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5 pemain Harimau Muda B ke Slovakia


Pemain skuad Harimau Muda A yang akan berlepas ke Slovakia Sabtu ini, giat menjalani latihan di padang Wisma FAM, Kelana Jaya, semalam. - UTUSAN/Shaifudin Mohd Nor
PETALING JAYA - Lima pemain yang dipanggil dari Harimau Muda B, dijangka tidak mempunyai masalah dalam membentuk persefahaman dengan 20 pemain lain, walaupun hanya tinggal dua hari skuad Harimau Muda A akan berlepas ke Slovakia.
Jurulatih Harimau Muda A, Azraai Khor Abdullah berkata, lima pemain itu sebenarnya pernah bersama, semasa saingan Liga Perdana tahun lalu dan hanya dipisahkan selepas pembentukan skuad Harimau Muda A dan B.

''Lima pemain yang dipilih ini sudah memahami bagaimana cara pemain lain beraksi dan boleh membentuk persefahaman dalam tempoh yang singkat.
''Saya memanggil mereka kerana kesemuanya berbakat besar, walaupun masih berusia bawah 19 tahun.
''Di samping itu, saya yakin mereka boleh menyumbang sesuatu kepada skuad ini semasa beraksi pada liga Slovakia,'' katanya ketika ditemui di Wisma FAM, semalam.

Lima pemain skuad Harimau Muda B yang terpilih itu ialah Mohamad Fadhli Mohd Shas, Gary Steven Robbat, Mohd Fandi Othman, A Tamil Arasu dan Wan Zack Haikal Wan Noor.
Manakala lima pemain Harimau Muda A yang digugurkan ialah Mohd Nazrin Baharudin, Muhamad Zulhariz Mohd Nor ,Ahmad Aminuddin Shaharuddin, Yusaini Hafiz Chee Saad dan Mohd Shahrul Hafiz Mohd Shah.
Tiga pemain Harimau Muda A yang beraksi bersama skuad negara semasa Sukan SEA XXV Laos 2009 ialah Mohd. Muslim Ahmad, K. Gurusamy dan Mahalli Jasuli.


Azraai juga berkata, persefahaman antara 25 pemain dalam skuad tersebut umpama adik beradik dan mereka boleh diibaratkan seperti satu keluarga yang besar.

''Setelah dua tahun mereka bersama, pemain ternyata saling menghormati.
''Mereka mengetahui kekuatan dan kelemahan setiap rakan sepasukan.
''K. Gurusamy selaku ketua pasukan juga dapat memainkan peranannya, dia diterima oleh semua pemain skuad ini.

''Atas keyakinan itu, saya percaya mereka mampu beraksi dengan baik di Slovakia nanti, '' katanya.
Pad masa sama, Azraai melaungkan keyakinan pemainnya sudah bersedia untuk mengharungi cabaran pada liga di Slovakia, terutama dari aspek fizikal dan mental.
''Segala cabaran dan kesukaran sudah terangkan kepada pemain, termasuk cuaca di sana, saiz pemain di sana dan aspek pemakanan,'' ujarnya.

Oleh MUHAMMAD DAYNE AZMIN
dayne.ghazali@utusan.com.my

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