~MERGED~ Mokhtar Dahari - Lagenda Pemain Bolasepak Malaysia

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Dua gol Supermokh pernah benam Arsenal

Oleh ABDUL HAFIZ AHMAD
hafiz.ahmad@utusan.com.my

KUALA LUMPUR - Semalam genap dua dekad penyerang legenda bola sepak negara dan Asia era 70-an hingga 80-an, Allahyarham Datuk Mokhtar Dahari atau Supermokh kembali ke rahmatullah.

Menjelang perlawanan persahabatan dengan Arsenal di Bukit Jalil, esok, nama Supermokh kembali dikenang apabila beliau pernah mencipta sejarah dengan meledak dua gol untuk menewaskan kelab England itu 2-0 di Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur pada 11 Mei 1975.

Anak jati Setapak, Kuala Lumpur ini menghembuskan nafas terakhir di Pusat Perubatan Subang Jaya, Selangor pada pukul 8.25 pagi 11 Julai 1991 ketika berusia 37 tahun akibat penyakit motor neurone.

Allahyarham meninggalkan seorang balu, Tengku Zarina Tengku Ibrahim dan tiga anak, Mohamad Redza yang juga bekas pemain bola sepak Selangor, Nur Azera dan Nur Arina.

Mokhtar dan Diego Maradona turut bertembung di Stadium Merdeka dalam perlawanan persahabatan antara Pilihan Selangor dengan Boca Juniors pada 1982, empat tahun sebelum bekas jagoan dan jurulatih Argentina itu menjulang Piala Dunia di Mexico.

Malah gol Mokhtar antaranya menerusi rembatan deras lagi tepat bak peluru ke atas England B di Stadium Merdeka pada 1978 mengagumkan ramai pemain, jurulatih, wartawan dan peminat dalam dan luar negara untuk mengikat lawan 1-1.

Gara-gara rembatan jarak jauh yang menewaskan Joe Corrigan itulah, gelaran Supermokh melekat padanya sehingga jurulatih England B, Bobby Robson berkata, "Gol itu sesuatu yang istimewa dan antara yang terbaik pernah saya saksikan."

Sepanjang mewakili Selangor dan Malaysia dari 1971 hingga 1987, Mokhtar menjaringkan 177 gol dalam Piala Malaysia dan 125 gol di pentas antarabangsa selain menjulang trofi itu 10 kali, Pestabola Merdeka, pingat emas Sukan Asia 1974 dan Sukan SEA 1979 di samping bergelar Olahragawan Kebangsaan 1976.

Allahyarham turut dianugerahkan sebagai Ahli Kelab Seabad Gabungan Bola Sepak Asia (AFC) 1999 manakala pada 8 Mei 2010, Kementerian Belia dan Sukan memberikan penghormatan kepadanya dengan menamakan salah satu gelanggang Kompleks Futsal Putrajaya, Gelanggang Mokhtar Dahari.

Selain itu Kumpulan Utusan pernah menerbitkan sebuah buku biografi khas untuk Allahyarham berjudul 'Mokhtar Dahari - Perginya Seorang Legenda Bola Sepak' dengan kata-kata pentingnya dipetik berbunyi, "saya bekerja keras untuk apa yang saya capai hari ini."

Di luar gelanggang, Supermokh turut berbakat sebagai penulis sukan dengan diundang sebagai kolumnis 'Mokhtar Dahari Menulis' dalam majalah terbitan Kumpulan Utusan, Dunia Sukan sekitar 1980-an selain mendukung watak kecil filem komedi, 'Mekanik' pada 1983.

Biografinya berjudul The Untold Truth About Supermokh turut ditayangkan menerusi National Geographic Channel pada 30 Ogos 2010.

HangPC2

Tanggal 11 Julai 1991..Pemergian seorang bintang dan lagenda bolasepak negara yang cukup berjasa, Mokhtar Dahari, semoga Allah mencucuri rahmat ke atas rohnya, insyaAllah..sama-sama kita sedekahkan fatihah untuknya..

abangkasim

Alfatihah kepada allahyarham.

cm_matjawasp

Pengadil nafi hak Malaysia


Penulis : Abdul Rahim Khamis

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Saya menulis rencana i ...
HangPC2 Post at 1-7-2011 10:47

    Fakta yang banyak terpesong dari penulis ,  generasi 40an ke atas masih ingat  perlawanan tersebut.

