Assalamualaikum,
Semalam, aku saksikan satu perlawanan yang mungkin tak dimenangi dari segi skor, tapi dimenangi dari segi jiwa. In a very pressured situation — saga Isak yang belum selesai, transfer window yang jadi bahan gelak team lain — Newcastle United turun ke padang sebagai pasukan yang bersatu hati dan teguh jiwanya.
So, as a fans - ni yang membuatkan game semalam penuh dengan perasaan bangga dan sebak.
Every ball we won, every tackle we made, every corner we took — St James’ Park is roaring. Bukan laungan kekecewaan, tapi sorakan yang membakar semangat pemain-pemain, and hopefully brought fear to the Scousers. The Geordies know walau apa pun berlaku di luar padang, the spirit of the City of Newcastle won't be crush macam tu je.
Despite the roaring sounds of angry Geordies, pujian patut diberikan juga kepada Liverpool where they finally found the net hasil jaringan Gravenbech that abruptly silent the stadium for a while.
Every player yang bermain semalam earned the respect of fans — even Gordon yang dilayangkan kad merah seawal minit ke 45 pun patut diberi pujian. Serangan demi serangan yang dilancarkan kearah gawang Liverpool, cuma takde luck. Maybe sebab we don't have natural finisher macam Isak. Tapi they're keep trying and trying to plug the gap.
Second half, seawal minit pertama lagi gawang Pope dibolosi hasil jaringan our target striker, Ekitike. Sekali lagi silencing the Cathedral on the Hill. But, Newcastle led by our stalwart skipper, Bruno Guimaraes attacking relentlessly despite playing with 10-players. Akhirnya, he himself scored a goal. A hope to all Geordies.
Three key players came injured most probably due to high intensity game - Joelinton, followed by Tonali, and finally Fabian Schar. A new set of players dibawa masuk with Miley, together with our new signing; Thiaw and Ramsey yang membawa a completely new attacking dimension.
Minit ke-88, William Osula equalized where the goal erupts St James Park again. This time, a jubilant eruption. At least for some of us, a comeback is complete! Siapa sangka walaupun ketinggalan 0-2 and handicapped for almost 50 minutes, Newcastle masih mampu melancarkan serangan yang membawa kepada kedudukan 2-2.
In a deja-vu of last year game, Liverpool managed to found its way and won the match in the last kick of the game and shattered our hope. Hancur hati aku, bukan sebab bengang dengan si Rio muka selenger tu, tapi mengenangkan the hardwork of the team and all player untuk dapatkan something from this game.
Liverpool mungkin menang dari segi jaringan. But apa yang patut diorang sedar— mereka tak kalahkan pasukan yang lemah. Mereka hanya menang atas pasukan yang berjuang hingga ke titisan terakhir.
For Isak, if you're watching this game. You should be ashamed; this is the team that fought for the badge and will continue to fight. I don't know. If you nak bertaubat nasuha and reintegrate with us. Silakan. But if you still rasa you belong to the Reds. I suggest you get your agent to convince Liverpool to pay 150M lah kan. A win-win price for both you and the team. If not, I guess you kena tunggu lah kontrak habis tahun 2028 nanti.
Onward and Onward the Mags, HWTL!