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ADC Florianopolis Crowned As Tiger Street Football Tournament Champion0

Award-winning Tiger Beer’s innovative football offering, Tiger Street Football which started its campaign in Asia this April successfully ended its search for the Kings of the Streets..

On 18th September, the world-class street football tournament saw team ADC Florianopolis of Brazil winning the first Tiger Street Football Tournament and walking away with the grand prize of USD30,000 after a stunning display of sublime street play throughout the day..

*Tournament champion, ADC Florianopolis*

Today’s grand finals saw qualifying teams from Malaysia, Singapore, China, Thailand and Vietnam as well as two invited professional street football teams from Brazil and Holland battling it out in high winning spirits, they fought to  the last whistle in the fast-paced, adrenalin-pumping game..

Tiger Street Football is a fresh and innovative consumers experiential offering from Tiger Beer through its Tiger FC platform that engages football fans with a total football experience; from the best football viewing parties, to the best online football games engagements and now bringing the edgiest football action to the streets of Malaysia..

*Champion flanked by Tiger FC Cage girls and Sean Koh (middle)*

“Tiger FC has a legacy of delivering the best viewing parties, football themed promotions, contests and perks to football lovers in Malaysia. Last year, Tiger FC hosted 700 viewing parties across the nation in conjunction with the 2010 FIFA World Cup – the largest number ever in Malaysia,” said Ms Yap Swee Leng, Marketing Director of Guinness Anchor Berhad (GAB)..

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Posted: Events, Footballs and Sports

Tiger Street Football – Make The Street Yours2

The online game “Make the Street Yours” specially developed by Tiger as part of its ongoing efforts to dial up the consumer engagement for the upcoming Tiger Street Football National and Grand Finals this September, owning your very own virtual street is now possible..

“Make the Street Yours” challenges football game aficionados to compete and own the streets of Malaysia, and have the conquered streets named after them..Streets in four regions in Malaysia, namely Johor Bahru, Penang, Ipoh and Kuala Lumpur are up for challenge..

The game’s premise is very easy – players choose the streets where they would like to conquer and overcome the defences to score a goal to make the streets theirs..

Sounds easy, but the real challenge starts when other players come in to claim the streets for themselves and this is where the game gets more challenging and addictive at the same time..

The more streets the players conquer, the more points they get..Back in real life, players do have a stake in the “Make the Street Yours” game..To make the game even more exciting, Tiger is giving away two highly coveted Mini Velo Bikes as the reward for the game winners..

Tiger “Make the Street Yours” online game is available for all to play at www.tigerbeer.com.my/streetfootball starting 1 August until 8 September 2011..

Screenshots

#1 Players choose their preferred region to conquest..

#2  Players will then select the street they wish to conquer..

#3 Click, hold, and drag the mouse cursor around to aim the ball..

#4 Release the mouse button to kick the ball. Owners of the street will set up obstacles to prevent you from scoring..

#5 The list of top scorers – Beat their scores and claim your place in this gallery of champions!

#6 Be a top player of “Make the Street Yours” and win these fantastic Mini Velo bikes!

What is Tiger Street Football?

Tiger Street Football is undoubtedly the edgiest football experience to ever take place on the streets of Malaysia. Kicking off its regional tournaments in July, 160 teams from Johor, Penang, Klang Valley, Ipoh and Kota Kinabalu battled for the top spots to advance to the National Finals this 17 September 2011..

Four winning teams will then represent Malaysia to play in the Grand Finals, and have a shot at winning the USD30,000 Grand Prize as well as ultimate bragging rights of Kings of the Streets..

Two nights of pure football festivity will be activated by Tiger, featuring a myriad of street performers from across the region all throughout the National and Grand Finals on 17 and 18 September..

Spectators can expect an explosive, carnival-like atmosphere and enjoy a host of street-themed activities, as well as the opportunity to win plenty of amazing prizes..

That’s not all, the gigantic Tiger Street Football’s 40-footer trailer and an entourage of Vespas will be touring throughout the month of August to bring Tiger Street Football Fever to the whole nation..

The convoy will travel from the Klang Valley to Ipoh, Penang, Malacca and Johor before returning to the Klang Valley again..

There will be various exciting activities and games, as well as great Tiger Street Football merchandises to be won at each tour location. Do not miss out!

Posted: Advertorials, Footballs and Sports

Malaysia Olympic Squad Selection vs Chelsea @ Bukit Jalil, Chelsea FC Asia Tour 20113

On 21st July 2011, it was the day where I got to meet Chelsea FC star players on the pitch, by using my tele-lens..

The match between Malaysia Olympic U-23 Squad Selection vs Chelsea FC was the last in an Asia Tour by 3 English football clubs..

Got my tickets, thanks to Noobie and of course Samsung for bringing the star-studded team into Malaysian soil!

As usual, I donned my national team’s jersey, the hitam-kuning (black-yellow) jersey with due respect to show my support to the national team, the Harimau Muda Malaya..

The Harimau Malaya (senior team) had to prepare for the World Cup Asian Zone Qualifying Round so the Harimau Muda (U-23 team) were picked to play against Chelsea FC..

*L>R – Didier Drogba, don’t-know, Nicolas Anelka*

Few Chelsea players came on the pitch before kick-off to greet the fans and we can see the guys were snapping photos of the crowd..

*John Terry*

Chelsea captain John Terry holding his mobile phone while waving to the crowd, probably video recording the atmosphere of the strong supporters..

