Many perceive tonight’s match between Selangor and Perak as the big cracker for both teams. It is also the last fixture for both teams in the first round of the Malaysian Super League 2007-2008 soccer season. A fitting finale!
I’m not going touch much on Perak today. They are doing great at the moment and the morale of team is at its highest this season. For once, Perak soccer players and their diehard fans have forgotten all about Keita Mandjou and Troare Abdoulaye who had left the team in a hurry under peculiar circumstances before the start of the new soccer season.
Let’s talk about Selangor. They have performed beyond expectations this season much to the surprise of many local soccer pundits. Unlike Perak who have lots of experienced players in the team, Selangor have more young and unknown players. Take a look at their first eleven players and you can probably notice well known players such as D. Surendran, Shukor Adan, R. Surendran, Amri Yahyah, Akmal Rizal, Indra Putra and Safee Sali. The rest are all unknowns but they have done well for Selangor. Let’s not talk about their import striker Frank Seator. Perak soccer fans should know him well enough.
Perak and Selangor both can boast of having teams with good defense, among the best in the country at the moment. The outcome of this cracking match would decide once and for all which team has the best defense in the first round of MSL 2007-2008 soccer season. It would be an interesting match alright.
With the absence of Frank Seator who is on suspension, Selangor might pair Safee Sali and Indra Putra upfront. Indra Putra has not been performing up to expectation but Perak has to watch out for Safee Sali. He is hot and dangerous, so far he has scored 7 goals for Selangor and there is no doubt that Dollah Salleh is banking on Safee Sali to deliver the goals tonight. There is another possible bad news for Perak tonight. News coming in from Selangor FA reported that Indonesian Elie Aiboy just might play for Selangor in tonight’s game. It would be Elie Aiboy’s first game for Selangor in the new soccer season and he just might add that extra punch in Selangor’s attack.
Selangor’s success in the new soccer season was due to their ability to play extremely fast soccer. What do you expect from coaches such as Dollah Salleh? :-) Watch out for their fast counterattacks from the flanks and accurate long balls. It is interesting to note here that Selangor’s style of play is dangerous for teams such as Perak. Perak with its 3-1-4-2, 3-4-1-2 and 3-5-2 formations tends to put too much focus on attacking, leaving their defenses often at the mercy of the opposing teams. I’m pretty damn sure that Dollah Salleh will capitalize on this weakness to its fullest tonight!
Tonight’s game is not easy to predict. Both teams have a 50-50 chance to win. Whoever scores the first goal will have the advantage to win the game. As a Perak soccer fan, I would love to see Perak win the game but I have to make my conscience clear. Perak is going up against a good team tonight and anything can happen. Perak however has a slight chance to win the game and come back with all three important points. I would not be surprised if tonight’s game will end with a draw. Hell, I won’t be disappointed if Selangor manage to beat Perak because I know Selangor is a very strong team this season. I would advise Perak soccer fans not to expect too much from tonight’s game. Just enjoy the match for it would be quite entertaining. Both teams adopt attacking formations and love to launch counterattacks. We could have lots of goals tonight!
Good luck, Perak! Don’t walk alone, Steve old chap!
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