18 July 2009
All the Man United players , Team Officials & especially for the 67 Years Old Manager Sir Alex Ferguson could count themselves really very lucky that their Friendly Fixture against the Indonesian National Team had not been scheduled for today , and so the team had not checked into the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Jakarta where the bomb blast took place which killed 8 people and injuring 50 others early Friday morning yesterday . The Ritz Carlton Hotel where the bomb blasts took place were supposed to have been the very same hotel that the whole Man United Team were going to stay in during their stay in Indonesia for their Pre - Season Friendly Match with the Indonesian National Team !
But now following the deadly bomb blasts in Jakarta yesterday , the Red Devils' Friendly Match with the Indonesian National Team are now off , as the team had decided to cancel their scheduled trip to the Indonesian capital , with players and the team's safety in mind .
First , it was the Malaysian die - hard Man United Fans that were made to suffer the agony and disappointment of having a scheduled Man United trip to their country being forced to cancel two Years ago , as Malaysia were part of the four team co - host Event in Asia's biggest soccer Event in the Asian Cup 2007 Tournament , which were jointly co - hosted by Thailand , Indonesia and Singapore as well . Now , history were to repeat itself again this year , but this time it was the turn of the Indonesian die - hard Man United Fans in Indonesia that were made to go through the same agony and disappointment that the Malaysian soccer Fans went through two years ago , after a bomb explosion changed the faces of Events and left the many hundreds and thousands of Indonesian Man United fans who had already brought the tickets to the highly anticipated Clash with their very own National Team , very early in the year and were looking forward so very eagerly and excited indeed , awaiting for their favourite players' arrival utterly very disappointed !
And who can really blame them ( these die hard Man United Fans in Indonesia ) ? After all , it would have been the very first time that the English Champions had visited the country in 24 Years since 1975 had the bomb explosion not taken place ! And now following the cancellation of the trip to Jakarta , as confirmed by Man United Officials on Friday night , it looks like these fans long enduring wait for Man United to stop by at their country will continue !
Man United fans in Malaysia though just need to wait for two years to walk out from their own suffering , agony and disappointment as they will finally get to see the full first team players in Action later today at 5.30pm ( Bukit Jalil Stadium ) . But for all these poor Indonesian soccer fans , who knows when they will finally get to see the stars in the flesh again ? They have waited for a gruelling and enduring 24 long Years for this and now it is suddenly gone !
Just how long will they have to be made to wait before the Man United Team plans to travel to Indonesia again for their Pre Season Asia Tour ... ? Another 24 Years ? Maybe , maybe not ... Well , all I can say is - as they say : " So near yet , so far ... ".
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