NFDP sides reach all cup and plate Supermokh Cup finals

NFDP sides reach all cup and plate Supermokh Cup finals

BY ZULHILMI ZAINAL

Malaysia's National Football Development Programme (NFDP) has made waves again, this Greg Bird Jersey time when their teams qualified for the cup final matches acro s all three age categories of the 2017 Supermokh Cup, on Saturday.

The NFDP-organised tournament had commenced earlier with the group stage on Wednesday in the Klang Valley area, with the participation of 24 teams acro s under-12, under-13 and under-14 categories. NFDP participated by sending two teams in each age category; the AMD Malaysia Cougars and AMD Malaysia Panthers.

The group stage had been held on a round-robin format, with eight teams in each age category divided into two groups Andy Pettitte Jersey . The top two finishers in each group would qualify for the cup semis, while the bottom two would go on to play in the plate semi-final matches.

At the conclusion of the group stage with matchday three, all three Cougars teams qualified for their respective age-category cup semis, while the three Panthers sides only managed to reach the plate semi-final stage.

Under 12 AMD Malaysia Cougars booked their spot in the cup final match when they defeated Kashima Antlers 2-1 at Pitch E of the National Sports Randy Johnson Jersey Council in Bukit Jalil.

The U13 Cougars meanwhile defeated Paris Saint-Germain 4-2 on penalties, after the match ended 1-1 at fulltime at the Maybank Academy in Bangi.

Their U14 team too emulated their juniors by beating Paris Saint-Germain in their semi-final encounter, with a Anthony Rizzo Jersey 1-0 scoreline. The match was held at Pitch E of the National Sports Council.

AMD Cougars are through to the final match of all 3 categories tomorrow at SNBJ! Its time to show your support and be the 12th man!

NFDP Malaysia (@nfdpmalaysia)

All six cup and plate final matches will be held on Sunday.

In the Didi Gregorius Jersey final, U12 Cougars will face Portugal's Sporting CP, while the U13 side will take on AZ Alkmaar. U14 Cougars meanwhile will play Arsenal.

Although NFDP Panthers sides did not make the cup semi-final stage, all three made the plate finals. The U12 Panthers defeated Hajduk Split 4-1 on penalties to meet Football Federation of South Australia (FFSA) in the final, U13 Panthers beat FFSA 8-3 to play Urawa Red Diamonds, while their U14 team edged Gyeongnam FC 2-1 Dellin Betances Jersey to face Qatar's Aspire Academy.

The kick-off times and match venues for the final matches are expected to be released later today on NFDP's social media .