Date: Sunday, March 11, 2007
Time: 11:07:00 AM

Last night, or rather in the wee hours of the morning, I fought hard to stay awake to catch the quarter-finals of the FA Cup. It reads Middlesbrough vs Manchester United. Its not an easy fixture given that Boro have actually surprised United last season, mauling them 4-1.

I woke up when the game was 5 minutes old. Only to find Tomasz Kuszczak in goal. My heart almost sank. Each time when he's on goal, I kind of lost confidence in the team. I think Kuszczak is quite inexperienced and the he do not have that kind of influence that van der Sar has. Furthermore, he is also prone to let in soft goals.

No doubt he made some fine saves yesterday but some miscommunications between his defenders led to the two goals scored by the Boro's players. Bummer... Having led 1-0 right before half time through Rooney, the Red Devils were on course to the semis unfortunately, the Boro players equalised just before half time while a minute after the start of the second half, they took the lead. It was almost destined that United would be thrown out of the semis and bid farewell to the Treble.. somehow, thanks to the intervention of Lady Luck, a penalty was awarded for a hand ball by Boateng. So, you see.. when Lady Luck is smiling at you, no matter how the odds are stacked against you, you'll still pull through.

However, I felt that Giggs should have not wasted the chance to kill off the game in the first half. A replay means another chance to redeem themselves. But having extra games with so many players on the injury list does not bode well. Its the final stretch.. and should United win the treble this season.. it gotta be on of the greatest achievement by them, really.

Anws... gotta go for now.. will be back soon. I am thinking of participating in this "Sayembara Cerpen" competition.. hope I can still write after so long.. I'll try. Staff meeting tomorrow to meet my new colleagues.. I better be prepared to impress.. The VP sounds like a nice guy. Hope everyone will be nice..