to play on both flanks, with the versatile Khairi available as either of DM, playmaker, winger, or striker, and Aniep also serves good value with his versatility to play on the wings or as a lone striker.

That's all about there is to report. Until tomorrow. Here's to a hopefully good game and a good turn out.

AZA

ahli2 baru

ade sedikit pembaharuan dalam skuad.

Alhamdulillah kita berjaya menambah 2 org ahli baru skuad iaitu Mafa dan Wanshah.

Berikutan itu rombakan kecil dilakukan iaitu Amar akan masuk malay FC, Mafa dan Wanshah akan masuk chica FC. 

Berikut adalah skuad terkini:

Malay FC:

baba, dolah, shah, khairi, izwan, anep, salman,

jerry, hasan, afiq, hafiz(GK), nabil, bilijo, nasir, amar

Chica FC:

shawn(GK), adil, hubab, azrin, lukman, syamir, mafa

zulisk, hanan, lah, tariq, ganu, jobol, adi, azlan, wanshah

Gudluck!

Outdoor Championship begins

Alhamdulillah dapat gak register team2 melayu  utk IM outdoor kali ni. 

ni ha team roster utk season 09/10 ni cewah:

Malay FC:

baba, dolah, shah, khairi, izwan, anep, salman,

jerry, hasan, afiq, hafiz(GK), nabil, bilijo, nasir

Chica FC:

shawn(GK), adil, amar, hubab, azrin, lukman, syamir, 

zulisk, hanan, lah, tariq, ganu, jobol, adi, azlan

Thanx team Freshmen sbb register gak demi memantapkan team Vandy di masa depan. 

view dan download jadual perlawanan:

Malay FC Chica FC

GAME 1st:

Chica FC   -  Isnin 16 Mac 5pm

Malay FC -  Ahad 15 Mac 4pm

SILA DATANG AWAL UNTUK MENGELAKKAN FORFEIT (KALAH TANPA BERTANDING).

AT LEAST KENE 7 PLAYER ATAS PADANG

Gudluck team2 melayu!

A great aprreciation & congratulation

A really great appreciation to the 08/09 MSAV committee members for their hard work and excellent job as well as previous committee members who had contribute a lot to MSAV.

Congratulations to the new selected MSAV executive committee members for 09/10.

President: Haniff

Vice President: Bahirah

Secretary: Hambaly

Treasurer: Hilmi

For all Malaysian students, keep up the good work and may Allah bless and help be with us. InsyaAllah.

p/s: This blog will be actively run soon since Intramural Outdoor Soccer is just around the corner.