AFF Suzuki Cup

[Vinnie]

Is the final on Thai TV?

[SriRachaShark]

Is the final on Thai TV?

I doubt it. However, it will be on ESPN/Star.

[charade_2010]

INCREASE IN TICKET PRICING FOR JAKARTA FINAL

JAKARTA (22 Dec 2010) – Tickets for the second leg final of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 in Jakarta next week have been increased – with the cheapest being priced at IDR75,000 (USD8) to the most expensive at IDR1 million (USD110).

Category III tickets (upper tribune) has been increased to IDR75,000 (USD8) while category II tickets (behind goalposts) has been re-priced at IDR150,000 (USD16).

Category I is priced at IDR200,000 (USD22), with East VIP from IDR250,000 (USD27) previously to IDR350,000 (USD38).

The West VIP has been pegged at IDR500,000 (USD55) while the most expensive ticket which is the VVIP will go on sale for IDR1 million (USD110).

Tickets for the Jakarta final will go on sale starting from 23 December 2010 – online or through ticket counters.

The total number of tickets to be printed will also see an increase with the Local Organising Committee already committed to printing a total of 77,000 tickets.

For the group stage in Jakarta, the LOC printed 60,000 tickets while for the semi-finals, 70,000 tickets were prepared for each leg of the game against the Philippines.

[bon-nirnam]

As you said, those players happen to appeared at the same period.
Apparently according to a friend who was close to youth football development
at the time, those players came from the so called 'Coca-Cola Kids', a program
that were promoted youth football across the country when they were youth players. 
The program and the interest subsided as fast as carbonated soda lose its bubbling effect.

Now , There is a football academy names Arsenal JMG Thailand but it's likely nobody here knows it ! 

Thanks charade for pointing that out. Personally, I don't believe that JMG is a solution to football development at a national scale. They fetch most probable young candidate and give them conceivably best training. However, like any other types of sports, desire to succeed at the highest level has to come from within. Coaches always say it, 'one thing we can coach is desire!' Interest of young people with change with time and having only a hand full of kids whose desire and developmental potential will change with time is a risking operation even for the small scale itself.
Establishing a set of standard for the purpose of providing age appropriate to provincial and regional pools with competition within an environment encouraging the youth to challenge themselves is the way to go. This way the program will have enough young talents to pull from.

Two months ago, San Jose Earthquakes held tryouts for U10 boys to enter their Soccer Academy. They took about 120 of these players who are the cream of the crops that have been playing in organized league since they were 4-5years old. These 120 players out of about 2,000 kids that have been playing soccer and futsal above recreational level. Where I'm at kids play 3 seasons of soccer plus one season of futsal out of the year. If Thaialnd or any country in Asean can manage 1/2 of that it would be a huge leap.

JMG is no different that Assum School Chonburi in that they brought young talents in and gloom them but there is no competition to build up their competitive games whereby youngsters are challenged to the maximum of game recognition and decision making and as a result we got what we see on the fields both at league and at international levels.

Well, that's just my personal opinion based on first hand encounter through trial and error from the other side of the pond.


Getting back Suzuki Cup, I think it is good that Indonesia and Malaysia are in the final.
It may force other association to re-think about themselves and come up with idea and
approach beneficial to regional football.

By the way, if anyone afraid of Asean talents abroad, Vietnam can no longer
put their hope on Yohan Cabaye(he has Vietnamese grandmother) as he
has already been called up and played for France.

[charade_2010]

Aggressive approach paid off: Rajagobal

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia coach K. Rajagobal feels that an aggressive approach by his side was the key to their 3-0 win over Indonesia in the first leg of the final on Sunday which put them within touching distance of their first ever AFF Suzuki Cup title.

Two goals by Safee Sali and one by Ashari Samsuddin during a 12-minute spell in the second half at the Bukit Jalil Stadium gave the Tigers a formidable advantage to take into the return match in Jakarta on Wednesday.

