三爽的一天

2014 五月二十三日是一个三爽的一天

第一爽；汤姆斯杯，中国队输了，还是0-3呢，败给日本队0-3算是惨败吧！
第二爽；李永波面子很挂不住吧！没有看到杜鹏宇输时李永波的表情。。。
第三爽；马来西亚在完全没有机会的情形下进入决赛。

先澄清一点，我可不是个反中分子， 但这几年下来，一些中国人的举止真的很令人反感。。。

一些支持中国队的朋友说我妒忌中国队的成就，NO，是中国队的一些人，也许是李永波-最少他是中国队的发言人真的很令人不敢恭维。。。

证据？ 太多了。。。有机会会好好列一列

无论如何一天一爽是有的，二爽也不少见，但三爽，太爽了。

转载: 4強橫掃印中‧馬日爭湯杯

點看全文: http://sports.sinchew.com.my/node/37542#ixzz32bQyEeIa 
Follow us: @SinChewPress on Twitter | SinChewDaily on Facebook

2014-05-23 23:48

（印度‧新德里23日訊）大馬距離重圓捧起湯姆斯杯夢，僅差一步之遙！

• 張維峰延續本賽會全勝戰績，在對壘印尼的半決賽中，更是為大馬拿下致勝分。

闊別12年再闖決賽

大馬羽球隊於週五在印度新德里舉行的2014年湯姆斯杯世界羽球團體賽半決賽，以直落3場擊敗13屆冠軍印尼，闊別12年再次闖進決賽，將與日本爭奪湯杯。

賽前不受看好的大馬隊，這次低調出擊，卻頻頻傳來驚喜，小組賽在被視為死亡之組的C組，連挫印度、德國與勁旅韓國，以盟主資格出線。

22年首勝印尼

隨後，在昨日複賽，大馬再以3比1力克歐洲傳統強旅丹麥，並在今日半決賽中乘勝追擊，以3比0橫掃印尼，也終結了對印尼長達22年的勝荒。

大馬最後一次打進決賽，是在2002年的廣州湯杯賽。大馬最近一次在湯杯賽擊敗宿敵印尼，已是1992年捧杯時的事，當時大馬在決賽中以3比2取勝。之後，大馬對印尼吞下6連敗。

大馬此役排出了對壘丹麥時同樣的陣容，李宗偉、張維峰與隊長劉國倫，出任第1單、第2單和第3單。而兩支雙打分別由陳文宏與雲天豪、吳偉申與陳煒強擔綱。

印尼方面，同樣祭出了在複賽中險勝韓國的陣容，3名單打依序托米、迪奧尼西斯與西蒙，世界冠軍莫哈末阿山與亨德拉出任第1雙，第2雙由安加與雷恩出擊。

一哥首局苦勝

世界一哥李宗偉僅在首局受到托米的頑抗，最終經52分鐘的交鋒，以21比19、21比13勝出，為大馬拿下預料中的第1分。李宗偉也對托米寫下10連勝的紀錄。

文宏與天豪奪關鍵分

最關鍵的是第2場爭奪，前世青冠軍陳文宏與雲天豪，歷經3局苦戰，以21比19、8比21、23比21險勝莫哈末阿山與亨德拉，為大馬建立2比0優勢。

本賽會與師兄李宗偉同樣全戰全勝的第2單打張維峰，在毫無壓力下，以21比10、21比17擊敗世界排名第19的迪奧尼西斯，拿下致勝分。

转载: 諶龍首雙表現太差‧李永波：輸球有益備戰里奧

點看全文: http://sports.sinchew.com.my/node/37554?tid=8#ixzz32bSycwCt 
Follow us: @SinChewPress on Twitter | SinChewDaily on Facebook

2014-05-24 10:45

（印度‧新德里23日訊）中國羽球隊總教練李永波坦言，中國隊以0比3輸給日本，並不是一件壞事，反而可以讓中國更清醒備戰2016年里約奧運。

李永波今日在中國意外失利後表示，按照原來計劃，前3分一定要拿下1分，後面有傅海峰與張楠及林丹，會比較厚實一點。

“但諶龍卻低迷輸了，柴飆與洪煒在首場男雙首局以20比16領先也輸後，就比較困難了。”

