Inilah Deretan Pemain Liga Malaysia Yang Tampil Di Piala Dunia, Nomor 5 Ikut Piala Dunia 2018

Indonesia dikenal sebagai negara dengan fanatisme yang tinggi terhadap sepakbola. Tak ayal beberapa pemain kepincut untuk merasakan atmosfer Liga Indonesia, tak terkecuali mantan pemain top Piala Dunia. Sebut saja Michael Essien, Peter Odemwingie ataupun Roger Milla.

Meskipun datang dengan usia yang tak lagi muda, namun status mereka sebagai pemain top cukup meramaikan kompetisi.

Namun Indonesia bukanlah satu-satunya negara ASEAN yang menjadi tujuan. Negara tetangga kita, Malaysia juga acap kali menjadi tujuan mantan pemain-pemain Piala Dunia.

Dilansir dari Football-tribe.com inilah 5 pemain eks Piala Dunia yang pernah mampir ke Liga Malaysia.

Pablo Aimar (Argentina), Piala Dunia 2002 dan 2006

Tahun 2000 hingga 2008 menjadi masa keemasan playmaker asal Argentina ini. Namanya cukup terkenal dikalangan penggila Piala Dunia meskipun karir klubnya tak sementereng Lionel Messi. River Plate, Real Zaragoza, Valencia dan Benfica menjadi klub-klub beken yang pernah menggunakan jasanya.

Secara mengejutkan, pada 2013 silam, pemain bernama lengkap Pablo Cesar Aimar Giordano ini mencoba peruntungan di Liga Malaysia. Klub Sultan Johor Darul Ta’zim menjadi klub yang cukup berani mendatangkannya.

Sayang Aimar dan nama besarnya tak cukup membuat publik Malaysia terkesima. Bersama JDT dia hanya tampil sebanyak delapan kali dan mencetak dua gol.

Bosko Balaban (Kroasia), Piala Dunia 2002 dan 2006

Mantan penyerang Aston Villa dan Dinamo Zagreb ini tercatat pernah menjadi bagian Selangor FA pada tahun 2012 silam. Menurut Wikipedia, Balaban sukses mencetak 12 gol dalam 20 penampilannya bersama The Red Giant. Dia pun didaulat menjadi pencetak gol terbanyak pada musim kompetisi tersebut.

Sayangnya Selangor FA menjadi klub terakhir yang dia bela. Dia resmi gantung sepatu pada 1 Agustus 2012. Andai Andik Vermansyah datang lebih cepat, kemungkinan winger gesit tersebut dapat main bareng Balaban.

El-Hadji Diouf (Senegal), Piala Dunia 2002

Pada 2014 silam Sabah FA memberikan kejutan dengan mendatangkan mantan pemain Liverpool, El-Hadji Diouf. Sebagai penyerang, Diouf sukses membuat kejutan pada Pildun 2002 dengan mengantarkan Senegal melaju kebabak 16 besar setelah sukses bercokol dipososisi kedua Grub A dibawah Denmark.

Sayangnya kiprah mereka harus berakhir setelah takhluk ditangan Turki pada babak perempat final .

Kim Do-Heon (Korea Selatan), Piala Dunia 2006

Kim Do-Heon juga menjadi salah satu pemain Liga Malaysia yang pernah mentas di Piala Dunia. Bahkan pemain 35 tahun ini masih aktif menjadi kapten tim Malaysia Super League, Negeri Sembilan FA.

Kiprah Kim Do-Heon di Piala Dunia sebenarnya tidak terlalu mencolok. Pasalnya dia harus bersaing dengan mantan gelandang Manchester United, Park Ji Sung. Meskipun demikian di punya CV yang lumayan dengan pernah menjadi bagian klub asal Inggris, West Bromwich Albion pada 2008 silam.

Andrew Nabbout (Australia), Piala Dunia 2018

Negeri Sembilan FA harus kecewa sudah melepaskan Nabbout pada 2016 silam. Pemain 25 tahun tersebut dilepas meskipun sukses mencetak 9 gol dari 14 penampilannya. Selepas pulang dari Malaysia, Nabbout kemudian mencoba peruntungan dinegaranya bersama Newcastle Jets. Selepas itu rakasa J.League, Urawa Red Diamonds tertarik menggunakan jasanya.

Berkat penampilannya bersama Urawa Red, Nabbout akhirnya mendapatkan panggilan dari Australia untuk tampil di Piala Dunia. Sayangnya kiprah Negeri Kanguru tersebut teramcam berakhir lebih cepat karena hanya mampu memcetak satu hasil seri dari dua pertandingan.

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Are Bathroom Hand Dryers Sanitary?

Public bathrooms are already a nightmare for anyone who hates germs, and I usually try to just not think about all of the bacteria around me. I cringe when I sit down on a public toilet seat or turn on a faucet, but a new study has me wondering whether I've been worried about the wrong thing all along. If you're wondering whether bathroom hand dryers are sanitary, you should know that a new study found they may spray you with more bacteria than you'd ever think. Researchers at the University of Connecticut analyzed public restrooms and found that hand dryers were dispersing Bacillus subtilis, a bacteria commonly found in human feces. If you're thinking about switching to paper towels permanently, I don't blame you. I prefer hand dryers because they're less messy and, supposedly, better for the environment, but you may also leave the bathroom with bacteria-covered hands. To understand the horrifying results, it's important to know how hand dryers actually work. After you poop, the bacteria can end up aerosolized thanks to flushing, especially because so many public bathrooms don't have lids on their toilets. Some hand dryers recirculate the air in the room, which leads to bacteria ending up on your hands after you wash them. The research team swabbed the hand dryers and didn't find enough germs to account for the bacteria output, according to Live Science, so scientists theorized that bacteria in the air is the cause. The good news is that you aren't likely to get sick from a hand dryer, even though the ick factor is high here. Researchers say the implications of their study are important for health care facilities and other sterilized environments, but most of our immune systems can handle the bacteria that's being blown our way. Adding HEPA filters to hand dryers could be one way to reduce the bacteria that's currently being spread, according to the UConn team. HEPA filters absorb particles and are often found in air purifiers, and the researchers found that bacteria was reduced fourfold after retrofitting hand dryers with the filters. Researchers already suspected that hand dryers were kind of gross. In February, a picture of a petri dish filled with gross-looking spores that were reportedly from a hand dryer got hundreds of thousands of shares on Facebook. A 2016 study found that jet hand dryers — the ultra-modern dryers that blow a lot of air quickly and actually get your hands dry in seconds — spread 1,300 more virus clumps than paper towels, according to Popular Science. But this study provides evidence of how the hand dryers become contaminated in the first place and steps that can be taken to reduce bacteria. So should you switch to paper towels? Like I said, I don’t blame you if you have the urge, but hand dryers are arguably better for the environment. Paper towels end up in the trash, while hand dryers don’t create any waste once they're manufactured, shipped and installed. Still, it’s kind of pointless to wash your hands and have them dirtier than they were when you came into the bathroom, so it’s your choice. Quartz says the findings are most useful for people who work in labs and handle harmful pathogens and healthcare facilities with immunocompromised patients — even though no one wants germs on them, you’ll likely be okay if you’re a healthy adult. And if a bathroom only has hand dryers, you aren’t left with much of a choice. Eventually, manufacturers will catch on and add air filters to hand dryers, but until then, just try not to think about it too much as you’re drying your hands in a public bathroom and use hand sanitizer liberally.