The Malaysians had been hammered 5-1 by the Indonesians in their opening match of the tournament but Rajagobal told his side to show no fear of their opponents for the final.

"I told the boys to start off very aggressively because we wanted to get a result tonight against Indonesia," he said. "We knew we were playing at home and I told them to be more offensive. We started very well but the players were probably too eager in front of goal and their execution in the final third was a bit sloppy.

"Going into the second half I told the players that they had to show a more aggressive approach because if we wanted to do something, this was our best chance because we still have to go to Indonesia to play. So they got a spark, they scored three goals and they might even have got a penalty.

"I am very, very, very proud of these young boys because they have a tremendous job for our country. But nothing is finished and we still have to focus for another 90 minutes in Indonesia.

"I'm not saying that Indonesia are a bad team but what you saw today is the same thing as when we played Indonesia in their first match at home. Once you get a goal, your confidence grows and you start to press and we got another two goals."

Malaysia took full advantage of having the home crowd behind them as they inflicted Indonesia's first defeat of the tournament. The game was marred by a six-minute stoppage in the second half after laser pointers were used by some fans on Indonesia goalkeeper Markus Harison although Rajagobal felt that the match went off fairly well.

Said the Malaysia coach: "The crowd in Malaysia was not that rowdy tonight although I don't know where the lasers came from – it could have come from the Malaysian crowd or it could have come from the Indonesian crowd.

"Alfred Riedl came to me and I said we couldn't do anything but the referee took an action and stopped the game for five minutes and a message was put on the big screen telling the fans not to use the laser pointers.

"The whole thing went well and I hope that what the Malaysian security did, the Indonesian security will be able to do during the second leg in Jakarta. We have to abide by the rules and regulations and we hope we can have a wonderful game with fair play. Let the players play and win or lose, we will accept it.

"As a coach, I accepted that we lost to Indonesia in our first game 5-1 but I knew that my players could come back. It's the same thing now with Indonesia – the coach has accepted the result and the public of Indonesia must accept that this is football."

Rajagobal did not believe that the long stoppage may have affected the result as all three goals came shortly after the game restored

"There can be so many interruptions but you have to accept all of these things as a coach. The interruption could have worked in favour of Indonesia because we were pressing Indonesia when the game was stopped for five minutes. So I don't think that it was a factor in the result."

And while the Malaysia coach lauded striker Norshahrul Idlan for playing a major role in setting up his side's first two goals, he was also keen not to ignore the contributions of his other players.

Said Rajagobal: "Norshahrul is a special player. For me, I think that he is the best striker playing in this tournament although every coach has his opinion.

"He did his stuff and he did his job. I've got to thank him but I must pay credit to all the players because all of them gave their very best tonight."

Clip :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8QyRv2VZ1g&feature=player_embedded

Laser beam on the stadium :

[jakartacasual]

"I'm not saying that Indonesia are a bad team but what you saw today is the same thing as when we played Indonesia in their first match at home. Once you get a goal, your confidence grows

not true. in the first game they conceded within minutes and ended up thumped 5-1

[bon-nirnam]

Things have changed around here. Team's victory used to send fans beaming but now fans are beaming to a team's victory.  

[jakartacasual]

certainly have changed

in indonesia fans throw bottles on the field when they're losing. in malaysia they throw them on the field when they're winning

[bon-nirnam]

Do they allow to bottles into the stadium? When I went to Barcelona vs Chiva-Mexico game @ the Candle Stick Park Stadium, a Chivas fan next to me had a glass bottle of beer put on concrete base of thr rail in front of us. My thought at the time was American really don't understand football and its effect on people's emotion during the course of a game and there after. A friend who was with me was born and raised in London and he was shocked and asked if we would safe considering Chivas fans are singing and marching in like a Maya's army. I told him that how Chivas fans are they won't throw the bottles but singing the entire time and don't even care about action on the field. Well, it's different when Mexico play the US though but then a gain in that kind of game beer wiil only serve in paper cups. 

