Part 1

30 years later, interest in that moment was resurrected with a series of TV and billboard ads by Maxis coinciding with the 2010 World Cup. I won’t be surprised if promotional tote bags were part of the deal too.

That moment was re-enacted heartwarmingly by a group of kids, with then captain Soh Chin Aun looking on:

The following is Hassan Sani’s video segment, in which he described that moment:

The following is James Wong’s video segment, in which he told what it was like then:

Epilogue:
- as we all know, Malaysia boycotted the 1980 Olympiad, hence the famous team didn’t see action on the world stage. We were replaced by Iraq, who were drawn in Group D together with Yugoslavia, Finland & Costa Rica. Iraq finished 2nd in that group, hence advanced to the quarterfinals, where they were thrashed 0-4 by East Germany, who went on to win silver, having lost 0-1 to Czechoslovakia in the final.
- before 1980, South Korea had qualified for the Olympics on 2 occasions: 1948 and 1964, and the World Cup once: in 1954. Since 1986, they had never failed to qualify for both the World Cup and the Olympics. If I’m not mistaken, Malaysia last defeated South Korea in 1985.

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