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Munich 72' terus kekal dalam ingatan Othman

Oleh Rizar Mohd Noor
bhsukan@bharian.com.my


PEMILIK Syarikat Faiza, Faiza Bawumi Sayed Ahmad (dua dari kiri) menyerah sumbangan kepada Othman.

Wira bola sepak Olimpik kini kesepian

KETIKA melangkah masuk ke stadium dipenuhi 60,000 penonton, Othman Abdullah seperti tidak percaya dirinya beraksi untuk negara dalam acara bola sepak pada temasya sukan terbesar di dunia � Sukan Olimpik Munich 1972.

Hanya memakai kasut lusuh yang dianggap bertuah buat diri Othman nyata tidak berasa dirinya terlalu kecil berdepan jaguh Eropah, Jerman pada perlawanan pertama, namun terpaksa menerima hakikat betapa skuad kebangsaan tewas 0-3 kepada tuan rumah.

"Kepantasan lawan nyata sukar dibendung, tambah pula mereka mendapat sokongan padu penyokong sendiri untuk memberi semangat kepada pemain Jerman yang langsung tidak memberi kepada kami bergerak.

"Pada awal kerjaya, saya beraksi selaku penyerang ketika bersama Johor namun posisi itu diubah apabila tersenarai dalam skuad kebangsaan B apabila beraksi di posisi bek kanan dan bermula dari situ nama saya terus tersenarai di dalam skuad A yang akan beraksi di Sukan Olimpik," katanya.

Namun semua itu sekadar menjadi kenangan indah buat Othman yang kini berusia 64 tahun. Ketika ini dia tidak lagi gah seperti dahulu dan kehidupannya berubah gara-gara kemalangan motosikal sebelum diserang angin ahmar sehingga memaksa dirinya terbaring selama sebulan pada 2005, selain penyakit darah tinggi.

Keperitan itu berterusan apabila isterinya, Siti Wagiman, 65, meninggal dunia akibat serangan sakit jantung tiga bulan lalu menambah lagi penderitaan bekas pemain bola sepak kebangsaan itu yang kini sekadar menagih kasih sayang dari anak-anaknya.

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