As I had promised earlier, here are the hot photos captured pre and post match. To be fair and square, I posted both The Reds and The Blues all together. So, here is the story why in a sudden I was one among the thousand millions fans over there.

While I was discussing with my groupmate about the MCQ exam which was scheduled on the next day, my housemates called me to get prepared to leave for the stadium. Our aim was only for the sightseeing and nothing more. We planned whether to watch the match from the big screen over there or going to the center and watch it with other fans whose could not get any tickets or just from TV at home. Later, when we reached the stadium compound, the boys were approached by so-called ‘ulat’ who sold black tickets. They managed to get each of them one with a bit higher price. Then, Paan (credit to Paan for all the photos) and Fatt (both are big ManUtd fans) started to consider to buy too. Next, came Daus and Aidi proudly telling us that they have got themselves tickets at the Chelsea fan area. Anyway, they both are Chelsea supporters. Diba and Emy got influenced by them and excited to get themselves tickets too. Who else left? Only me and Pena. Considering that we might not have any other chance in our life to watch it live in the stadium (Just imagine if we were in Malaysia, have to pay for flights, accommodation and all, aduh… Entah bila lagilah dapat tengok kan), plus, everybody has got tickets from the ‘ulat’ and only we both who did not have any yet, we asked Paan to help us looking for ‘ulat’ too. In just seconds, we found 2 guys looking for costumers. We did not have to negotiate long for the price since the given price was just nice for us. We were lucky ok!

Then we moved inside the stadium compound. We headed to the ManUtd Fan Zone where games, entertainment and merchandised stall were opened for all MUFC. It was very happening over there. Everything. From the people which surely could see more English people than the locals, the surrounding, the music, and the banner. Perfecto! Never experienced such condition in Moscow before this (Eheh. I hardly join the crowd. I hate crowd by the way). I didn’t put on any red-yellow MU stripes on my cheeks since I didn’t have wudhu’ for Maghrib yet at the moment. Plus, I love my skin even more. Just afraid of the chemicals might cause me harm. Huhu~

I called my brother to inform him that “Nan.. I’m here! In the stadium!”. My brother refused to believe. “No, you’re not”. I said “Yes I am!”. He said “No way. Aaahh!” Huhu. He was struggling with books and notes for his final paper for his final exam in his final year. He’s a Chelsea fan anyway. But then he said “Alah… Dapat agak Chelsea macam kalah je malam ni. There’s no use to get jealous over this thing.” Hehe. He’s in denial mode.

In the stadium, my seat was at the corner side. I could see the whole stadium clearly from there. For your information, this is my first time ever watching a football game live from stadium. Alhamdulillah me and Pena have gotten seats next to each other while Fatt was a bit separated from us. Next to me was a Russian lady as well as in front of me. Behind me was also an English woman who came to accompany her husband. And few seats away from me, there were one granny and her daughter-in-law who came with their family for the match. So, I could say that I sat with quite a number of women around. So, there was no such thing like misbehave part. When Ronaldo scored the first goal, we hugged each other and obviously those around me were the XX chromosome belongers!

During the penalty, I went down at the box next to the exit to get a clearer view. Everyone was standing on the seats at that time, so I could see nothing ok! (Aishh… Tu la… Pendek sangat kan). When ManUtd officially won the game, everybody was hooraying, cheering, singing, crying and hugging each other. Ok. I think, photos are always better in doing the talking part. Click for larger image.

Haha. Tak payah cerita banyak dah. ManUtd dah menang dengan rasminya. Nanti saya update-kan gambar terkini yang hot-hot semuanya. Sebab apa hot? Sebab saya menyaksikan UEFA FINAL’08 di Stadium Luzhniki secara live!!! Bukan luar stadium tau. Tapi dalam stadium bersama puluhan ribu penyokong yang lain. Hahaha. Cerita penuhnya nanti. Gambar juga nanti. So, stay tune~ =) Doakan Therapy MCQ exam saya hari ini. Huhuhu~

Tema My World untuk hari ini adalah MERAH kerana motonya ‘My blood is RED and will forever be RED‘. Hahaha.

Update on 22/5/2008 (10.40 pm) – Gambar saya tak dapat kumpulkan semua lagi. Nantilah dah dapat semua baru saya upload.

Semalam dengan hanya perancangan yang mengejut, kami serumah keluar selepas Zohor menuju ke Pusat Bandar (selepas ini baca sebagai Center) di dataran Red Square. Tujuannya adalah untuk menyaksikan UEFA Final’08 Champions Festival. Sampai saja di dataran luar, yang dapat kami saksikan hanyalah lautan manusia. Ramai sungguh! Oh ye. Dalam sesak-sesak itu, sempat pula saya bertemu dua pupu saya, Lisa (Ayah, semalam ayah sebut pasal Makcik Bahiyah, lepas tu terus Ngah jumpa Lisa di Center). Dipendekkan cerita, festival ini adalah bagi meraikan kedatangan warga dunia ke Moscow. Sangat meriah di sana. Dapat tengok piala yang digilai ramai lagi tu. Tapi orang yang berbaris untuk masuk ke bilik trofi itu sangatlahhhhhhhh panjang.

Di samping itu ada juga perlawanan futsal, booth Manchester United yang sememangnya sesak padat dan begitu juga booth Chelsea yang serba biru putih. Ada show room untuk tayangan video sejarah UEFA yang memang sangat mengujakan. Saya ada videonya. Nantilah saya muatnaikkan. Ini sekadar entri ringkas. Saya tak ada masa sangat ni. Dan yang paling sesak adalah gerai rasmi yang menjual t-shirt dan barang-barang lain sempena final kali ini. Sangat sesak. Tergelam saya dicelah-celah orang. Huhu.

Selepas beredar dari tapak festival (3 jam lebih kami di sana, kononnya nak pergi kejap saja!), kami menuju ke kawasan Kremlin. Tulip sedang subur tapi disebabkan cuaca panas, agak layu sikit pada hari semalam. Memang cantik. Kebetulan Hatim menyertai kami serumah. Dengan 7 orang ini, memang meriah sungguh semalam. Sekerat jalan, saya sudah kepenatan dan hanya duduk di bawah pokok berehat-rehat. Merasalah saya menjadi model kepada seorang pelawat dari Itali semalam. Haha. Rasa nak mintak je gambar dari mamat tu. Dah penat melayankan mereka semua yang tak habis-habis bergambar sana-sini, kami kemudiannya membuat kata putus untuk makan di luar saja. Kalau tak, balik nanti perlu masak lagi. Nak study lagi. Jadi kami menuju ke Sbarro kerana saya mempunyai kad ahli. Penuh!!! Malangnya nasib. Terpaksalah cari restauran yang jauh. Kami menuju ke Pizzaressimo. Sampai di sana tutup pula kerana sedang dibaik pulih! Penat sangat dari Center nak ke Mayakovskaya itu tau. Sudahnya, kami berjalan kaki ke Planet Sushi di seberang jalan. Sekali lagi, penuh juga! Ah. Sudahnya kami semua ke Patio. Penuhlah perut dengan pasta dan pizza saja untuk hari semalam. Keluar pukul 2 lebih. Sampai rumah dah pukul 8. Ok. Ini saja dulu. Tengok gambar sajalah kali ini. Klik gambar untuk imej yang besar.

Acai, gambar saya pegang telefon tu sebab tengah seronok mencemburukan awak dengan keberadaan saya di festival tu lah. Hahahaha~ Silalah cemburu lagi dan lagi dan lagi =)