[charade_2010]

Congratulations on Malaysia – The new King of ASEAN football in 2010 !

Awards :

Champion : Malaysia ( 1st tittle ) – 100000 USD
1st Runner up : Indonesia ( 4th tittle ) – 50000 USD
2nd Runner ups : Vietnam ( 4th tittle ) , Philippines ( 1st title ) – 15000 USD / one
Most valuable player : Firman Utina ( Indonesia )
Best scorer : Mohd Safee Sali ( Malaysia ) – 5 goals
51 goals , 65 yellow cards , 4 red cards

Indonesia 2 Malaysia 1 - Malaysia claim first title

Jakarta: Goalkeeper Khairul Fahmi Che Mat saved an early penalty and Safee Sali netted his fifth goal of the tournament as Malaysia claimed the AFF Suzuki Cup title for the first time despite losing 2-1 to Indonesia in the second leg of final at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium on Wednesday.

Trailing 3-0 from the first leg, Indonesia squandered an opportunity to cut the deficit when Firman Utina's weak spot kick in the 15th minute was stopped by Khairul. And the home team's hopes of rescuing the match were effectively snuffed out when Safee scored on the break nine minutes into the second half.

Mohammad Nasuha pulled back a goal with 18 minutes remaining and Muhammad Nasuha scored with a deflected effort two minutes from time to give the home side the win on the night although Malaysia still prevailed 4-2 on aggregate.

The Malaysians had lost their opening match of the tournament 5-1 to the Indonesians but they claimed the AFF Suzuki Cup by allowing only three goals in their last five games. Meanwhile, the Indonesians were left to rue yet another disappointing end to an AFF Suzuki Cup campaign as they lost in the final for a fourth time.

Both sides made two changes to their starting line-ups from the first leg. Arif Suyono replaced the suspended Oktovianus Maniani on the left of Indonesia's midfield while striker Irfan Bachdim was brought back in to replace Yongki Aribowo, who was ruled out with a knee injury.

For Malaysia, right-back Sabre Abu and right midfielder Ashari Samsuddin came in for the suspended Mahalli Jasuli and Amirulhadi Zainal.

The crowd, which included Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, had filled every seat in the 85,000-capacity stadium nearly two hours before kick-off, hoping to roar their team on to the quick start that they needed to turn the tie around after their decisive loss in the first leg.

The home side's first real opportunity arrived in the 17th minute when a long free-kick by Zulkifli Syukur was flicked on by Cristain Gonzales to his strike partner Irfan Bachdim, who stabbed his effort from close range straight at the goalkeeper.

The Indonesians were presented with a gilt-edged opportunity to take the lead two minutes later when Australian referee Peter Green awarded pointed to the penalty spot after spotting a handball by a Malaysian defender as several players went up for a high ball into the box.

Skipper Firman took responsibility for the penalty but his weak effort was easily saved by Khairul, who dived low to his left.

The Malaysians were a constant menace on the counter-attack and they nearly got the crucial away goal a minute later when Ashari Samsuddin received a pass from Norshahrul Idlan and went past the challenge of Hamka Hamzah before unleashing a fierce low drive that goalkeeper Markus Harison did well to parry.

On 25 minutes, a cross from the right by-line by Ridwan took a deflection off Malaysian defender Asraruddin Putra and looped up to the far post to Gonzales, who failed to put his header on target.

A minute later, a free-kick by Firman found Ridwan and Gonzales unmarked at the far post, but the pair appeared to get in each other's way and Gonzales headed over.

Two minutes before the break, the ball dropped to Gonzales on the left of the box but his effort from a narrow angle flew well over the crossbar.

And right before half-time, the Malaysians had to resort to some desperate defending to keep out an effort by Ridwan before Muslim Ahmad headed out a goal-bound effort from under his crossbar.

The Indonesians continued to force the issue after the break but despite dominating play, they were caught on the break in the 54th minute after giving away possession cheaply just inside their own half.

