malaysian football

,600 YOUNGSTERS FOR CYC CLINIC3rd August 2007 – A total of 1,600 young football players will have the opportunity take part in a series of eight football clinics organised in conjunction with the forthcoming Champions Youth Cup.
The CYC Football Clinic, a community project spearheaded by the Ministry of Youth and Sports, will be held simultaneously on Aug 6 and 7 in Alor Star, Kuantan, Malacca and Kuching.
All four are CYC host venues for the first round group matches.
What makes this community programme especially interesting is the fact that all the 16 clubs competing in the CYC will be involved in the clinics.
Every football clinic will be handled by two clubs and will be attended by 200 students.
With two clinics in each of the four states, there will be eight clinics altogether.
The participants for these clinics were identified by the MSSM and state Football Associations.
The players, aged between 10 and 12-years, were selected during the various football competitions earlier in the year.
For the youngsters involved, the clinics will give them the opportunity to get close to the players from among the world’s top clubs.
More importantly, it will inspire the Malaysian boys to become top class players in the world.
The programme was officially launched at the Bukit Jalil Sports School yesterday by the Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports, Datuk Liow Tiong Lai.
Jonathan Price, the chairman of the Gifted Group, also attended the function.
All the football clinics, lasting two hours each, will kick-off at 4.30pm except for Kuching where it will start an hour earlier.
In Alor Star (where Group A is based), Ajax Amsterdam and AC Milan will attend the clinic on Aug 6 while Flamengo and Arsenal will be involved on Aug 7.
FC Porto and Inter Milan will be in action on Aug 6 in Malacca while English champions Manchester United and Boca Juniors will take on responsibilities the following day.
In Kuantan, Barcelona and Qatar have the honour of the first clinic on Aug 6 while Juventus and Paris St Germain take over the next day.
And finally in Kuching, where the Malaysian team is based, Bayern Munich and PSV Eindhoven have taken the first day duties while Chelsea and Malaysia come on the next day.
Tickets for the Champions Youth Cup are available at Watson's outlets in the Klang Valley, Kuching, Kuantan, Alor Star and Malacca.
Tickets are priced at RM12 for which fans will be able to watch two matches.
For further information on tickets, please call 1-300-88-2383 or go to www.thechampionsyouthcup.com.