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Over the past weekend, Man U played Malaysia at Bukit Jalil Stadium as part of their Man U Asia Tour. IPC Travel & Tours was offering this 2D1N package and the chance of watching Man U live again was just too good to be missed, so we made the short trip up to KL. We referring to me, Nazir, Fahmy and his two brothers.

Meeting time was 615am at Newton Hawker Food Centre Carpark. So who do you call when you need transport at such ungodly hour? Kau members la Nas seriously. Dinner treat still on me.

So this was our bus. They named all the buses after Man U players to get us into the mood all. Our bus ROONEY was full of energy througout with occasional moments of magic on the road. PARK never once stopped on the North-South Highway while BERBATOV took his own time but still managed to bamboozle through traffic.

We went straight to the stadium and I knew I was at the right place when I saw this car.
Bukit Jalil Stadium actually looked like National Stadium from the outside.
This was the crowd that was already waiting to enter the gates when we arrived. It was only 2pm. Match kickoff was at 530pm. Talk about die-hard.

If you're ever in need for attention, then learn from this guy. Simply wear a rival club jersey and you'll get all kinds of jeers and insults hurled at you. This was just the first of many.

You cannot see it but we were slowly getting baked inside. We had to wait for 3 hours under the scorching sun.
Nobody knew who they were but the crowd just cheered for them. It turned out to be Man U coaches. We were restless so we just wanted some entertainment




These are the people that all tak pernah mati. Who wears a Man City or Pool shirt to a Man U exhibition? Seriously nak kena tumbuk.

If my arm was long enough, I would tumbuk this guy also. O Shea fan? Seriously?

The pitch had these water sprinklers that were hidden underneath the pitch. Very fancy ah if you ask me.
At long last, the sight of a Man U player. First on the pitch was Ben Foster, warming up with the goalkeeping coach. Van der Sar came soon afterwards and the crowd went wild.
The moment we were waiting for. Ferdinand finally led the team out of the tunnel to a thunderous applause. Seeing all the players live was damn surreal. I kept saying to myself, "That is Scholes right in front of me. SCHOLES. SCHOLES."

It was a full house and the atmosphere was awesome. I think there were almost 100000 specatators in the stadium. By far the largest crowd I've been in.

Watching them play live certainly has upped my appreciation for all the players. As good as they all are, some of them really stood out. Berbatov has to be the coolest player alive. He plays in his own world, looks as lazy as he looks on TV but his touches are just sublime. Giggs is still a class act. He was so comfortable on the ball and at his age, his pace and acceleration must be understated. Rooney was THE crowd favourite. I was directly behind the play for Man U's second goal and I didnt even see the run made by Nani. So talk about vision.

And Gary Neville, oh poor Gary. He certainly surpassed all my expectations of a blooming idiot. I am not exaggerating. His runs and movements are so so clumsy. He was the only substitute not to be used during a match so to compensate for it, he was doing sprints across the length of the pitch even after the team had left. Poor Giggs members nye pasal together with a coach had to accompany him. Even when we left, he was still running and didnt look like he was going to stop anytime soon. Suspect kuat he's going to retire and go run marathons. Im so proud of this Man U captain.