YESTERDAY was to have been a happy day for Malaysian football fans. The M-League was to resume after five months, with the Charity Shield match between Selangor, the Red Giants, and Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT), the Southern Tigers.

IT has been blowing hot and cold in Qatar. There have been many complaints, some big scores, bigger shocks – and even an individual World Cup record that’s not likely to be surpassed.