"i didn't get to watch the match, but from friends' tweets n fb updates, many people now hate fakri but like fadhli. well done harimau!"
I was at work so I couldn't watch the SEA Games Football Final match between Indonesia and Malaysia. We won the previous one so I was hoping that we would win again.
From friends' Facebook updates, it seems that many of my Malaysian friends, including non-football fans, were actually watching the match. These boys sure have united many Malaysians although for just 90 minutes.
Wait, did I write 90 minutes? It actually took longer than that to finish. I was following the match via updates from www.futbol24.com. Indonesia scored first, then Malaysia equalised. It stayed at 1-1 until the end of 90 minutes. And there were also no goals during extra time.
It then went into penalties. Dup dap dup dap... Updates from futbol24.com wasn't fast enough, and with Twitter, I had to refresh. Then I saw Facebook's ticker thingy. You know that (annoying) thing on your homepage that lets you know what your friends posted or commented in real time?
Well I finally found a good use case for it. People were posting comments etc on what was happening. From "Yes, they missed," to "Stupid kick", and finally "We won!". Woot woot!
And hence my Facebook status and Tweet in the above quote. Heh.
And hence my Facebook status and Tweet in the above quote. Heh.
Well done Tigers! All the best for Malaysian football!
