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Harimau Muda ke Slovakia

Oleh WAN FAKHRUL BAKAR
wanfakhrul@kosmo.com.my

KIM SWEE (dua dari kiri) mahu anak buahnya menimba pengalaman apabila mengadakan perlawanan
persahabatan di Slovakia nanti.

SKUAD bola sepak bawah 20 tahun (B-20) kebangsaan, Harimau Muda akan terbang ke Slovakia Isnin depan bagi menjalani latihan dan perlawanan persahabatan sepanjang kunjungan selama 18 hari ke negara Eropah itu.

Jurulatih Harimau Muda, Ong Kim Swee berkata, barisan 26 pemain muda negara itu bakal menghadapi lima perlawanan persahabatan termasuk menentang skuad B-20 Slovakia.

"Mengikut jadual, kita akan berada di sana bermula 1 hingga 18 September. Kita akan mengadakan perlawanan persahabatan dengan tiga skuad B-20 kelab-kelab profesional Slovakia, satu perlawanan dengan skuad B-20 kelab profesional Hungary dan pada perlawanan terakhir kita akan bertemu skuad B-20 Slovakia.

"Saya anggap ini peluang terbaik untuk pemain-pemain muda kita mengutip pengalaman bertemu pasukan dari Eropah yang sama usia dengan pemain kita. Sudah tentu peluang bertemu pasukan kuat seperti ini tidak patut dilepaskan," katanya ketika dihubungi Kosmo! semalam.

Skuad Harimau Muda mencatat sejarah tersendiri apabila berjaya mempamerkan aksi cemerlang untuk muncul juara Liga Perdana musim ini, mengetepikan 12 pasukan lain termasuk lima pasukan negeri iaitu Johor, Kuala Lumpur, Sabah, Sarawak dan Melaka.

Menurut Kim Swee, daripada senarai 26 pemain tersebut, 21 pemain adalah daripada skuad Harimau Muda manakala lima lagi pemain iaitu Khairul Izzuwan Shaari, Wan Zaharulnizam Zakaria, Mohammad Amer Saidin, Mohd Alif Fadhil Ismail dan Nicholas Wee Sheng Ming daripada skuad B-18 kebangsaan.

"Kita tidak dapat bawa enam lagi pemain Harimau Muda kerana mereka kini bersama skuad B-23 kebangsaan di bawah kendalian K. Rajagobal iaitu K. Gurusamy, Ahmad Shakir Md. Ali, Muslim Ahmad, Mahali Jasuli, Fandi Othman dan Faizal Muhammad," ujarnya.

Kim Swee turut memberitahu, skuad Harimau Muda akan mengadakan satu perlawanan persahabatan menentang KL Plus di Padang Wisma FAM, Kelana Jaya, Sabtu ini.

"Selepas pulang dari Slovakia nanti, kita akan berehat beberapa hari untuk menyambut Hari Raya dan kembali berlatih selepas itu kerana skuad Harimau Muda akan menghadapi Kejohanan Jemputan Piala Newspaper 2009 di Vietnam bermula 8 Oktober depan.

"Saya juga perlu mempersiapkan skuad B-18 kebangsaan untuk menghadapi pusingan kelayakan Kejuaraan B-19 Persekutuan Bola Sepak Asia (AFC) 2010 di China pada November depan," ujarnya.

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