The 2018 MFF Charity Cup (also known as the 2018 MPT Charity Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 7th Charity Cup,[1] an annual football match played between the winners of the previous National League and Domestic Cup competitions. It was held at Aung San Stadium on 7 January 2018. The match was played between Shan United, champions of the 2018 Myanmar National League and Yangon United, runner-up of the 2018 Myanmar National League.

2018 MFF Charity Cup
Date7 January 2018
VenueAung San Stadium, Yangon
Man of the MatchGuinea Sekou Sylla
RefereeMyanmar Mr. Kyaw Zwal Lwin
Attendance15,000
WeatherSunny
29 °C (84 °F)
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2019

This was Yangon United's 4th Cup appearance and Shan United's 2nd time Cup appearance, they won Charity Cup for the first time as Kanbawza FC in 2016.

Background and pre-match

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Shan United qualified for the 2018 MFF Charity Cup as winners of the 2017 Myanmar National League. It was the club's first time ever league title in 9 years. The other Charity Cup place went to Yangon United, who was defeated by Shan United in Domestic final and a runner-up of 2017 Myanmar National League.

Yangon United made their fifth appearance in the Charity Cup; prior to this they won twice (2013,2016) and lost twice, most recently in 2016 against Ayeyawady United. By contrast, Shan United made their twice Chairity Cup appearance, and won once (2014). They went into the match as holders of the MNL Champion, having defeated Yangon United a year earlier. Both clubs had only one time met before in the Shield, when Shan United (as Kanbawza FC) won 2-0 in 2014.

MFF donates Ticket fees to Orphan School and other places [2]

The 2017 edition was the first competitive fixture in English football to trial the ABBA penalty shoot-out system, provided scores were level after 90 minutes.[3] The format is similar to a tiebreak in tennis, and is designed "to prevent the team going second from having to play catch-up."[4] Unlike a traditional penalty shoot-out, which sees Team A and Team B alternate spot-kicks in an ABAB pattern, the ABBA format follows an 'AB BA AB BA' order.[3]

Match

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Team selection

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Details

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Shan United2 - 2Yangon United
Patrick Asare   13', 68' Report Sylla Sekou   46', 65'
Penalties
Soe Min Oo  
Patrick Asare  
Lee Han-guk  
Htike Htike Aung 
2–4   Kekere Moukailou
  Emmanuel
  Kosuke Uchida
  Sylla Sekou
  Nyein Chan Aung
Attendance: 15,000
Referee:   Mr. Kyaw Zwal Lwin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shan United
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Yangon United
GK 1   Thiha Sithu (c)
RB 3   Htike Htike Aung
CB 2   Win Min Htut   81'
CB 27   William
LB 5   Hein Thiha Zaw   36'
CM 17   Aung Show Thar Maung   26'   54'
CM 6   Lee Han-guk
CM 11   Yan Naing Oo   53'
RW 77   Dway Ko Ko Chit   61'
LW 31   Patrick Asare
CF 30   Christopher Chizoba   81'
Substitutes:
GK 18   Myo Min Latt
DF 2   Zaw Lin Oo
MF 7   Tin Win Aung   54'
MF 8   Nay Lin Tun   53'
FW 9   Zin Min Tun   61'
FW 10   Soe Min Oo   81'
DF 12   Hlaing Myo Aung
DF 13   Zaw Lin
MF 19   Shwe Ko
Manager:
  Mr. Soe Myat Min
GK 1   Kyaw Zin Htet   36'
RB 4   David Htan
CB 44   Kekere Moukailou
CB 3   Pyae Phyo Zaw
LB 22   Minn Kyaw Khant   70'
CM 25   Yan Aung Kyaw (c)   82'   82'
CM 20   Kosuke Uchida
RW 11   Maung Maung Lwin
LW 8   Suan Lam Mang   46'
SS 10   Kyi Lin   90+2'
CF 15   Sylla Sekou
Substitutes:
GK 13   Min Thu
DF 5   Thein Zaw
MF 6   Yan Lin Aung   82'
MF 7   Nyein Chan Aung   90+2'
DF 14   Nan Wai Min
MF 18   Zin Ko
DF 19   Kyaw Zin Oo
FW 27   Aee Soe
FW 88   Emmanuel   46'
Manager:
  Mr. Myo Min Tun

Man of the match

Match officials

  • Assistant referees:
    •   Mr. Chit Moe Aye
    •   Mr. Hein Min Tun
  • Fourth official:   Mr. Kyaw Zayar Aung
  • Reserve official:   Mr. Tun Hla Aung
  • Match Commissioner:   Mr. Tun Tun Aung

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Nine named substitutes.
  • Maximum of five substitutions.

Statistics

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Statistic Shan United Yangon United
Goals scored 2 2
Possession 45% 55%
Shots on target 7 8
Shots off target 1 9
Corner kicks 1 7
Fouls 9 20
Offsides 1 3
Yellow cards 3 3
Red cards 0 0
Source:

References

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  1. ^ "MFF Charity Cup 2018 ရာသီသစ္ဖြင့္ပြဲအထိမ္းအမွတ္ အလွဴရန္ပုံေငြဖလားပြဲ ေအာင္ျမင္စြာက်င္းပေရး အစည္းအေဝးျပဳလုပ္". mmfootball. 2017.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "ဘောလုံးပွဲအားပေးရင်း ကုသိုလ်ထူးကြုံခွင့်ရမည့် ရာသီကြို MFF Charity Cup ပြိုင်ပွဲ". mnlfootball. 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Shan United vs Yangon United Charity Cup Will Use 'ABBA' Penalty Shoot-Out System for First Time". SI.com. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  4. ^ Parry, Richard (4 May 2017). "Uefa to trial alternative 'ABBA' system for penalty shoot-outs". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 12 August 2017.