Norshahrul launched the ball forward to Safee, who outpaced the Indonesian defence before lashing the ball into the top left corner of the net for his tournament-leading fifth goal.

Needing five goals now to win the tie, Indonesia coach Alfred Riedl threw on Bambang Pamungkas and Eka Ramdani to replace Irfan and Firman.

The Malaysian continued to hold firm but their run of three clean sheets was finally ended in the 72nd minute when Khairul could only parry a shot by Bambang, which allowed Nasuha to put away the rebound, giving the home fans some renewed hope.

The Indonesian continued to press but could not manage another breakthrough until the 88th minute when Ridwan's shot from the edge of the box took a deflection off a Malaysian defender on its way past Khairul.

Bambang had a chance to net a third for the Indonesians in stoppage time but his free-kick was well saved by Khairul as the Malaysians easily hung on to claim the title .

Away goal was crucial: Rajagobal

Jakarta: Malaysia coach K. Rajagobal admitted that he only felt fully confident of victory in the AFF Suzuki Cup after Safee Sali netted what proved to be a decisive away goal against Indonesia in the second leg of the final on Wednesday.

The Malaysians held a 3-0 lead from the first leg but had to withstand long periods of pressure from the home side, including a missed penalty by Firman Utina, before Safee scored on the counter-attack in the 54th minute after a fine through ball by Ashari Samsuddin.

That gave the Tigers a four-goal advantage and also meant that the hosts had to score five goals in the final 36 minutes to win the final.

And although Mohammad Nasuha and Muhammad Ridwan did find the net for the Indonesians in the closing minutes, it was not enough to prevent Malaysia from claiming their first AFF Suzuki Cup title.

"I know that Indonesia would come out aggressively at the start so we had to try to remain focussed and continue to play as a team and as a unit," Rajagobal explained.

"I felt that they longer that we could prevent them from scoring, the easier it would get for us as the game went on.

"We were a bit fortunate with the penalty save but at the end of the first half I felt that we were in a good position and so we continued to play the way we had been playing while trying to get a goal on the counter attack.

"Then we got a beautiful goal by Safee off a wonderful pass by Ashari and that made things harder for them and a little bit easier for us to win the AFF Suzuki Cup."

Rajagobal felt that the missed penalty by Firman in the 19th minute might not have made too much of a difference to how his side played the game.

"Even if the penalty had gone in, I would not have done things very differently. I would have told the players to be more alert and to continue to try to get a goal

"Maybe we might have attacked more or tried something a bit different. But when we did score in the second half, I became very confident because I felt that it would be very difficult for Indonesia to score four or five goals after that."

Riedl praises team's effort

Jakarta: Indonesia coach Alfred Riedl lauded his players for the effort that they showed against Malaysia during the second leg of the AFF Suzuki Cup final on Wednesday and felt that they did not deserve to miss out on the title yet again.

Trailing 3-0 from the first leg, Indonesia threw almost everything into attack in the first half but missed out on a glorious opportunity to cut the deficit when goalkeeper Khairul Fahmi Che Mat saved an early penalty by Firman Utina.

Safee Sali then gave the Tigers a 1-0 lead with a fine goal on the counter-attack. And although Mohammad Nasuha and Muhammad Ridwan scored to give Indonesia the victory on the night, it only reduced the final deficit to 4-2 in favour of the Malaysains.

"Congratulations to the Malaysian team on winning the AFF Suzuki Cup although I think that it was the better team that lost the final," said Riedl.

"I think we really lost the final in the first leg in Kuala Lumpur after we allowed three goals in a terrible 12 minutes. Today, I thought that we were really unlucky because we played our best football of the tournament in the first half but we could not score a goal.

"After we went a goal behind, we showed a lot of determination and we fought very hard to come back and we deserved to win the game. We could really have scored five, six or seven goals tonight but we missed too many chances in the first half.

