By Jaiarajo Letchumanan
KUALA TERENGGANU, May 29 (Bernama) -- Kelantan coach Azman Yusoff was left fuming after his team's 3-0 crushing by Selangor - not because of his teams big defeat but with the lack of restrictions on teams fielding Super League or Premier League players.
"The Sukma (Malaysia Games) should be a place to expose our young talent and make them better players. Selangor brought their Super League stars.
We next play Kedah, another team that is virtually their Super League side. "We are not playing on a level field. Kelantan are made up of young, up and coming talent who need exposure. That is our aim," Azman told reporters.
However, his counterpart from Selangor, Dollah Salleh was quick to refute, claiming that the presence of Super League and Premier League players in the Sukma will provide a perfect opportunity to guide the young players in the team.
"I am pleased with the way my seniors in the team are guiding the young talent. It is good for football," said Dollah.
Thursday is a rest day for the football competition in the Games and most of the teams spent the day assessing their performances and mending "fences", especially teams that lost their first matches.
However, though Kedah carved out a 3-2 win over Sabah, coach Mohamad Ramli was not a happy man and did not mince his words when he said, another 10 minutes we would have lost the match as the favourites struggled to contain Sabah's late charge in a Group B match at the Gong Badak Sports Complex here Wednesday.
The players simply lost focus after taking a 3-0 lead at halftime. They took things easy with the three goal cushion. Such things are very dangerous in football," said Mohamad.
If the match had gone for another 10 minutes, we would have lost. I have drilled this into my players. I had warned the team that we cannot underestimate any opponent. My boys will have to be focused in the match against Kelantan to make the quarter-finals."
And it was also a close call for defending champions Terengganu who scored the winner deep into injury time for a 3-2 win over Perak in a Group A match played at the Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium.
Terengganu coach Khalid Mohd Dahan was the first to admit that despite the full points against Perak, it was a match that could have gone either way after Perak wiped off his teams 2-0 lead at halftime.
Our defensive midfielders did not do their job well. We allowed Perak to get into their rhythm, said Khalid.
I am not too pleased with what we dished out in the second half. Frankly, I was worried when Perak drew level. Luckily we managed to get the winner in injury time. It would have been disastrous if we had lost our opening match."
-- BERNAMA
comment:
Overconfident during a game will make the player to do many mistake. Objective in a game is to win and gain control of the game from the beginning until the end of the game. That is the way for a professional team play. Playing football is not just to kick the ball,but the way the player control the ball and maintain his stamina during the match. Malaysian league is the way for the young player to show their skill. New player must be train so there will be more experience player to be subtitute for the next generation.
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