Myanmar to play home leg at KLFA Stadium
PETALING JAYA: The Asean Football Federation (AFF) announced yesterday that Myanmar will play the home leg of their Tiger Cup semi-final against Singapore at the Kuala Lumpur Football Stadium in Cheras on Dec 29.
The second leg will be played at the National Stadium in Singapore on Jan 2.
“Before the tournament started, we sent a list to the respective national football associations regarding stadium facility requirements. Myanmar did not have a stadium which could fulfil those requirements. The Myanmar Football Federation (MFF) nominated the KL Football Stadium in Cheras as their home venue. This was approved in May,” said Asean Football Federation (AFF) finance and emergency chairman Ravy Khek.
“We received an appeal from MFF to have the first-leg semi-final in Yangon after Myanmar qualified for the semi-final. But the selection of the venues is contractual.
“The Tiger Cup is very popular in Myanmar but MFF do not have a venue which can accommodate the large number of people who would turn up. Furthermore, we foresee logistics problems as well as communication issues such as lack of Internet access. Even if Myanmar reach the final, they cannot play their home match in Yangon. They have to select one of the stadiums approved by AFF.”
The biggest stadium in Myanmar is the Youth Training Centre in Yangon, which has a maximum capacity of 15,000.
Meanwhile, the first leg of the other semi-finals between Indonesia and Malaysia will be played at Stadium Utama Senayan, Jakarta with the second leg at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil. The second leg will start at 8pm instead of the usual Malaysian kick-off time of 8.45pm. This is to facilitate television coverage.
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