Man Utd Asia Tour 2009: Training Session

July 2009 is a month to be remembered by me and all the Red Devils fans in Malaysia. It was because Malaysia was one of the destinations of Man Utd Asia Tour 2009. I did not let the chance away to see my favorite players and team playing in front of me. I was at the stadium for three times, training session, match day and rematch day.
In this post, I will focus more on training session, which was held on July 17, 2009 at Bukit Jalil Stadium, Kuala Lumpur. I just shoot from the crowd seats because I was not the official photographer of the event. I had no idea where can I apply for media pass for the MU Tour 2009 because I am too new in photography world. July 2009 is just my 5th month as photography hobbyist.

Let get back to the track. I was there at 1500(GMT +8) and it was pretty early because the training session will be started at 1730. I just spent my time outside of the stadium while waiting for friends. I was shooting (candid) the crowds from the long range, using my Canon 70-200 f2.8 IS USM lens.





Around 1630, my friends and I decided to get into the stadium via green gate and unlucky, the center seat was full by the crowds. We had to walk to the right side of stadium to get our seats and yeah, the angle was pretty good. :).

Scholes, Giggs and Nani were the first three entered the pitch for the training session.



The training session was attended by 40000 crowds and they were screaming their favorite players' name such as Rooney and Giggs while the players were running and kicking the balls on the pitch.







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