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Sunday September 28, 2008
Football: Axe to fall on five
By ERIC SAMUEL
PETALING JAYA: At least five players will be axed following the national football team's dismal
outing in the playing tour of Slovakia recently.
Malaysia lost three matches and drew one in the tour.
National material: Kedah striker Mohd Khyril Muhymeen (right) has been picked by national coach B.
Next month sees the Merdeka Cup kick off in Malaysia with eight countries bidding to win the trophy
won by Malaysia last year.
Seven of the countries have been confirmed while Kazakhstan have yet to confirm their
attendance.
Despite Indonesia having postponed the ISL for a month so they could compete in this competition
the Star doesn't include them!
The Merdeka Cup in Malaysia is an annual event which was won last year by the hosts who beat
Myanmar 3-1 in the final.
This time around it is being played in October and will feature eight nations. According to the
Star these are the confirmed participants:
Malaysia, Sierra Leone, Myanmar, Vietnam, Nepal, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
The partnership between Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) and Citycell that is expected to give
the dying game in the country a lifeline was made official yesterday after the two parties signed
an MoU for the development of football.
Citycell will provide the cash-starved BFF Tk 16.5 crore over the next three years as the
federation's 'partner in progress'.
After an ISL meeting on Tuesday it was announced the League will have a two or three week break
during October to allow the national side to compete in the Merdeka Cup in Malaysia.
Typical stop start season here. Start July, stop August, start September, stop October, start late
October stop December, start January.
For ages the Malaysian FA website has been announcing the Merdeka Cup which this year will take
place in October. What is harder to ascertain is who will be participating.
Sterling detective work by some of the guys on the Kallang Roar message board has come up with
this.
It looks like Bangladesh and Vietnam will be two of the teams taking part if the stories are
correct.