他說，這麼多年中國都是打優勢球，從來沒打過下風球，所以隊員壓力很大。杜鵬宇打的不錯，很頑強，確實是之前兩場打的差點。

日本準備充份

談到日本隊，他說：“日本隊本身就具備一定水平，實力比較平均，這次準備很充份。第一單打田児賢一發揮很出色，小將也放得很開，甚麼球都敢打。而諶龍打法本身特點不明顯，這場的發揮也不好，後面的男雙也沒拿下來。”

他表示，其實比賽就是這樣，會有很多結果，你再強大也總會輸球。這次失利能讓中國隊更清醒點，知道未來該怎麼發展，回去將好好總結。“對里約奧運來講，並不是一件壞事。”

湯杯‧日本3比0屠龍‧長城倒了！

點看全文: http://sports.sinchew.com.my/node/37537#ixzz32bS1eCcw 

Follow us: @SinChewPress on Twitter | SinChewDaily on Facebook

2014-05-23 19:44

•      

（印度．新德里23日訊）日本3比0推倒長城！

• 首次出任湯杯第1單打的諶龍，意外慘敗給田児賢一，為中國隊後來落敗埋下苦果。（圖：新華社）

“東洋軍”日本隊週五在本屆湯姆斯杯世界羽球男子團體賽半決賽中，爆冷以直落3場擊敗衛冕冠軍，歷史性首闖決賽，同時也是首次打敗中國隊。

中國6連冠夢碎

自2004年起創下5連霸的中國，為“後風雲時代”以及“超級丹”林丹出任第3單打，而付出慘痛代價，6連冠夢碎。

日本憑藉第1單打田児賢一、第1雙打早川賢一與遠籐大由以及第2單打桃田賢斗，分別擊敗諶龍、柴飆與洪煒、杜鵬宇，不可思議地以直落3場勝出。

田児賢一輕取諶龍

首場比賽，田児賢一上場便控制了比賽，以5比1領先，諶龍則顯得被動，而且失誤多，完全找不到節奏，結果以13比21敗陣。次局再戰，田児賢一勢不可當以13比4拉開比分，最終以21比11再下一城，為日本取得漂亮開局。

接下來第2場比賽是第1雙打，兩對組合此前五次交手，柴飆與洪煒佔上風，本場比賽從開始就比分咬得很緊，但柴飆與洪煒在20比16領先時，竟然連續失誤，早川賢一與遠籐大由連取6分反敗為勝。次局再戰，比分依然膠著，但在19平後，日本組合連取2分，在大比分以2比0領先。

桃田賢斗挫杜鵬宇奪致勝分

在關鍵的第3場，中國隊已背水一戰，由杜鵬宇出戰桃田賢斗。首局兩人你來我往，比分交替上升，尤其在局末階段兩人爭奪趨白熱化，杜鵬宇浪費局點後，又三次追回局點，最終在22比25落後時連追3分險勝拿下首局。

第二局，雙方依然戰得難解難分，但桃田賢斗明顯稍控制了節奏，並以21比18扳回一城。在決勝局，桃田賢斗控制了比賽節奏，網前小球也出色，球路多變，以21比14扳平比分，拿下歷史性的勝利！

日本的決賽對手，將是另一場半決賽大馬與印尼之間的勝者。

中國種敗因
風雲不再‧林丹第3單

這是中國隊自2000年吉隆坡湯杯決賽以0比3不敵印尼以來，近14年來吞下最慘的敗仗。

中國本屆湯杯沒將蔡贇列入隊中，過去為中國立下5連霸的功臣“風雲組合”蔡贇與傅海峰不再，只剩下傅海峰帶著師弟們出戰，是中國隊整體實力下滑的原因之一。

其二的致命傷是林丹過去長期缺席國際賽，世界排名下滑，以至無法出任團體賽第1單打，如果林丹能出任第1單打，諶龍任第2單打，或許，結局會不一樣。

諶龍：攻不死對手

諶龍在賽後表示，他攻不死對手，也顯得沒有辦法，自身打得保守了。

“今天的發揮與對手打法沒有關係，就是發揮不好，對手打了幾個好球後，自己有點慌張。”

當被問道發揮失常是否跟淘汰賽有關係時，諶龍答稱這跟淘汰賽沒多大關係。

對於是否想如何限制對手，諶龍說道：“當我難得打一個好球後，自己就有失誤，顯得沒有辦法。”

FINALLY! After 3,283 days and 512 games, Arsenal claim a trophy with extra-time win

Congratulation to Arsenal...
Congratulation to Arsene Wenger.... 
Congratulation to Arsenal Fan....

