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Wales, Austria, Scotland bukan lembik



Para pemain hoki negara yang akan memikul cabaran pada Kelayakan Piala Dunia 2010 menjalani latihan intensif di Stadium Hoki Nasional, Bukit Jalil, semalam.

KUALA LUMPUR - Menentang Wales, Scotland dan Austria dalam kelayakan hoki Piala Dunia 2010 di New Zealand bukan tugasan yang boleh dipandang ringan bagi skuad kebangsaan.

Jurulatih negara, Tai Beng Hai menegaskan, Malaysia tidak boleh hanya memandang lawan mereka itu sebelah mata, sebaliknya perlu sentiasa merebut segala peluang yang ada untuk menjaringkan gol.

"Mereka mempunyai kekuatan dari segi fizikal dan mampu membentuk pasukan mantap berikutan kelebihan teknik hoki secara asas," katanya merujuk kepada tiga negara tersebut yang agak kurang dikenali dalam sukan hoki.

Jelas Beng Hai, hoki amat berbeza dengan sukan bola sepak terutamanya pada zaman ini kerana ia lebih terbuka dan agresif.

"Kami tidak boleh menggangap tentangan yang bakal diberikan mereka adalah mudah, ini adalah pertandingan, sekarang ini permainan di atas padang sangat terbuka.

"Bagi tetap hormat kemampuan mereka (Wales, Scotland dan Austria) begitu juga dengan China yang berada di tangga ke-13 dunia," ujar bekas pemain hoki kebangsaan itu.

Katanya, walaupun bakal berdepan dengan halangan yang sukar terutama sekali dari pasukan tuan rumah, New Zealand, mereka tetap yakin untuk mencapai sasaran yang diletakkan Persatuan Hoki Malaysia (PHM) mara ke saingan akhir kejohanan kelayakan itu.

"Kami akan memberi tumpuan untuk mara ke saingan akhir terlebih dahulu yang menemukan juara dan naib juara dari enam pasukan yang bersaing secara round robin.

"Selepas sasaran itu tercapai baru kita akan fikirkan tentang perlawanan akhir untuk muncul juara seterusnya mara ke Piala Dunia 2010 di India," katanya.

Menurut Beng Hai, kemampuan anak-anak buahnya akan menjadi ukuran terhadap sasaran utama iaitu mara ke Sukan Olimpik 2012 di London.

"Pasukan ini dipersiapkan untuk mara ke Sukan Olimpik 2012, jika mereka berjaya layak ke Piala Dunia kita dapat tahu prestasi semasa pemain," katanya.

Skuad hoki kebangsaan akan berlepas ke New Zealand esok dan saingan bermula dari 7 hingga 15 November ini.

Beng Hai berkata, dia amat berpuas hati dengan persiapan pasukannya terutama sekali selepas mengharungi lima perlawanan persahabatan minggu lepas.

"Pemain bebas dari sebarang kecederaan dan latihan juga lebih tertumpu kepada untuk memulihkan semula kecergasan mereka," ujarnya.

Beng Hai juga menyenaraikan tiga pemain dari skuad remaja kebangsaan, Ahmad Kazamirul, Mohd. Marhan Mohd. Jalil dan Faizal Saari. - UTUSAN


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