COPA BJ: CABJ’S LEAGUE DEBUT
Last
Saturday marked CABJ’s first appearance in a football league where tested their
competitiveness, strength and also playing abilities in the field through the
COPA BJ LEAGUE 2011. The football league was organized by MPP19 and supported
by The Star Newspaper. It received great signups from various football teams
such as UTUSAN, NST, Zon14 and many more. CABJ had two teams participating in
the league.
There
were a total of 11 teams participating in the league, each determined to bring
home the winning prize money of RM600 and a trophy.
CABJ
managed to make it into the Top 4 after playing their group matches. During the
semifinals, they lost against MPP24, dashing their hopes of winning their first
ever league title. In the match to determine 3rd and 4th place,
CABJ drew with UTUSAN after full time, forcing the game to be determined by
penalty shootouts. Displaying both shooting and goalkeeping finesse, luck
avoided CABJ and they had to be content with just 4th placing.
“They
played well, and for them to get 4th place is good enough for their
league debut. They’re ready, and with more discipline and training, they’ll
succeed well!” said Najib, one of the many spectators there.
Tengku
Ahmad Tengku Kasim, the President for MPP19, announced that with the COPA BJ
League will be an annual football league. This league will be there for all
football lovers to come and participate and play against teams from the
surrounding area.
