A Better World Cup Final would be…
A better World Cup Final would be…Napoleon vs Julius Caesar.
Hey French, runs those Portuguese down once more.
I was wrong about Zinedine Zidane just like many others. I wrote him off too early. I know he is one of the best players of our generation, but I thought he has lost his magic touch. I am happy to see him sending the Spaniards (who wanted to send him to retirement) packing.
It is a World Cup of many heart breaking moments. It broke my heart to see Australia and Germany to lost at the very last moment of the matches. It broke my heart to see South Korea lost.
And now I have to endure the moment hoping France will knock Portugal down. Today I just reminded a friend of mine who support Portugal that it was the Portuguese that destroyed our Empire of Melacca in 16th century.
There are 13 states in West Malaysia with 11 Sultans. The two states without a Sultan are Penang and Melacca. Penang was a deserted island of Kedah state when the British came. So it never had a Sultan. However, Melacca was the main state of the peninsular (like Roman Empire to Europe) then when the Portuguese came. The Portuguese attacked the Empire, chased the Sultan away to Johor and occupied the land. Portuguese was chased away by the Dutch. Later, the English came.
It is a long story why Malaysians should not support Portugal based on our history. But more importantly, I was angry with Christiano Ronaldo who caused Rooney to be sent off. I believe getting Rooney to be sent off was one of Scolari’s game plan. It is annoying to see injustice done. I will not be surprise if one of Scolari’s game plan against France is to injure Zinedine Zidane, or get him to be sent off just like what they did to Rooney.
I truly hope the French would humiliate the pests…I mean the Portuguese, with 8 - nil.