Welcome to Borak Bola. Borak Bola means 'talk football' in Bahasa Malaysia. I intend to update Malaysian football fans both local and abroad, or fans of football in general, as much as I can about all the activity of the Malaysian National Team or Pasukan Kebangsaan. I noticed that if I wanted to find out more about the Pasukan Kebangsaan, the information is scarce and pretty hard to come by. I personally think that the local media especially the print media are not doing enough to promote the team in a positive manner.
Online, you can find some pretty good site to keep in touch with foreign leagues and national team's progress such as sites for the Spanish La Liga and the J-League. I am hoping that this site will be one of the focal points for followers of the Pasukan Kebangsaan to refer to. Of course, in this early stages, I will also refer to reports, articles and hearsays taken from the web. I hope to get more direct news, contributions from others and I also intend to keep an update on the ASEAN football scenes as well. Soon, I hope.
This year, Malaysia will host the AFC Asian Cup. Many Malaysians have no expectations of the Pasukan Kebangsaan. If there are any, perhaps the only expectation Malaysians will have would be that the Pasukan Kebangsaan are almost certain to lose and not progress beyond the group stages. Some Malaysians probably couldn't care less about Malaysia being in the competition. In fact, many are even pissed that we are having that instead of hosting the English Premiership Champions, Manchester United during their upcoming Far East Tour.
I am hoping that the competition will be a stepping stone for football in Malaysia to reach another level. High hopes many would say. But there's nothing wrong with believing. If Malaysia do well or at least play well, that would be a start. Remember how the national hockey team performed at the recent Sultan Azlan Shah's Tournament? It was a breath of fresh air and everyone was excited about the national hockey team again. When we won the doubles at All England, kids started to pick-up their badminton rackets again.
Our Pasukan Kebangsaan have absolutely nothing to lose. With the country's expectations at the lowest ebb, there should be no undue pressure for the players. If we lose, its expected. But if we even win one game, imagine how excited the country will be again. Malaysian fans are a fickle lot. But we still are a hopeful lot, even if we don't show it that much. Remember the ASEAN Cup? Sometimes it is good to be the underdogs.
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