The late winning goal was scored by N.Thanabalan and you can read an interesting story about him here.
Naturally, local football fans were not only eager to watch the soon-to-be historical match, but they were also very excited to purchase tickets to the final match.
After Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin tweeted out the venue of the match and the details of the tickets sale, fans immediately started camping out in front of the Shah Alam Stadium as early as 11pm on Sunday night in hopes of being among the first to get the tickets.
Setelah berbincang dengan @FAM_Malaysia & @OKS_HarimauMsia, final bola sepak Sukan SEA akan diadakan di Stadium Shah Alam.
— Khairy Jamaluddin (@Khairykj) August 27, 2017
The match was scheduled to take place this Tuesday, 29 August and the tickets were priced at RM21.20 each. The Shah Alam stadium can accommodate up to 80,372 spectators.
On Monday morning, the queue to purchase the tickets have reportedly stretched to more than 1km long!
@n9futbol bukan beli iphone atau adidas nmd, tp tiket final bola sepak sukan sea. Semangat! Kental! ????? pic.twitter.com/q9pBLl6dQC
— N9FUTBOL (@n9futbol) August 27, 2017
Stadium Shah Alam sekarang. In line since around 5am. The ticket counter schedule to open at 11am. pic.twitter.com/XPl2Uv4y3O
— Adib Ramadani (@Adbshukry) August 28, 2017
Right now at the Shah Alam Stadium. ? #KitaSamaHero #BangkitBersama pic.twitter.com/uiP9vcsKOL
— Stadium Astro (@stadiumastro) August 28, 2017
Sementara itu, di Stadium Shah Alam, masih ramai yang beratur untuk mendapatkan tiket final esok. #KL2017 #KamiTeamMalaysia pic.twitter.com/1fDDToVhya
— Team Malaysia (@TeamMsia) August 28, 2017
Penjualan tiket berjalan lancar kata sahabat sy yg kini sedang berjuang mendapatkan tiket final di Stadium Shah Alam?? #KL2017 @Khairykj pic.twitter.com/3tdeU0tCek
— Lagenda Juara (@LagendaJuara) August 28, 2017
However, tickets to the final match reportedly sold out in less than two hours! Many fans were left disappointed as their dreams of catching the match live will not be fulfilled.
Lucky fans who managed to get tickets to the show proudly showed them off on social media.
As expected, unauthorised resellers began selling the tickets on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, as well as reselling apps such as Carousell from RM100 and up to RM200.
That’s, like, 10 times the original price! Crazy, right?
Angry fans began voicing out their dissatisfaction with these scalpers on Twitter and even tagged KJ in their tweets.
RM200 each @Khairykj pic.twitter.com/7u0E8nOoeX
— Arya (@azreenmn) August 28, 2017
Menjual tiket bola dan dalam masa yang sama menempah tiket ke neraka. (Sumber : whatsapp group) pic.twitter.com/LxtqC0YcWL
— Zahid (@BenzZahid) August 28, 2017
Hanya 40k tiket je yg dijual di kaunter stadium. Lagi 30k dapat kat kroni-kroni macam ni. #BangkitBersamaKroni pic.twitter.com/DxFtFQs1Z6
— Khairil Anuar (@KhairilAnuar) August 28, 2017
"RM150 untuk satu tiket. Mahal? Cubalah beratur dari 2 pagi" ??? @Khairykj @KL2017 pic.twitter.com/GHszzgkEed
— MohdFaizalHassan (@f4izalhassan) August 28, 2017
Well guys, we hope the ministry is working hard to track down these scalpers and null their tickets.
Whatever it is, do not support these scalpers or buy from them no matter how badly you want to watch the match live. You never know if the tickets are bogus or you’re being conned.
You can always watch it at home or go to the mamak. No matter where you're watching the match from, we’re sure everyone will be eagerly rooting for Malaysia just like you.
