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Rajagobal tidak tambah pemain

TIADA pemain baharu dipanggil jurulatih kebangsaan, Datuk K. Rajagobal bagi menghadapi Singapura pada aksi kedua pusingan kedua Kelayakan Piala Dunia 2014 di Stadium Nasional, Bukit Jalil, Khamis ini. Pada sesi latihan di Wisma FAM, Kelana Jaya petang semalam, hanya 24 pemain yang dibawa ke Singapura dilihat turun menjalani latihan tanpa kelibat Norshahrul Idlan Talaha yang masih cedera ataupun mana-mana pemain baharu.

Menurut Rajagobal, hanya dua pemain yang tidak dapat menjalani lati- han penuh iaitu Safee Sali dan Amirul- hadi Zainal yang mengalami demam sejak pagi semalam. "Sepanjang beberapa hari latihan ini, saya mahu lihat keadaan Aidil Za- fuan Radzak sama ada dia sudah pulih sepenuhnya dan begitu juga tentang pengganti Safiq Rahim di posisi tengah. "Cadangan untuk ambil pemain baharu, semua kena faham yang saya bu- kan tidak membuka pintu untuk mereka tersenarai. Norhafiz Zamani Mis- bah memang sentiasa dalam peranca- ngan saya sejak 2009 lagi. "Tetapi selepas dia pulih daripada kecederaan lutut ACL, saya tak mahu panggil dia untuk tempoh dua hari ini dan beri dia tekanan serta-merta bagi perlawanan Khamis ini," kata Rajago- bal ketika ditemui pada sesi latihan petang semalam.

Ketiadaan Safiq yang digantung perlawanan setelah menerima kad merah pada aksi pertama Sabtu lalu memungkinkan posisi tengah menjadi rebutan Amar Rohidan, Shakir Shaa- ri, K. Gurusamy dan Ismail Faruqi Ashari bagi membentuk gandingan mantap. Ditanya tentang kerapuhan barisan pertahanan yang diketuai Muslim Ahmad dan Fadhli Shas pada aksi Sabtu lalu, Rajagobal tidak mahu ia terus di- pandang dari sudut negatif menjelang aksi kedua Khamis ini.

"Kita tahu barisan pertahanan kita buat kesilapan mudah. Kita telah tunjuk video kepada mereka supaya ia tidak berulang. "Tetapi apabila terdapat tanda positif, kenapa kita selalu nak fikir nega- tif. Rakyat Indonesia, selepas pasukan mereka tewas 0-3 kepada kita pada final pertama Piala Suzuki AFF 2010, masih yakin dengan pasukan mereka. "Masa inilah kita memerlukan soko- ngan semua pihak daripada kita terus berfikiran negatif. Lihat sajalah usaha para pemain bangkit pada babak kedua dan menghasilkan dua gol. Itu sesuatu yang positif. "Biarpun misi utama saya untuk layak ke pusingan akhir Piala Asia 2015 tetapi kita tetap tak mahu kalah pada Kelayakan Piala Dunia 2014 ini dan saya masih yakin para pemain mampu mencipta kemenangan Khamis ini," jelas Rajagobal.



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