"I want to thank the whole team for the commitment and discipline that they showed on the pitch. In particular, I must thank the captain, Firman Utina, and Bambang Pamungkas, who is our team leader because they are my right hands on the field. But the whole team deserve to be proud of their success and the way that they have played in the tournament."

Riedl did not believe that Firman's missed spot kick may have made much of a difference to the final outcome.

"Even if we had scored a penalty, a lot of things still could have happened so we will never know how big a difference it might have made," said the Austrian. "But I'm probably thinking the same as all of you (that it might have been a big difference to the final outcome)."

Despite the devasting loss, Riedl insisted that he has no plans for leaving his current position as Indonesia's head coach.

"The president of the Indonesian FA can kick me out tomorrow. But as long as I am in charge of the team, I will continue to make the decisions of how we play and who plays.

I still have a 16-month contract with the team and I want to stay but you never know what will happen tomorrow," he added.

Clip :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkFUhJBGNws&feature=player_embedded

[bon-nirnam]

Winning both Sea Games and AFF-Suzuki Cup making Malaysia the undisputed King of Asean football. Unfortunately for Indonesia, being bridemate for the forth time would ad more doubt of please not that again like a bad spell. They appeared unstoppable until that spand of 12 minutes of the first leg. Congratulation for Maysia on winning the cup and congratulaion to Indonesia on their success of hosting the tourrnament.

[charade_2010]

Malaysia did again their last way in Vientaine . They were hard and strange campaigns but both ended in success .  
Regarding Thailand , it's laughable of them to think about World Cup 2014 or Olympic 2012 . All what they could do in future is to regain 2 tittles and ensure a place in every Asian Cup regularly .

A new “ toy “ of crazy fans was also found after this tournament , That’s laser beam .  

[bon-nirnam]

How could an association dare to utter the word World Cup when teams are falling like leaves regionally and continentally from U16 - senior side. Worawi should vacate himself from the position and have FAT's board run the association for the remaining of his term. Also, request that the board appoints him as Commissionor of NT Advisory Committee he has mentioned.

[lokomotive]

Also, request that the board appoints him as Commissionor of NT Advisory Committee he has mentioned.

Really? I thought Piyapong should to the job?

[bon-nirnam]

Piyapong? That would be a rescipe for disaster. He has been sent to take charge of football in the counrty side and there is a reason for that.

[lokomotive]

Piyapong? That would be a rescipe for disaster. He has been sent to take charge of football in the counrty side and there is a reason for that.

Does someone like Piyapong really has less knowledge than any other, or apart from a few of the FAT board?  

[bon-nirnam]

Knowledge of the game is only part of neccessity at a leadership role.
Hovering over any community within this wonder(ful) land is the complexity of social,
 economic, politic that play parts in what happening or going to happen. As a member of committee,
I am sure is quite valuable but his credibility amongst management of folks from his age range is very low.
His stance in defending of FAT at all cause even though it often made him appear stupid probably a good indication.
There several people who are more qualified with manegerial and people skills than he is.
But FAT is most likely to appoint someone who would say 'Yes Sir' or upon hearing and order to jump asking 'How High'  
Well, that's the way I see it.

I would like to ad a little more to above comment.
The wife of Ministry of Sports and Tourism for example, her uncle was a prolific striker on his own rights.
People of his generation (around Dr.Vichit the head of TPL age group) are well connected, follow football from a distance
and they are in high positions socially, economically and politically but they just don't want to get involve unnecessarily.
To this group of people, Worawi is just a kid.

[charade_2010]

Malaysia revel in victory

Malaysia team manager Subahan Kamal has spoken of the joy within the country following the Tigers' widely acclaimed triumph in the AFF Suzuki Cup.

The Malaysians overcame an intimidating environment in Jakarta to beat Indonesia 4-2 on aggregate in the final despite going down 2-1 in the second leg on Wednesday night.

"The whole country back home is excited and the Prime Minister has declared Friday as a public holiday. We have never won the AFF Suzuki Cup before so the country is very excited to have finally claimed the title," he said.

