As of 11.30 this morning I have checked or scanned through most of the local print newspaper. Not one mainstream media covered USM's opening premier league game against Pos Malaysia. Why?
A journalism student told me, it's just the Premier League, not the Super League, so no big deal!
Yesterday, I read Kosmo (click pic above) which enthusiastically reports that the USM stadium was ready to accommodate 5,000 spectators. It also gave a very assuring heading - Warga Kampus gegar stadium USM.
But today when I browsed the internet to see all the 'gegaran' - they were not there. It was just all hype. The 5,000 expected spectators - was it a sincere projection or an unjust miscalculation?
There was also no coverage on the Star-online (not even on www.usm.my)!
The only coverage I can get hold of is from Buletin Notes. You can read it here. Thanks to Muhamad Sidek Karim, who happens to be the Pegawai Pentadbir Pasukan for the write-up.
Muhamad Sidek gave an estimation of 3,000 spectators, but I doubt it.
By the way, USM won by a narrow margin - 'nasib baik gol last minute...', somebody commented on Muhamad Sidek's posting.
Another blogger, Rizman Suzaidi Zafri Ali commented about the poor marketing strategies done by USM FC in handling ticket sales. You can read his comments here.
Anyway, thanks to the scorer, Mohamad Baser Mohamad Napae who scored the winning goal, 10 minutes before the final whistle. If not, many people will be awaken today with a bad dream.
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