iflix Cup To Enliven 2019 Malaysia League

PETALING JAYA (Selangor, Malaysia), Jan 18 (Bernama) – Local video streaming service provider, iflix hopes that the introduction of the iflix Trophy, which is scheduled to take part in the middle of this year, will spur the local football scene. iflix chief marketing officer Jason Monteiro was confident fans in Malaysia would be able to accept a new match concept that had similarities with the concept of basketball in the United States of America. iflix is one of the 2019 Premier League broadcasters. "We want to bring to life Malaysia's footballing spirit with various activities such as live performances, interactive games and many more. The iflix cup will be the perfect football festival for the whole family. "The inspiration and objectives of the iflix Cup came when the Malaysian Football League (MFL) met with us, they realise we are not only providing live broadcasts of football matches but also the best entertainment platform in Malaysia," said Jason when met by reporters after the 2019 MFL pre-launch, here Thursday. Jason explained that local football fans were given full power to determine star players and coaches to form a team in the iflix Cup competition to bring the Northern zone team to vie against the Southern zone team. He, however, said that the mechanism of deciding the players from the 24 Malaysia League teams to represent North and South zone teams was still in the process of discussion. Commenting further, Monteiro said the iflix Cup involved soccer matches but was also an entertainment event involving concerts, matches among artistes, games and it was also a fun event for all fans. "So the idea of ​​the iflix Cup comes from these two things, namely, we want more activities to get closer to local fans and want them to experience the power of determining players, trainers, formats or so on. "There are still a lot of things we need to improve but it is certain that fans will have the opportunity to choose the best players from their points of view. In the same development, Jason predicted that the Bukit Jalil National Stadium would not be the venue for the inaugural edition of the iflix Cup this season, but he assured that a large-scale facility would be available if it received a warmer response. -- BERNAMA