Most of my friends know that I am a Manchester United fan. I’ve been supporting them since I was in Standard 3. Don’t call me a glory hunter please as I’ve never supported any other team besides Man United. I know this entry has nothing to do with technology but I can’t just sit down and do nothing.
The Manchester United players, led by Sir Alex Ferguson were here in Malaysia for their Asia Tour and thanks to Nike’s PR company, Priority Communications, I scored media passes to the press conference and got upclose but not too personal with Darren Fletcher, Darron Gibson, Rio Ferdinand and Nani.
The four players were whisked in to the air conditioned VIP and Media tent, had a few photos taken, answered a few question and they were then whisked off.
We then went outside to watch the final of Nike5 between two groups of youngsters and just before the finals, the Man United players appeared from the top, complete with smoke and stuff. The audience were very surprised as they made an “unannounced” entrance. The audience didn’t know that they’ll be making an appearance.
They sat at the VIP corner and watched the Finals. When winner emerged, they took on the Man United players to a 4 vs 5 game. Ferdinand scored a SUPERB goal but I think the players were not used to the smaller than usual goals and the tiny court.
It’s not all play and no work for the players as they and Nike Malaysia presented a mock cheque of RM50,000 to Hope Worldwide’s Football for Hope program.
Overall, it was a really good experience and I’d like to thank Nike Malaysia for inviting me to the event.
P.S. I’ll be watching the match between Manchester United Vs Malaysian Selection tomorrow at Bukit Jalil tomorrow. No, no media pass this time, I paid RM98 for it. 
How do you find the match on Saturday? It was fun to see the fans in the stadium not sure whether to cheer or not when Mohd Amri lobbed the ball over the stranded Van der Saar for Malaysia’s first goal. And of course, it’s the ex-Liverpool star that has to rescue ManU that night
The match was ok but MU was a little over confident. Both goals were mistakes of both goal keepers.
I cheered for all five goals as one is the team I supported, the other was my home team. Everyone in the stadium cheered for all goals.
Owen garnered the most cheers, even before he came out. Alex Ferguson is taking a huge gamble, a good one, but I don’t think Owen deserves the legendary “7″ jersey yet.
That’s just my thoughts.
So glad that Nani finally started to prove his worth in teh second half of the season – hope he does well for Portugal too