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Hoki kita dibelasah Belanda 1-9

KUALA LUMPUR - Skuad hoki kebangsaan dibelasah 1-5 dan 1-9 dalam dua perlawanan persahabatan dengan pasukan No. 2 dunia Belanda, di Amsterdam baru-baru ini.

Kekalahan buruk itu dicatatkan selepas skuad negara mempamerkan aksi hambar pada kejohanan Piala Sultan Azlan Shah di Ipoh, Perak, baru-baru ini.

Memegang status sebagai pemenang pingat perak Sukan Asia di Guangzhou, China tahun lalu, persembahan seburuk itu tidak sewajarnya berlaku, lebih-lebih lagi apabila menyaksikan jurang gol yang cukup besar yang dijaringkan Belanda.

Kekalahan tersebut turut menyaksikan jurang prestasi yang begitu jauh antara pasukan yang berada di ranking No. 2 dunia itu dengan skuad kebangsaan yang menghuni tangga ke-15 dunia.

Setiausaha Persekutuan Hoki Malaysia (PHM), Maninderjit Singh, mengakui jurang permainan antara pemain negara dan Belanda terlalu jauh, sehingga skuad bimbingan Tai Beng Hai itu begitu mudah diratah.
"Kita akui jumlah jaringan yang kita lepaskan sukar diterima akal, tetapi inilah realiti yang perlu kita hadapi.
"Kekalahan itu merupakan satu pengajaran terbaik buat para pemain.

"Mereka perlu belajar daripada kedua-dua kekalahan itu dan segera memperbaiki kelemahan yang ada," katanya ketika dihubungi Utusan Malaysia, semalam.
Menurut Maninderjit, adalah sukar untuk menerima keputusan seburuk itu, tetapi tujuan sebenar PHM menghantar skuad kebangsaan ke Belanda adalah untuk meraih pengalaman.

Skuad kebangsaan yang dalam persiapan menjelang untuk pusingan kelayakan Olimpik awal tahun depan, kini berada di Eropah untuk mengadakan beberapa siri perlawanan persahabatan.
Jelas bekas ketua kebangsaan itu, walaupun kalah teruk, pengajaran yang diperoleh benar-benar memberi manfaat berguna buat skuad hoki untuk membina kembali kekuatan dengan belajar dari pasukan handalan dunia itu.

"Untuk menjadi pasukan terbaik, kita perlu bermain dengan pasukan terbaik juga.

"Sekiranya kita mengadakan perlawanan persahabatan untuk tujuan melakar kemenangan semata-mata dengan pasukan yang sama standard dengan kita, maka skuad negara tidak akan belajar dari kelemahan yang ada," katanya.


Oleh AIZAWATI AHMAD
sukan@utusan.com.my

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