1) Azmi Mahmud penjaga gol kedua??? setahu saya Raimi Jamil(ingat ingat lupa) ,
Azmi Mahmud baru berumur 19 tahun hanya mewakili Malaysia sebagai pemain simpanan tahun 1987.

2) Malaysia hanya membuat satu percubaan melalui Mokhtar Dahari ..cubaan melepasi palang. yang lain lainnya hanya berlegar
ditengah padang.

cm_matjawasp

Fakta yang banyak terpesong dari penulis ,  generasi 40an ke atas masih ingat  perlawanan  ...
cm_matjawasp Post at 12-7-2011 13:08

   1) Arumugam langsung tak ada bersama skuad kebangsaan kerana kemalangan jalan raya

   2) Lim Teong Kim bermain dlm separuh masa kedua..sepatut dia sebagai pertahanan tapi terpaksa banyak naik keatas kerana midfield langsung tak berfungsi.

shahaizat

mungkin ada org yg sama terer atau lagi terer dari mokhtar dahari cuma mentaliti org malaysia jadi pemain bola bukan kerjaya pilihan

abangkasim

Ni dia line-up yang lawan Korea kat Seoul pre world cup 1986 (jumpa so aku copy-and-paste, nama pelik sikit)

[22] Ong Yu Tiang
[2] Ibrahim Saad ... ni Perlis punya player
[3] Kamarul Jahman (ntah saper dia ni ... dah lupa)
[5] Jaidee Mokthar (ni Zaidi Mokhtar rasa nyer ... abang kepada Mubin Mokhtar)
[7] Sukor Saleh a.k.a Ossie Ardiles Malaysia
[8] Ling Teng Kim
[10] Mohamed Mohktar Dahari ... sapa lagi
[12] Dharmalingam P. (dia ni aku ingat ... tapi tak ingat team mana)
[13] Yusoff Abdul Nasir ... ni prof Nasir ... player Johor
[15] Ali Ahmed Yusuf ... Ahmad Yusuf la
[17] Amid Hassan ... dia ni jenal Bidin Hasan kot ... atau Hasan Sani ... tak ingat

Substitution : [11] Khan Hung Eng out Dharmalingam P.

Ni masa first leg lawan kat KL yang Dolah score.

[1] Arumugan Ali ... a.k.a Spiderman Malaysia
[2] Ibrahim Saad
[3] Serbegeth Singh
[4] Mohamed Noor Yassin ... ni fullback dari Kelantan
[6] Yusoff Abdul Nasir
[14] Ismail Fadzil ... dia ni sapa tah ... dah lupa.
[13] Ali Ahmed Yusuf
[16] Hung Nung Wong
[17] Abidin Hassan Zainal
[7] Dollah Salleh
[8] Teong Kim Lim

Substitution : Minit 39' in [11] Ahmed Alid out Ismail Fadzil ... Ahmed Alid ni mungkin Yunus Alif kot

Nota : Fisrt leg kat KL coah Mesia ialah Frank Lord ... tapi di Seoul coah ialah Mohd Bakar

abangkasim

World Cup Qualifying 1982

21/4/1981 Malaysia 1 : South Korea 2 (Kuwait City)

Scorer : James Wong (min 9)

[1] Ramasamy Arumugan
[2] Jamal Nasir Abdul Jalil
[3] Soh Chin Aun
[4] Yahaya Jusoh ... bek dari Ganu
[5] Santokh Singh
[6] Shukor Salleh
[10] Muhidin Hussein ... ni Johor nyer player kot
[12] Khalid Ali
[9] James Wong Chye Fook
[7] Hassan Sani
[11] Mohammed Mokhtar Dahari ... pelik, rasanya salah kot Supermokh pakai no 11

