05 Apr Tengku Abdullah & Cardiff FC

CARDIFF: FA of Malaysia deputy president Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah hopes that more football academies will be set up to prepare a platform for youth who want to play football.

Tengku Abdullah expressed his hopes for grassroots football during his visit to the Cardiff City Football Training Academy, where he watched the Under-18 play at the Leckwith Stadium.

He later watched Malaysian-owned Cardiff City beat Derby County 4-1 in a Championship (Division One) match at Cardiff stadium on Saturday.The visit to Cardiff, said Tengku Abdullah, was also to step up the cooperation in terms of preparation to train Malaysian Under-16, Under-18 and Under-20 players.

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