3283 Days, 512 Games is a long long time, for the Club like Arsenal...

Arsenal is the special, in term of support...not like Liverpool, MU, Chelsea...(but of course except for those London rivals) other team supporter will not hate them, the way they hate other Good Teams like Liverpool, MU, Chelsea...

Myself a Liverpool Supporter for the past 25 years and counting, I dislike MU, i dislike Chelsea (solely because of Jose Mourinho and maybe John Terry, in fact i support them very much last season, when Rafa Benitez was in charge), i never dislike Arsenal....i think a lot of people having a same thinking, mostly because of they style of playing and Arsene Wenger at least that is what i thinking.

Anyway, Arsenal, congratulation, you suffer long enough, you deserve this... 

FINALLY! After 3,283 days and 512 games, Arsenal claim a trophy with extra-time win... and Wenger confirms he will sign new deal

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2631595/FINALLY-After-3-283-days-512-games-Arsenal-claim-trophy-extra-time-win-Wenger-confirms-sign-new-deal.html

By JOE BERNSTEIN

PUBLISHED: 00:25 GMT, 18 May 2014 | UPDATED: 00:51 GMT, 18 May 2014

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was drenched in champagne after ending his nine-year trophy drought with the greatest FA Cup final comeback since 1966 to beat Hull City 3-2.

And after the celebrations were over, the Frenchman ended speculation about his future by signalling he would sign a new contract to extend his 18-year reign at the club.

‘This should normally happen — and we are in very normal circumstances,’ he smiled as he toasted his record-equalling fifth FA Cup triumph. ‘It was never a question of leaving, only doing what is right for this club.’

+6

Going nowhere: Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has confirmed he will be staying on as manager

+6

Shower time: Lukas Podolski of pours beer over Wenger after their FA Cup win

Wenger, cruelly dubbed a ‘specialist in failure’ by Jose Mourinho earlier this season, watched first in horror and then ecstasy as his team fell 2-0 down but hit back to win with an extra-time strike by Aaron Ramsey. 

It was the manager’s 512th game since his last trophy in 2005 and England manager Roy Hodgson will hope the comeback is an omen. The last time a similar FA Cup final recovery occurred, when  Everton beat Sheffield Wednesday, Bobby Moore went on to lift the World Cup.

Arsenal were initially stunned as underdogs Hull, chasing the first trophy in their 110-year history, struck twice inside eight minutes through James Chester and Curtis Davies.

+6

Silver service: Manager Arsene Wenger pictured lifting the FA Cup much to the delight of his Arsenal players

But a fantastic free-kick by Santi Cazorla and an equaliser by Laurent Koscielny took the game into extra-time during which Ramsey scored after 109 minutes following Olivier Giroud’s backheel. Per Mertesacker tipped champagne over Wenger who was given ‘the bumps’ by his players.

Hull boss Steve Bruce said: ‘We showed tremendous courage.’

'I couldn't ask more from my players. The vast majority are ones that got us out the Championship,' Bruce said. 

'It could have been a memorable season. In terms of effort and determination you couldn't fault them, we didn’t have enough but I'm proud, they were magnificent.

'Their first goal wasn't a free-kick, the second one wasn't a corner. But now is not the time to whine. We had a wonderful opportunity.

+6

Match winner: Aaron Ramsey scored the crucial goal which saw Arsenal win the FA Cup

+6

Relief: Jack Wilshere celebrates winning the FA Cup with Arsenal

+6

Pride: Hull boss Steve Bruce praised the efforts of his team, despite losing to Arsenal in the FA Cup final

By Paul Tomkins : We Are What We Are, Not What We Are Not

http://tomkinstimes.com/2014/05/we-are-what-we-are-not-what-we-are-not/

By Paul Tomkins.

Well, that was heartbreaking, head-wrecking, soul-destroying.

In the aftermath of a late three-goal collapse, the Reds’ weaknesses were brutally exposed. But it’s easy to suggest that doing things differently was the right answer, because it’s always the right answer when things go wrong.