Coach : karl-Heinz Weigang

Substitution : [16] Torairaju Huad out Khalid Ali,
in Keong Chow Chee out Ramasamy Arumugan

25/4/1981 Malaysia 0 : Kuwait 4

Keong Choe Chee ... GK based in Hong Kong
Jamal Nasir
Santokh Singh
Soh Chin Aun
Yahya Jusoh
Shukor Salleh
Khalid Ali
Keong Yip Chee ... tak ingat la dia ni main team mana
Mohammed Mokhtar Dahari
James Wong Chye Fook
Hassan Sani

Substitution : 28' in Huad Torairaju out Keong Yip Chee,
64' in Zulkifli Hamzah out Hassan Sani


27/4/1981 Malaysia 2 : Thailand 2

Scorer : Ibrahim Din (min 54, 70)

Peter Rajah ... GK frm Sabah
Jamal Nasir
Santokh Singh
S. Pushpanathan ... Pahang rasanya
Yahya Jusoh
Shukor Salleh
G. Torairaju ... Melaka mari
Yusoff Ali Ahmed
James Wong Chye Fook
Mohammed Mokhtar Dahari
Zulkifli Hamzah ... Ganu mari

Substitution : 53' in Ibrahim Din (Angkatan Tentera Malaysia) out Zulkifli Hamzah

abangkasim

Ni antara game yang Supermokh main yang aku jumpa kat Internet

1974 World Cup Qualifying

19/5/1973 Malaysia 0 : Israel 3 (venue : Seoul)

Arumugam R.
Namat Abdullah ... Penang mai
Soh Chin Aun
Leong Wong Voon
Chandran R. ... Selangor mari
Zamawi Wan
Salleh Shukor
Bakar Mohammed
Mokhtar Dahari
Abdullah Rahim
Harun Jusoh ... abang Yahya Jusoh

Substitition : in Abdullah Shaharuddin out Bakar Mohammed,
in Singh Santokh out Dahari Mokhtar

cm_matjawasp

Reply 527# abangkasim


    kamarulzaman main selangor,
P.dharmalinggam kena kutuk habis ngan rahim razali "macam rusa masuk kampung"
Ismail fadzil tu sebenarnya nama dia Fadzil Ismail main Penang ..dia ni mewakili Malaysia dlm bolasepak dan olahraga
Keong Yip Chee aka Yip Chee Keong main ngan Selangor ..tapi lepas  tu main kat Hong Kong

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HangPC2

Perlawanan yang hampir nak layak ke Piala Dunia.... tapi sayang Korea Selatan selalunya bernasib baik....

HangPC2

Reply  abangkasim


    kamarulzaman main selangor,
P.dharmalinggam kena kutuk habis ngan rah ...
cm_matjawasp Post at 12-7-2011 20:23

http://www.ukrc.com.my/newspg75.shtm

HangPC2

Harimau Malaya tagih sokongan padu peminat



Oleh WAN FAKHRUL BAKAR
fakhrul@kosmo.com.my


NADA kecewa disuarakan jurulatih skuad bola sepak kebangsaan, Datuk K. Rajagobal menjelang aksi persahabatan menentang Liverpool di Stadium Nasional, Bukit Jalil petang ini. Bukan kerana pengurus Liverpool, Kenny Dalglish sudah pulang awal ke England tetapi Rajagobal jelas berasa kecewa dengan sikap peminat yang hadir ketika Harimau Malaya tewas 0-4 kepada Arsenal, Rabu lalu.

“ Saya tak faham apa yang mereka (peminat) mahu. Saya fikirkan mereka sudah cukup bijak. Mereka tak boleh samakan skuad kebangsaan dengan kelab Liga Perdana England. “ Kita amat memerlukan sokongan peminat pada saat genting menghadapi pusingan kedua Kelayakan Piala Dunia 2014 menentang Singapura. “ Sebagai rakyat Malaysia dan menetap di Malaysia, bukan saya nak kata kita tak boleh sokong kelab Liga Perdana England.

