Saturday, 16 July 2011

Friendly Match: CABJ 4-1 Maybank - Report


The tigers was tamed by the Gliders with a smashing 4-1 win at the Bukit Jelutong on the 15th of July 2011.

Gliders started strongly with an opening goal with a neat finish by Muizz Raof after a through ball from Azrul Raimie early in the first half. The opposing team took a chance when the Gliders fell asleep with quick free kick and and scored the equaliser. Even so, the CABJ were back on the right track soon after the equaliser. Raimie's was blocked with the hand of the defender and a penalty was awarded. He did not make any mistake to make the Glilders lead by 2-1 until the end of the first half.

CABJ went into the second half even stronger when they dominate the game with a lot of possession of the ball. The third goal for the Gliders came early in the second half when a deflected cross by Adi Wahyudi found Ikram Al-Rashid. The Tigers of Maybank could not roar any louder when the Gliders tamed them with a final goal of the match. A counter attack started with the skipper, passing the ball to Raimie before he speed up to beat two defenders and crossed to Mohd Rahimi. The forward did not failed to score the final goal even though he was closed down by two defenders.

The third half saw CABJ players gliding comfortably. There was no goal scored by both teams until the referee blowed the final whistle.

"The second half display was the reason why I called the players to build the team. They were committed, they did not give any chance for the opposing team to create and the dominated the game." Said the manager.

Final Score : CABJ 4-1 Maybank
Scorer(s) : Muizz Raof, Azrul Raimie, Ikram Al-Rashid, Mohd Rahimi
Assist(s) : Azrul Raimie, Adi Wahyudi
MOTM : Muizz Raof, Ikram Al-Rashid, Adi Wahyudi