Fans to suffer in messy Malaysia Cup final
As published in Mailsport today.
By Vijhay Vick
PETALING JAYA — Benjamin Franklin once said: “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”
And
the FA of Malaysia (FAM) is certainly preparing to fail by holding the
biggest football game in the country at a venue where two other major
events are taking place.
The Malaysia Cup final, a Sarawakian
festival and a religious prayer event all take place in and around the
National Stadium in Bukit Jalil on Saturday.
Why did the
Malaysia Stadium Corporation (MSC) give the nod to all three events on
the same day and are the authorities capable of handling such a turnout?
Why didn’t FAM consult MSC before deciding to bring forward the date of the Malaysia Cup final from Nov 8?
If FAM had planned its calendar properly, there may not have been a clash with the other events.
FAM
did not even consider the Shah Alam Stadium — last year’s final venue —
as an alternative at yesterday’s Malaysia Cup organising committee
meeting
“Our options were to move the match to either Friday
or Sunday but both teams disagreed as Saturday was the only non-working
day for them,” said FAM deputy president Datuk Seri Afandi Hamzah, who
is also the competitions committee chairman.
“Traffic
congestion and safety is a concern. Those attending should either take
public transport or be at the stadium before 2pm.”
With nearly
100,000 supporters expected for the Pahang-Johor Darul Takzim spectacle
and close to 50,000 expected for the other two events, roads leading to
Bukit Jalil would be at a standstill.
To make matters worse,
the Sarawakian festival takes place at car parks A and B — meaning half
of the stadium’s parking lots would be taken up. The Buddhist prayers
take place at the Putra Stadium next door.
As it is, 300-500
cars are parked along the roads leading to the stadium during a football
final. One can only imagine where these cars would park now.
The fans suffer once again, all because FAM could not plan its calendar.
Not only FAM la Bro Haresh..you should know better how FAM planned their events. However, MSC should advice FAM on other events held there during the same time. But MSC also should be blamed as they are too greedy to have everything on the same plate. Wonder how's the pitch now? Can we have a decent and perfect match during the final? For people like Datuk Afandi easy said for him because he didn't have to counter the problem for parking. Does he care about the publics and those coming from Pahang and Johor? B***s**s lah...better watch at home then...popcorn and sodas, replays..aaah..
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No only the fans, those staying in Bukit Jalil and Sri Petaling will also suffer no thanks to these idiots!
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Each and everytime a final takes places some flaws keep popping up
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