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MHC serah nasib pada Revington

KUALA LUMPUR - Konfederasi Hoki Malaysia (MHC) menyerah masa depan skuad hoki kebangsaan kepada jurulatih baru dari Afrika Selatan, Paul Revington untuk merawat kekecewaan gagal ke Sukan Olimpik London 2012.

Setiausaha Agung MHC, Mohd. Johari Abdul Aziz berkata, Revington bakal memikul tanggungjawab besar membimbing skuad kebangsaan ke tahap yang lebih baik bermula tahun ini.
Menurutnya, tugasan utama Revington adalah mempersiapkan skuad kebangsaan untuk dua kejohanan penting iaitu Cabaran Juara-Juara 1 di Quilmes, Argentina November ini dan Piala Kejuaraan Enam Negara Asia di Doha, Disember ini.

Liga Hoki Malaysia (TNB-MHL) 2012 (1-10 September) dan Piala Razak (14-23 Oktober) bakal menjadi medan Revington menilai prestasi pemain untuk membentuk skuad kebangsaan.
"Esok (hari ini) Revington akan diperkenalkan kepada media buat kali pertama. Ia adalah peluang terbaik untuk bertanya kepada dia tentang perancangannya.

"Bagaimana dia mahu mencorak skuad kebangsaan selepas ini, itu semua terserah kepadanya dan kita harap yang terbaik daripadanya," katanya di sini, semalam.

Revington tiba di Malaysia bersama pembantunya, bekas pemain kebangsaan Arul Selvaraj awal bulan ini untuk menggantikan bekas jurulatih, Tai Beng Hai.

Revington dan Arul pernah bekerjasama mengendalikan skuad Afrika Selatan selama tiga tahun dan membawa pasukan itu menduduki ranking ke-10 dunia serta layak ke Sukan Olimpik 2004 Athens, Piala Dunia dan Sukan Komanwel 2006.

Mereka kemudian membimbing Ireland pada 2008 dengan misi membawa pasukan tersebut layak ke Sukan Olimpik 2012, namun kekalahan kepada Korea Selatan pada final kelayakan di Dublin, Mac lepas memaksa Revington melepaskan tugasnya.

Untuk rekod, skuad negara pernah dibimbing jurulatih asing seperti Terry Walsh (Australia) 1990-1993, Volker Knapp (Jerman) 1993-1998 dan Paul Lissek (Jerman) 2000-2003.

Selepas 2003, Malaysia menggunakan jurulatih tempatan iaitu Wallace Tan, Sarjit Singh, Beng Hai dan Stephen van Huizen.

Beng Hai mula mengendali skuad negara pada 2009 sebelum tempatnya diambil alih oleh van Huizen setahun kemudian.

Beng Hai kembali membimbing skuad negara mulai tahun lalu.



Oleh ZAZALI JAMIAN
sukan@utusan.com.my

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