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Post Bahrain Match Notes

July 10, 2007

Me
and maybe millions fellow compatriots have just proud of being
Indonesian for last night and today, which were quite rare lately. The
Indonesian National Team a.k.a Garuda have a splendid performance on
the picth against Bahrain on the opening match for Group D in Asian Cup
2007. Nike endorsed them (though we have Adidas did it in the past), at
somewhat cool jerseys, which ten reds battling against opponent. We’re
the host of multinational football championship, for the first time in
years. And actually we won in the first fixture (though we’ve won in
the same occassion at 2004 edition)!.

But still, when you’re
talking about national pride, nowadays, sports (in this time: football)
brought a lot more to hang on rather than all of those experts and
politician blurbed in the TV lately. Our football team simply struck
Bahrain 2-1, and came out as a winner on a rare ocassion. When Garuda
did their job, all of us Indonesian suddenly came out with no longer
inferior feeling among other nations. We feel now at the same level, at
least with Bahrainese.

Now I understand what Indonesian Youth
have achieved on 1928 when they bound hundreds of races and origins in
a nation called Indonesia through homeland and language. And now in
2007, yet again, we’re bounded in a fate that Papuans, Acehnese,
Bataknese, Sundanese, Batavian, Javanese, Makkassarense, Manadonese, or
any other ‘neses’ are actually took the same souls, which are red and
white. At least in football terms. You could see it in Elie, Bambang,
Panggabean, Jendri, and the rest of Garuda squad. They have done their
business, and now it’s ours to reflect this unionship at a daily basis.
However, we should’ve been proud of our local attention. They’ve
commited to deliver such massive supports, able to thrill anyone else’
spine to hear "Indonesia Raya" sang out loudly by seventy thousands of
people!!! From sometimes, I felt lack of nationality and patriotism,
getting sick with all of those "dirtiness" my fellow countrymen have
done in a serial disasters, corruption, criminals, etc. But those men
under jerseys with Garuda emblem in their chest have turn it around.
They gave hope, dreams and happiness to this poor nation. Something
that we all need badly these days…

Thanks lads…you’ve done GREAT. Go Garuda, Go!

PS:
When the whistle had blown, I’ve came out instantly to the Nike
official store to buy those Indonesian official replica [wore on the
photo]. The original jersey costs Rp. 600.000,- and the replica "only"
costs Rp. 400.000,-. Slightly diferent in fabrics, with FITDry on the
expensive one and regular polyester on the latter. But they both share
the same design.

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