“ Tetapi kenapa tak boleh sehari sahaja datang ke stadium pakai jersi Malaysia ? Saya harap esok (hari ini) ramai yang datang dengan jersi Malaysia, terutamanya warna biru, ” kata Rajagobal ketika ditemui pada sesi latihan di Stadium Nasional petang semalam. Pada aksi bertemu Arsenal Rabu lalu, majoriti stadium dipenuhi peminat yang hadir dengan jersi merah dan tambah mengecewakan Rajagobal, anak-anak buahnya diejek setiap kali melakukan kesilapan.

“ Bila Arsenal terlepas peluang, mereka tidak diejek tetapi bila kita buat silap, kena ejek. Mereka tak boleh nak banding pemain kita dengan pemain lawan. Arse- nal pun mampu tewaskan pasu- kan sehebat Barcelona. “ Jadi saya sangat berharap warga Malaysia yang hadir ke stadium esok (hari ini) memberi sokongan padu kepada sku- ad negara sendiri, ” tegas Raja- gobal.

Selepas sesi latihan petang semalam, Rajagobal mengesahkan dua pemainnya, Aidil Zafuan Radzak dan Norshahrul Idlan Talaha tidak dapat diturunkan akibat kecederaan buku lali dan hamstring. “ Saya sudah panggil dua pengganti iaitu Ismail Faruqi Ashari dan Izzaq Faris Ramlan semalam (kelmarin) dan akan mencuba mereka. Jika memuaskan, mereka mungkin diselit untuk skuad ke Singapura, ” ujarnya.


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HangPC2

Malaysia (1972)





Selangor Vs Singapura (1975)





Sabah Selection Vs Manchester United (1980)

HangPC2

How Malaysia brought Gunners to their knees



2011/06/27

MORE than 20,000 supporters in Stadium Merdeka witnessed their beloved Malaysian football team play the beautiful game just the way it was intended, and tore apart England's First Division side Arsenal in 1975.

It was a game played from a confident defence with the commanding Datuk R. Arumugam between the goalposts and Datuk Soh Chin Aun and Datuk Santokh Singh in the heart of defence.

Arumugam, a lanky figure, was dubbed " Spiderman " for his heroic saves although " Superman " should have been his moniker for this match.


He strutted between the goalposts with great confidence and at moments, seemed flying around and thwarting numerous attacks led by striker Brian Kidd (now on the Manchester City coaching staff).

Arumugam made many amazing saves, often off headers from Kidd.

The defence was strong and confident. Tackles were hard and clearances were strong, most of the time the ball making its way to the middle of the field.


There was also the odd dart through midfield, adding numbers to the attack.

Confidence seemed to ooze from every Malaysian player on the field; they were unfazed by the English giant.


The midfield was a class act and the passes were slick and clever.

Successful cheeky one-twos around the Arsenal midfielders and the ability to hold the ball came naturally to the local side.

Our attack was sublime.

There is no other way to describe it. Datuk Mokhtar Dahari and Isa Bakar tore into Arsenal's defence, a few times fuelling the thought that this wasn't an Asian side, but another English First Division side.

The attacks made the Arsenal defenders commit themselves, often resulting in a mix-up with their goalkeeper and corners for Malaysia.

At one point, Wong Choon Wah darted from midfield off a brilliant pass-play between Arsenal defenders and made the keeper fumble a strong shot. He caused havoc in the penalty area before an Arsenal defender cleared the ball to a corner, not before almost putting it into his own net.

Wong, in the mix of things again, produced a telling pass in the 42nd minute for Mokhtar to produce a screamer, putting Malaysia ahead.

We continued to outpass Arsenal in midfield all the way through the second half. Isa ran rings around the defence, outpacing them at times while Mokhtar did the same on the left side of the field.

In one moment of football perfection, keeper Arumugam cleared the ball straight to Isa, who passed it to Mokhtar at the halfway line.

After a neat one-two with Isa, Mokhtar raced pass Mancini of Arsenal and shot to the bottom left corner to beat the goalkeeper again.

Malaysia, riding high on their best scoreline against an international team, even had the audacity to play keep ball and managed the time-wasting tactic quite well.