*Two guys carrying a placard with “Torres Marry Me” wtf*

These guys here are probably gay, or maybe not, coz one of them were holding the placard saying “TORRES MARRY ME”..

I hope he’s holding it for his sister..

Daphne, Joshua, and I were seated behind Malaysia goal in the first-half..

More than half of the photographers were behind the Malaysia goal as well to capture photos of Chelsea’s attacking..

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Posted: Footballs and Sports

Samsung Presents Chelsea FC VS Malaysia XI @ Bukit Jalil National Stadium2

Most people would have already knew that Chelsea FC is coming to Malaysia for a match against Malaysia XI on 21st of July 2011 at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium..

But did you know that Chelsea FC pre-season Asia Tour 2011 is brought to you by Samsung?

By buying Samsung products worth a minimum of RM300 in a single receipt, you are entitled to win grand prizes for 2 pax to sit with the Chelsea FC team during the Malaysian match!

There are also other weekly prizes to be won on top of other FREEBIES when you buy selected Samsung products..

That being said, it’s good to say that Samsung will be giving out FREE Limited Editions of Chelsea merchandise when you purchase Samsung products!

Here are some of the promos offered by Samsung Malaysia in conjunction with the Chelsea FC Asia Tour 2011..

First, we have some home appliances from washing machines to fridges, where you buy the selected models you will get a FREE Limited Edition Chelsea Polo Tee!

Click on images for larger view!

Then, let’s move on to mobile phones..

Under the Samsung belt, buy any of these 3 phones of Samsung Galaxy S II, Samsung Galaxy Ace, or Samsung Galaxy Mini, you will get a FREE Limited Edition Chelsea Mobile Cover for your new phone..

I would say it’s pretty awesome, since I’m getting bored of too much of Angry Birds covers in the market..

Afteer mobile phones, Samsung offers good cameras for you to capture your football moments, anywhere anytime..

Buy an NX11 and you will get a FREE Limited Edition Chelsea Backpack..

If you buy the following models ranging from NX11, NX100, 2-views cameras ST700 and PL120/PL170, Camcorders Q10 and F50, or Compact cameras of EX1, WB700, WB210, SH100, and ST65/ST95, you are entitled for freebies of either A. 2GB Memory card, B. 4GB Memory card, or C. A camera case..

More special offers and promotions as you read on!

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Posted: Advertorials, Footballs and Sports

UEFA Champions’ League Final – Barcelona vs Manchester United2

On 28th May 2011, the UEFA Champions’ League was first to be held on a Saturday instead of the usual weekday of Wednesday or Thursday..

Went to Sid’s Pub at Bangsar South to watch one of the most memorable football matches so far with my friends..

The match between Barcelona vs Manchester United would be awesome with a capital A..

The starting line-up was as following :

All photos being used are taken from UEFA Champions’ League Official Website Photo Gallery..

*Starting line-ups*

The match kick-started and everyone was hoping for a good match as it was a match between Spanish champion and English champion at the Wembley Stadium..

Two years ago the two met in the Finals in Rome and Man Utd got whipped by a classy Catalan side but this year, Man Utd is back with a stronger side with stronger mentality..

The first 10-minutes Barca looked shaky as if their good form is jinxed by Man Utd’s good form..

*Gerard Pique challenges Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez (white)*

For a moment I thought it would be a disappointing match because Barca had been making mistakes and shitty passes, very different from the passing-experts of Xavi and Iniesta..

Man Utd have been making waves of attacks and Barca looked pretty weak..I was dumbfounded..

*Park Ji-sung challenges Lionel Messi*

Fortunately, after about 15-minutes, Barca fine tuned their passes and they finally played the game on par with Man Utd, with their usual slick passes..

If that’s not enough, Pedro slotted in a goal on the 27th minute and it was a moment to cheer for..

*Pedro’s goal*

Seven minutes later Rooney found the back of the net to levelled on 1-1..

*Rooney’s goal*

It’s frustrating but it’s good to see a good fight from both sides at just 34-minutes, with almost an hour to go..

The first-half ended with Barca dominating almost 60% of ball possessions..

More photos and brief match coverage after the jump, like loads of it!

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Posted: Amazed, Footballs and Sports

UEFA Champions League Trophy Tour 2011 @ Sunway Pyramid, Malaysia0

The most prestigious trophy of football in the club level, the UEFA Champions League trophy made a pit stop in Malaysia in its Trophy Tour 2011..

The last time the trophy made a visit to Malaysia was 4-years ago and so it’s said that the trophy will not be coming to our shore for the next 4-years, at least!

So I made a visit to Sunway Pyramid to catch a glimpse of the trophy and boy, it was crowded!

*The stage*

Numbers of people queued up to have a photo with the trophy, all donned in their favourite team’s jersey..

The Trophy Tour event was further brightened up with the presence of Joey G as the emcee throughout the event..

*Arsenal fan with the trophy*

Sunway Pyramid was the trophy’s first stop before heading to Gurney Plaza (Penang) on 5th and 6th March 2011..

Then the trophy will be making a comeback in Kuala Lumpur in Centre Court, Pavilion KL on 11th and 12th March 2011..

As this event is brought to you by Heineken, queue up to take a polaroid photo of you with the trophy, buy a bottle of Heineken beer that comes together with a coaster, and you are entitle to join a contest to win a trip to Wembley Stadium..

*Memorabilia*

Other than showcasing the Champions League Trophy, Heineken also brought us some memorabilia from previous matches, from the balls to jerseys and goalkeeper hand gloves being worn by certain players during a Champions League match..

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Posted: Footballs and Sports