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Oleh WAN FAKHRUL BAKAR
fakhrul@kosmo.com.my

JADI REBUTAN... Devan (kiri) dan Robby (kanan) memegang Piala Selangor pada sidang media di Kelana Jaya semalam.

PERLAWANAN bola sepak jemputan Piala Selangor 2009 di Stadium Shah Alam malam ini bakal menjanjikan aksi hebat.

Ini kerana dua pasukan dari dua negara berjiran, Malaysia dan Indonesia bakal berentap memburu kejuaraan.

Tatkala Selangor tampil selaku juara Liga Super dan Piala FA musim ini, Persib Bandung pula merupakan pemenang tempat ketiga Liga Super Indonesia (LSI) musim lalu.

Jurulatih Selangor, K. Devan yakin anak-anak buahnya masih berada dalam prestasi terbaik selepas mereka membelasah PDRM 6-1 dan Pahang 5-1 pada dua aksi terakhir Liga Super minggu lalu.

"Kita berada pada prestasi terbaik ketika ini ditambah pula kehadiran Bambang Pamungkas dan Elie Aiboy yang akan menguatkan lagi kesebelasan utama Selangor.

"Kita tetap menghormati Persib Bandung kerana mereka memiliki penjaring terbanyak musim lalu (Christian Alfaro Gonzales) serta beberapa pemain kebangsaan Indonesia. Saya rasa satu permainan menarik akan dapat disaksikan," kata Devan semalam.

Selangor hanya menyenaraikan 18 pemain skuad Liga Super untuk perlawanan malam ini, sekali gus mengetepikan K. Nanthakumar, Sanjos Sundawat, S. Sritharan, Fadzirul Zakaria, Fairul Azwan Shahrullail, Fauzan Dzulkifli, C. Premnath dan Raslam Khan Abd. Rashid.

Sekalipun menyedari tugas berat bakal dihadapi, penolong jurulatih Persib Bandung, Robby Darwis tetap yakin anak buahnya akan tampil penuh bersemangat bagi membawa pulang Piala Selangor edisi sulung itu dari bumi Shah Alam.

"Kami menganggap perlawanan ini satu prestij dan kebanggaan kerana jika dilihat dari satu sudut, ia pertembungan antara dua kelab terkuat dari dua buah negara berjiran ini," katanya.

Persib Bandung membawa 20 pemain termasuk ayam tambatannya, Gonzales dari Uruguay.

Selain itu, Persib Bandung turut menyandarkan harapan kepada dua pemain kebangsaan Indonesia, Nova Arianto dan Maman Abdurahman.

Tiket-tiket bagi perlawanan malam ini berharga RM10 (dewasa) dan RM5 (kanak-kanak) masih boleh dibeli di kaunter tiket stadium bermula pukul 9 pagi ini.

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