Speaking before the tournament, Subahan had set no targets for the young side as he felt that they were still a couple of years away from winning the title.

And the expectations were lowered still further after a crushing 5-1 loss to the Indonesians in their opening game, Malaysia's heaviest ever defeat in the AFF Suzuki Cup.

But somewhere along the way, something seemed to click for the Tigers and they gradually grew in stature as the tournament progressed.

"Just because we lost 5-1 in our opening games, it didn't mean that we could not come back and become champions," said Subahan.

"Our target was to aim for the title in 2012. We came into the tournament with a very young squad and with most of our main players injured. But even after losing 5-1 to Indonesia, we just thought that we had not done too badly and just made some basic mistakes.

"So we just played on and luck played a part also, especially in our goalless draw against Thailand, who I still feel are the best team in Southeast Asia, even though we have won the Cup.

"We managed to get a draw against the Thais and got the win that we needed against Laos. But when we met Vietnam at Bukit Jalil, we knew that to beat them 2-0 was amazing. And when we went over there and drew with them, we knew that we had a great chance to win it all.

Malaysia team manager Subahan Kamal has spoken of the joy within the country following the Tigers' widely acclaimed triumph in the AFF Suzuki Cup.

The Malaysians overcame an intimidating environment in Jakarta to beat Indonesia 4-2 on aggregate in the final despite going down 2-1 in the second leg on Wednesday night.

"The whole country back home is excited and the Prime Minister has declared Friday as a public holiday. We have never won the AFF Suzuki Cup before so the country is very excited to have finally claimed the title," he said.

Speaking before the tournament, Subahan had set no targets for the young side as he felt that they were still a couple of years away from winning the title.

And the expectations were lowered still further after a crushing 5-1 loss to the Indonesians in their opening game, Malaysia's heaviest ever defeat in the AFF Suzuki Cup.

But somewhere along the way, something seemed to click for the Tigers and they gradually grew in stature as the tournament progressed.

"Just because we lost 5-1 in our opening games, it didn't mean that we could not come back and become champions," said Subahan.

"Our target was to aim for the title in 2012. We came into the tournament with a very young squad and with most of our main players injured. But even after losing 5-1 to Indonesia, we just thought that we had not done too badly and just made some basic mistakes.

"So we just played on and luck played a part also, especially in our goalless draw against Thailand, who I still feel are the best team in Southeast Asia, even though we have won the Cup.

"We managed to get a draw against the Thais and got the win that we needed against Laos. But when we met Vietnam at Bukit Jalil, we knew that to beat them 2-0 was amazing. And when we went over there and drew with them, we knew that we had a great chance to win it all.

"When we got to the final, we knew we were going to win. Not that we were over-confident but we just felt that Indonesia were not as big a threat as Thailand and Vietnam.

"When they came over to Bukit Jalil, we showed that they were beatable and we could even have scored more than three goals."

"When we got to the final, we knew we were going to win. Not that we were over-confident but we just felt that Indonesia were not as big a threat as Thailand and Vietnam . " => Please don't make me show off a strained smile .  

[bon-nirnam]

Malaysia boleh is sleeping tiger no more! December 2009 it delivered Seagames Trophy as New Year present to its fans. Dember 2010 its senior side brought home yet another New Year present.

[charade_2010]

Malaysia boleh is sleeping tiger no more!

... and " Changseuk " - Thailand still have tusks ? 

[bon-nirnam]

charade, I still believe we have fearsome tusks but whether or not we allow ourselves enough time in sharpen them and how we deploy them that are in questions. Hopefully, people who are directly involved learn from Suzuki 2010 where half of it was due to opponents action and the other half we did it to ourselves by being arrogant thinking that we're untouchable despite all indication. It still is easier for us to chose the right path and pick up the pace and quality than our oppenents to elavate or even to maintain but we must chose the right path and we must do it now as it will take time for thing to gel. 