Against Chelsea, Liverpool should have apparently played them at their own game. Late on at Selhurst Park, at 3-0, the Reds should have shut up shop (even though every single fan I saw on Twitter was talking of goal difference, and going for the jugular.) At 3-1 I saw little talk of defending, just getting a fourth to kill the game.

And did you really want Liverpool to sit back and try and defend the game out at 3-2? Do that and you invite pressure. And if you concede when you are inviting pressure, the wisdom, in hindsight, is that you should have attacked, as it’s the best form of defence. As it was, Liverpool’s defence backed away too much, as seen at Norwich, but it’s a natural reaction in times of stress.

Liverpool have got to where they are by playing the way they have played. If they played a different way it might be better; but given that no-one predicted in August that Liverpool would be top with five days of the season left (even though City should now win the title), there’s a good chance that playing a different way would have led to a worse season, not a better one. This is not a team set up to defend leads, and nor is it a team full of the experience of these kinds of pressures. It is what it is, not what it is not.

A few months ago I was uncomfortable with several aspects of the team, and noted that teams who don’t keep clean sheets don’t win the league. I wrote a piece in mid-February listing reasons that have come to be proven true – but it’s important to note that at the time Liverpool were 4th, with everyone having played 25 games, and were six points off the top and a mere three points ahead of Spurs. (Talking of collapses, Spurs, how about a Vine of your end to the season? Or what about Chelsea, who were top at the time? Or Arsenal, who were top for ages?)

So, I was right three months ago: we couldn’t defend well enough, didn’t have the squad depth that £££ brings, didn’t have the experience of previously going to the wire, losing it, and then understanding more a year later. I was right: teams don’t jump from 7th to 1st.

And yet I was hopelessly wrong, as Liverpool won the next eleven games in a row. Were those games won by keeping clean sheets? No. So having won 11 of the past 13 games, can I claim to be a genius for predicting only part of the story, when I thought that four or five game winning streaks were the best this team could come up with? It seems churlish to moan about the way you play once it’s taken you to such heights.

For me, the 2008/09 team, with its majestic spine, was the best-balanced Liverpool I’ve seen in the Premier League era, and the best overall since 1987/88. They had a great defence, and were top scorers that season, with 77 goals, had the best goal difference and won 25 and lost just two.

But for all that brilliant balance, people bemoaned the draws. Liverpool this season have more-or-less the same points tally, have also won 25 games, and despite a defence seen as shambolic, have a goal difference of +50.

With Benítez’s best vintage – a team I thought was as close to perfect as you could get on the budget – the goal difference? +50.

I argued against those who said that Benítez just needed to be a bit more positive, just as I’ll now argue against those who say Rodgers needs to be a bit more pragmatic. Everybody needs a bit more of something, when you put it like that.

Benítez’s brilliance was in balance; Rodgers’ is in forward movement. Liverpool were virtually impossible to beat five years ago, yet people bemoaned the draws, rather than focusing on just two defeats. This time the Reds have won the same number of games (with one game to spare), and people bemoan the fact that we don’t defend like Chelsea did at Anfield, with 10 behind the ball, looking for a lucky break.

We did just that, and won 2-0, against Chelsea back in 2010, when Hodgson deployed a flat-back seven. The problem was Hodgson’s approach was only suited to a handful of games. The rest of the time the Reds stank the place out.

Imagine the outcry if Liverpool put everyone behind the ball last night at 3-2 and Palace scored? Of course, maybe they wouldn’t have scored, but equally, at 3-2 Liverpool were experiencing what AC Milan – a phenomenal side, with world-class defenders, midfielders and forwards – experienced in 2005. Once you start wobbling – and it’s natural to wobble in those circumstances – you are going to make mistakes. You’re on the ropes, your head’s a mess. Mentally speaking, you just cannot approach it like it’s 0-0 as you’ve already been breached.

