Bend it like Beckham U Sucks

Read this piece of news from our local trashy tabloid:

Soccer: Hosts Malaysia beat Singapore 2-0 in friendly
By Jose Raymond, TODAY

KUALA LUMPUR : If only Tan Kim Leng had kept his head, with just three minutes to go in the first-half.

Instead, the firebrand got himself sent off in the 42nd minute and Singapore lost all hope of avenging the infamous "Kallang massacre".

Playing Malaysia for the first time since their humiliating 2002 Tiger Cup 4-0 defeat, the Lions, down to 10 men, went down 2-0 in Kuala Lumpur last night.

When referee Waiyabot Anucha awarded a free-kick to the home side just outside the Singapore penalty box just before the break, an incensed Tan ran towards the official and had attempted to kick the ball in his direction.

It hit team-mate Aide Iskandar instead, but the intent was good enough for the man in black to brandish the red card at the Tampines Rovers midfielder.

While there were no complaints with that decision, the Thai referee certainly incurred the wrath of the visitors, after he continuously awarded free-kicks and made some questionable decisions throughout the match...

...In the dying minutes, the Malaysians counter-attacked and scored through their chief striker Akmal Rizal.

Avramovic said: "We were without one player from the 42nd minute and we managed to hold on for so long.

"Despite the loss, I am happy with the attitude of my players and the way they played in this match. You could see that they wanted to win it."

Defender Daniel Bennett summed it up best, when he said: "It could have been a different story if we had 11 men on the pitch.

"We played well but still lost 2-0. Singaporeans back home will just look at the scoreline and remember that." - TODAY

Now as you can see, poor ol' Tan Kim Leng got sent off because he could not juggle his balls and lost his cool. He probably deserved a red card but I'm a strong believer of anger therapy; since he has lost his head, it would be most apt to let off steam on someone. Of course the most appropriate person to vent his anger on would be the referee. That's where the problem comes in:

When referee Waiyabot Anucha awarded a free-kick to the home side just outside the Singapore penalty box just before the break, an incensed Tan ran towards the official and had attempted to kick the ball in his direction.

It hit team-mate Aide Iskandar instead, but the intent was good enough for the man in black to brandish the red card at the Tampines Rovers midfielder.

Straightaway, you will know that Mr Tan has inferior ball kicking skills. It is so obvious that he should have sent a deadly banana curler shot past his unfortunate teammate in the way to whack the referee hard on the head. That would have allowed Mr Tan to let off some steam and he wouldn't have gotten a red card since the referee would be concussed

Oh wait that seem to have reminded me of a particular situation that I was involved in just a few days ago... hmmzzzz... Perhaps Tan Kim Leng should be introduced to me so that he can pick up a trick or two from me. If his shots are half as good as mine, Singapore will be winning World Cups by now.