[charade_2010]

AFF SUZUKI CUP 2010 WINNERS RECEIVE USD21,000 FROM MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT

The winners of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2010 have received a further RM65,000 (USD21,000) from the Malaysian government for their effort in taking the regional silverware for the first time in their history.

The team which received the award from Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was also given a challenge to showcase their strength at the Asian as well as the world level.

Datuk Seri Najib indented that the win at the AFF level was just the beginning and that the players should not be satisfied with victory at the Asean level alone.

In the meantime, Malaysia chief coach K. Rajagobal has set the target of qualifying for a place in the Asian Cup 2015 and to do well at the Olympics.

“I’m happy with the rewards which have been given to the team since we won the AFF Suzuki 2010 last month,” said Rajagobal.

“But as the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak pointed out this is just the beginning and that we should chase for bigger victories at the Asian level and also at the Olympics. I promised that I will do my very best to make sure that these aspirations become a reality.

“I also agreed with the Prime Minister that we should not overly reward the players by just winning the title at the regional level. And it is for that reason that these players should aim to do better at the Asian Cup 2015.”

Rajagobal believes the target is achievable with the current crop of players following their fine performances at two regional tournaments – the SEA Games in Laos in 2009 and then the AFF Suzuki Cup 2010.

[Vinnie]

AFF SUZUKI CUP 2010 WINNERS RECEIVE USD21,000 FROM MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT

The team which received the award from Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak was also given a challenge to showcase their strength at the Asian as well as the world level.

Datuk Seri Najib indented that the win at the AFF level was just the beginning and that the players should not be satisfied with victory at the Asean level alone.

In the meantime, Malaysia chief coach K. Rajagobal has set the target of qualifying for a place in the Asian Cup 2015 and to do well at the Olympics.

Finally! This is what I've been waiting to hear. Thank you.

[bon-nirnam]

Good competition will only make you better. The more the merrier! 

[charade_2010]

MALAYSIA AND THAILAND AS HOSTS OF AFF SUZUKI CUP 2012; NOMINATIONS FOR AFF COUNCIL ANNOUNCED

KUALA LUMPUR (19 Feb 2011) – Malaysia and Thailand have been announced as the two hosts of the preliminay round of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2012.

This follows the 18th meeting of the AFF Council for session 2007/2011 this morning in Kuala Lumpur.

The last AFF Suzuki Cup which was held just last December was a resounding success for the federation when Indonesia and Vietnam played hosts to the group stage.

More than 200,000 fans were at the two stadia which played hosts to the two-legged final at the National Stadium in Kuala Lumpur as well as the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.

The last time Malaysia played hosts was back in 2004 alongside Vietnam while Thailand were hosts in 2006 with Indonesia.

In the meantime, the nominations for the AFF Council have been announced.

The nominations for AFF President are as follows:

H. A. M. Nurdin Halid from Indonesia

His Royal Highness Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah from Malaysia

Dato’ Worawi Makudi from Thailand

The nominations for Vice-Presidents (four positions) are as follows:

Pengiran Matusin Matasan from Brunei

Brigadier General Khiev Sameth from Cambodia

H. A. M. Nurdin Halid from Indonesia

Viphet Sihachakr from Laos

Juan Miguel Romualdez from Philippines

Francisco Kalbuadi from Timor Leste

Duong Vu Lam from Vietnam

Elections for the next AFF Council will be held at the AFF Congress in Bangkok, Thailand on 10 April 2011.

[bon-nirnam]

The Philippines and Malaysia should host 2012 AFF Cup

Because I want to see Thailand go through qualifying process and get their asses whipped on dusty and muddy roads so that they can learn to appreciate the team previlege!

Go, Thailand! 

[charade_2010]

The Philippines and Malaysia should host 2012 AFF Cup

Because I want to see Thailand go through qualifying process and get their asses whipped on dusty and muddy roads so that they can learn to appreciate the team previlege!

Go, Thailand!  

You know , Myanmar will replace Philippines to participate in the pre-qualifying round next year .  As the AFF's official decision