Skip to main content

'Ada masa sedia pasukan mantap'

Oleh Mohd Fadzrie Hazis
fadzrie@bharian.com.my


IMBAS kembali aksi hambar Malaysia ketika menentang Singapura pada Sukan Sea Korat 2007.

Azzuddin yakin skuad berwibawa ke Laos

KELEWATAN Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia (FAM) menamakan jurulatih skuad bawah 23 tahun kebangsaan (B-23) mampu menjejaskan peluang negara menamatkan penantian pingat emas selama 20 tahun di Sukan Sea Laos, Disember ini.

Ketika negara jiran seperti Vietnam sudah mula membentuk barisannya sejak tahun lalu, FAM masih belum dapat memastikan siapa yang akan diberi kepercayaan untuk mengendalikan skuad B-23.


Namun bagi setiausaha agungnya, Datuk Azzuddin Ahmad, beliau masih mempertahankan hujah bahawa barisan negara akan mempunyai barisan mantap dan masa mencukupi untuk persiapan.

ā€œKami akan menyusun beberapa aksi perlawanan persahabatan antarabangsa buat skuad B-23 selain turut bersaing dalam Pestabola Merdeka, tetapi ia akan diumumkan selepas kami menamakan jurulatih B-23 selepas mesyuarat Exco awal bulan depan.

ā€œSaya percaya kami dapat membentuk barisan yang mampu mencabar kerana beberapa pemain senior masih layak beraksi di Sukan Sea nanti,ā€ kata Azzuddin.

Namun, realiti yang mungkin tidak disedari FAM ialah jurulatih yang bakal dilantik mengendalikan skuad B-23 pasti memerlukan sedikit masa untuk membentuk keserasian dan barisan yang mantap.

Barisan B-23 Vietnam membuktikan potensi mereka apabila muncul juara Pestabola Merdeka tahun lalu dan menjelang Sukan Sea Disember ini, mereka sudah beraksi bersama dalam tempoh lebih daripada 14 bulan.

Jika dibandingkan dengan skuad B-23 kebangsaan yang masih belum dibentuk, mereka akan hanya mempunyai tempoh persiapan kurang dari sembilan bulan sebelum Sukan Sea bermula apabila jurulatih baru dinamakan awal bulan depan.

Azzuddin sebelum ini juga tidak menolak kemungkinan FAM mengambil seorang jurulatih untuk mengendalikan skuad senior dan B-23 serentak yang dilihat sebagai langkah penjimatan kos.

Tetapi pendekatan itu sudah terbukti gagal sebelum ini dan mungkin ada baiknya jika FAM mencontohi langkah Vietnam yang mengambil dua pengendali berbeza untuk skuad senior dan B-23 mereka.

Hasilnya, skuad senior Vietnam kendalian Henrique Calisto muncul juara Piala Suzuki-AFF tahun lalu manakala skuad B-23 mereka muncul naib juara di Sukan Sea Korat, tatkala barisan senior dan B-23 kendalian B Sathianthan gagal dalam kedua-dua kejohanan itu.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Ex-coach's jail sentence cut to a year

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal yesterday sentenced former athletics coach C. Ramanathan to 12 months' jail for molesting two junior athletes 19 years ago. A three-man bench led by Datuk Mohd Hishamudin Mohd Yunus unanimously dismissed Ramanathan's appeal against conviction, but varied the jail sentence of four years to a year, which was to run concurrently. Following yesterday's ruling, Ramanathan, 75, a former teacher, walked out a free man as he had served 10 months in Kajang Prison. Convicts get one-third remission for good behaviour while in prison. However, he will lose his pension. Hishamudin, who sat with Datuk Abdul Wahab Patail and Datuk Linton Albert, said the court found no merit to overturn the conviction. "However, in reducing the sentence, we considered Ramanathan's age and the long years the appeal has taken." Deputy public prosecutor Awang Armadajaya Awang Mahmud submitted that then High Court judge Tan Sri Abdull Hamid E...

Govt Always Gives Emphasis To Sporting Culture, Says PM

KUALA TERENGGANU, May 29 (Bernama) -- Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badaw i said the government always gives emphasis on cultivating a strong sporting culture in achieving excellence at the international level. As such, the Prime Minister said, it was important to scout for young talents in sports. "I observe that the Malaysia Games (Sukma) has become one of the important platforms to do so. "In this arena, the potentials and skills of the youngsters can be identified for development so that they can achieve greater success in sports," he said in his message in the souvenir book of the 12th Sukma from May 31 until June 9. Abdullah said he was aware that competition in sports was very keen and challenging but this did not mean that Malaysian athletes were incapable of competing at the international level. "The fact is that we have all the characteristics required to be excellent. We must inculcate a strong fighting spirit so that we don't easily surrender,...

Chance to catch Messi and company

  FAM deputy president Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah and vice president Datuk Hamidin Mohd Amin with FC Barcelona chief executive officer Antoni Rossich yesterday. Pic by Osman Adnan LIONEL Messi's presence alone could sell half the tickets despite reigning world club champions FC Barcelona's date with a Malaysian XI at the National Stadium on Aug 10 falling on the third day of Hari Raya. The much anticipated visit of the four-time European champions comes with expectations from fans who want a full star-studded line-up. "The summer will be a busy period with a lot of uncertainty with players moving away and coming in. "But yes, our plans are to bring our full team here," said FC Barcelona chief executive officer Antoni Rossich yesterday. Rossich was speaking at the announcement of the friendly match, which is part of the three-match FC Barcelona Asia Tour 2013, which sees the giants also visiting China and Thailand. Also pre...