People said after the Chelsea game that Rodgers should have been more like Mourinho, but Mourinho has a squad that costs over twice as much as Liverpool’s, with a ton of incredible midfielders and some forwards who, in past times, scored a lot of goals; plus Lukaku, loaned out for no apparent footballing reason (along with 22 other players loaned out). He spent a ton of money this season, mostly on more midfielders when he didn’t really need more midfielders. And for all the money, the much bigger wage bill, the far greater squad depth, they sit two points behind Liverpool, with an inferior goal difference. Yes, they’ve played all those extra Champions League games, but equally, Liverpool haven’t got much depth beyond 14 players after four years out of the competition. Liverpool couldn’t cope with two or three players out, as that left nothing on the bench.

If everything that possesses a flaw has that flaw eradicated it becomes perfect. And there’s so much perfection everywhere, isn’t there? We’re all perfect. All football teams are perfect. All business only ever make money. Right?

In football, as I’ve always argued, eradicating your flaws can be difficult. In 1997, everyone said Liverpool just needed a warrior like Paul Ince, but then Paul Ince arrived and Liverpool had that extra steel, but lost John Barnes’ composure. In football, adding almost always means simultaneously taking away.

People spoke about having kept Andy Carroll to bring on against Chelsea, as if Liverpool would have got the same number of points with Carroll in the squad (which seems laughable given the success of the front two), or as if he’d sit out 35 games then suddenly be brilliant in the 36th. Liverpool got to 80 points without needing that kind of Plan B.

If Plan A had been failing all season, I’d have said yes, that kind of Plan B is needed. But it hadn’t been failing all season. The Reds scored goals for fun. The Reds won 25 games by the end of April.

There’s only so much time to spend on the training ground, and only so many kinds of player you can buy with a sensible budget. If you’re weak at defending set-pieces, then you can work on defending set-pieces. But then that’s less time to work on the things you were working on, especially if they are leading to good results. You can practice defending more as a team, but that’s less time to practice possession or attacking drills. There’s only so much a team can work on, unless they train 16 hours a day, which means they never get to eat, and are knackered come match-day. You can’t just bring specialist players in from the cold for specific games and hope that they click.

None of this is to say that Liverpool should be letting a 3-0 lead slip. But some crazy shit happens in football, as seen in Istanbul, and those Milan players had won everything. Pressure does funny things to players, and the pressure got to Liverpool once they – like most onlookers – thought the game was won and it was about goal difference. It was easy, until Palace scored, and then the doubts set in; as they did with Milan.

It’s been a far better season than any of us dare wish for, and no single fan would have said ‘No’ to being in this position after 37 games, if offered it in August. If Manchester United fans want to laugh at us, let them; only one big club was a shambles this season. If they need to laugh at Liverpool to get over being so abject in 2013/14, so be it. We can always buy both clubs’ season review DVDs and have a good laugh.

And yes, this may have been the Reds’ best chance of the title, given the way events unfolded, but the side was never fully equipped at this stage. Look at the midfielders and strikers that Manchester City have in reserve – as part of the costliest wage bill in sport – and you see why they could always cope with injuries or off-form players better than Liverpool. They still missed their best players, of course, but if they’d had everyone fit all season they’d probably be on 100 points and we’d be having a different conversation. No Liverpool fan would then be unhappy with 81 points.

That said, City could of course suffer their own nightmares against Aston Villa or West Ham. It seems unlikely, but it’s been a weekend in Spain and England where teams with nothing to play for have damaged teams with everything to lose.

But if City do hold on, then despite relying on their wage bill (which can’t be much higher than Chelsea’s, who’ve done far less this season), they’d be deserving champions.

They also have a manager with some class and dignity, much like Liverpool, but of course, unlike Chelsea. As much as I like Pellegrini, I naturally hope his team will slip up, but the reality is that it’s most definitely theirs to lose.

It is All Gone, but well done, Liverpool

It is all Gone...to lead 3 goals with 11 min of 90 to go, 3 points is in the bag...but no, somehow Istanbul happen, this time it is Crystanbul, final score Liverpool FC 3-3 Crystal Palace.

It is heart breaking, although winning the match didn’t guarantee the Premier League crown, but definitely help to put some pressure to Manchester City..but now, it is almost gone, unless Man City too, collapse too, by at least lost one of their remaining match, it is still more than mathematically possible but reality is….hope we are all wrong, just hope…

Anyway, thank you Liverpool Football Club, given us the hope but dream still on…

And congratulation to achieve the target set before the start of the season, at least we are in the Champion League again…WELL DONE.