Friday, 17 October 2014

MUNRO INVITATIONAL FOOTBALL CUP 2014 : CABJ vs Nossa FC





Result: CABJ 3 - 1 Nossa FC

Stats:-
Goal scorer - Norrizal, Ahmed Barakat & Affendi
Assist by - Dzul Rahim

Bukit Jelutong derby match! Round of 16 (Munro Cup) witnessed the match of two Bukit Jelutong’s home grown team fight head to head for the first time ever. CABJ vs Nossa FC. After the hyped about how well Nossa FC played, we managed to get our head into the game and winning it by 3-1.

With a fairly complete squad of CABJ, our main objective is just to win the match and go through to the quarter final of Munro Cup which we will be up against Terrapins FC or USJ FT. In the first half of the match, both teams looked impressive. Beautiful passes and movement made the game look interesting. After all, football is a beautiful game. Nossa FC attacks was stopped by our solid backline and Ajmal doesn’t have much action to do. CABJ’s attacks look more promising with the pace of Ameer Aizat and Azrul Raimie, Nossa’s defenders look to be unsettled. Late in the first half, a long free kick was awarded to CABJ which was taken by Norrizal. His floating freekick managed to deceived the goalkeeper to made a mistake which turn into a goal. 1-0 to CABJ. Thanks to Ahmed our big ‘AK 47’ forward who successfully distracted the goalkeeper to made a mistake. First half finished with CABJ leading 1-0.

Second half whistle blow, Nossa look to go all out attacking mode after bringing in some pacey winger with the light of CABJ’s junior, Rasyad and Riyasz (promising young winger). With that, we managed to stop both of them from creating chances. 15 minutes into the second half. A through ball to Azrul Raimie was excellent and CABJ's no 10 movement was brilliant. He tap the ball further than the defender which made the defender to commit a foul inside the penalty box. Penalty was awarded to CABJ which was calmly converted by Ahmed ‘AK 47’ Barakat. With 2-0 in our hand, we didn’t look back and kept on pucshing forward.  

We continued to attack Nossa FC with our simple passes. Third goal did came along after awhile. After a mistake made by Nossa FC , the counter attack started from our backline which they managed to found Dzul Rahim in the middle of the park. Dzul Rahim’s lob pass above the defenders was excellent. Affendi, CABJ’s winger managed to slipped through Nossa’s defenders. He controlled the ball with his head and finished it with a cool ‘chip’ above the goalkeeper and into the net from a slightly impossible angle. Excellent team play by us CABJ and above all to score 3 well deserved goals. Late in the 2nd half, Nossa FC got a consolation goal after a corner kick that troubled CABJ’s backline and Nossa player did a tap in into the empty net.

Final score, 3-1 in favour to CABJ. We managed to go through to the quarter final stage and a match against USJ FT is set on 27th September 2014. USJ FT managed to beat the favourite of the tournament, Terrapins FC after they won the penalty shoot out.  All the best for both teams.