As the final whistle blew, Arsenal heads sunk, not expecting such a humbling defeat, but quickly regained themselves to applaud the Malaysian crowd.

Mokhtar, dubbed " Supermokh ", destroyed Arsenal with two goals in 1975.

These Malaysian players lived up to their " super " monikers, producing one of the most memorable performances that should live on in the minds of every Malaysian.

Though these footballers were considered national heroes, they were not invincible.

Arumugam, Mokhtar and Isa had since passed on, leaving behind their legacies for us to remember.

Yes, Malaysia had beaten Arsenal before! We beat the United States and almost every Asian team, winning gold in the Sea Games, bronze in the Asian Games in 1962 and 1974, and qualifying for the Olympics in 1972 and 1980.

Malaysia drew with the England B team in 1978 despite playing in our half most of the time in Stadium Merdeka.

Supermokh beat three defenders with his skill and pace, hit a wonder strike from outside the penalty area to beat England goalkeeper Joe Corrigan, which eventually proved to be the crucial goal to produce a 1-1 scoreline.

Mokhtar scored 125 goals for Malaysia and was ultimately remembered as a footballer for his speed, accuracy and dribbling prowess and also for his discipline, determination and dedication.

He once memorably dribbled past four players from midfield to score, doing a " Maradona " in the process.

He scored five goals in a single match and 19 goals in one Malaysia Cup tournament. He wasn't your average player by any means.

He was the precise attribution of what a footballer and a role model is all about.

With past glory like this, it's hard to see ourselves lose ground when the rest of Asia move ahead.

This was why there is hope that Datuk K. Rajagobal's successful 2010 Asian Football Federation Suzuki Cup campaign would be a catalyst for more glory in the future.

The national side had also since progressed to the final round of the Olympic qualifiers.

Could it ironically start with the game against Arsenal on July 13 where we will see another " Mokhtar " powerfully rise up to the occasion ?



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HangPC2

The great, ' poor ' players


2011/06/27


AS a football-loving nation, Malaysians know little or nothing about our own football heroes who once won bronze at the 1962 and 1974 Asian Games, and also qualified for the Olympics in 1972 and 1980.

Our latest victory saw us lift the 2010 Asean Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup after a 4-2 aggregate win over Indonesia.

Dollah Salleh, one of Malaysia's top footballers in the 1980s, says his fellow players strove for the country and themselves.


" I believe there are more rewards and recognition now simply because football is gaining more support and popularity in the country.

" Footballers today are lucky and should take full advantage of the situation to perform even better. "

Datuk Soh Chin Aun, who was part of the 1972 Olympic team, says times have changed and he is happy for the current team.


Nurliyana Isa, 23, daughter of late soccer star Isa Bakar, says her father will not ask for recognition or rewards but would have greatly appreciated it.

" It's sad because he didn't receive any national recognition while he was alive or after he died.

" Emotionally and financially, it's tough getting by after his passing as he supported our family with his futsal business and helped out by fixing everything around the house. "


Another former international, Shukor Salleh, believes the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) should give recognition to former footballers because they contributed to the glory of the nation.

" The current national squad has it much better than us because although we had greater achievements, we received less recognition.

" We did, however, once receive a Longine watch for our efforts. "

He went on to say the association should look after the welfare of former footballers because every part of their contribution matters.

Shukor suggests that the FAM organise a special function to appreciate retired footballers and give them the chance to share invaluable experience with the younger crop of players.

" We have more exposure than the current national squad and it is a shame that they do not know much about us or what we achieved. "

FAM vice-president Datuk Subahan Kamal agrees that more former football greats should be given recognition.

He adds that posthumous awards, such as the datukship awarded to R. Arumugam more than 20 years after he passed away, are long overdue.

He says FAM works with the National Athletes Welfare Foundation (Yakeb) to aid active and former national footballers.

" Not much financial support can be given to retired footballers as Yakeb relies on corporate sponsorships and must also support current players.

" We will help where we can, but we can't do much if they don't come forward. "

Any football players and their families who need welfare support are encouraged to write in to the FAM.

For more information, contact FAM at 03-7873 3100 or Yakeb at 03-8996 4841.



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