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Malaysia berdepan misi sukar


MALAYSIA berdepan laluan sukar pada PSAS tahun ini kerana semua pasukan bertanding antara yang terbaik dalam ranking dunia.


SKUAD hoki negara bakal berdepan cabaran sukar dalam misi mencipta kejutan pada Kejohanan Hoki Piala Sultan Azlan Shah (PSAS) 2013 yang bakal berlangsung di Ipoh, 9 hingga 17 Mac depan.

Ini kerana empat pasukan yang beraksi dalam Trofi Juara-Juara di Melbourne tahun lalu iaitu kejohanan utama dalam kalendar hoki dunia, bakal menghantar pasukan terkuat mereka pada kejohanan ini yang reputasinya mula dilihat antara berprestij di Asia.

Pasukan No. 2 dunia, Australia bakal menghantar skuad gabungan pemain berpengalaman dan muda dalam misi merangkul gelaran ketujuh mereka dalam PSAS manakala juara bertahan, New Zealand pula sudah pasti mahu mempertahankan gelarannya biarpun melakukan kejutan dengan menghantar pemain muda.

Berdasarkan ranking dunia, Malaysia yang dibimbing jurulatih baharu, Paul Revington kini menduduki ranking ke-13 dunia dan paling terendah dalam kalangan tiga pasukan Asia yang lain iaitu Pakistan (ke-5), Korea Selatan (ke-8) dan India (ke-11).

Jurulatih Australia, Ric Charlesworth menjelaskan, tujuh pemain dalam skuad yang menjuarai Trofi Juara-Juara di Melbourne tahun lepas akan digabungkan dengan pemain muda yang hanya membuat beberapa penampilan di pentas antarabangsa sebelum ini.

ā€œKami akan menggabungkan tujuh pemain dalam skuad yang memenangi Trofi Juara-Juara tahun lepas, lima pemain baharu dan yang selebihnya pemain yang pernah membuat beberapa penampilan dalam skuad senior di PSAS nanti,ā€ kata Charlesworth dalam laman web PSAS baru-baru ini.

ā€œDengan gabungan ini, PSAS 2013 akan menjadi platform terbaik bagi pemain-pemain muda ini mengutip pengalaman dan ia juga adalah sebahagian daripada program pembangunan kami.

ā€œKami memiliki tiga pemain daripada skuad Olimpik 2012 dan berharap dapat mencapai hasil yang lebih baik selepas pemain-pemain ini dikumpulkan sejak lima tahun lalu,ā€ jelasnya lagi.

Sementara itu, New Zealand yang menewaskan Argentina 1-0 pada final tahun lepas, berada di ranking keenam dunia dan akan turun dengan misi menjadi pasukan kedua mempertahankan kejuaraan dua tahun berturut-turut selepas Australia melakukannya pada 2004 dan 2005.

Jurulatihnya, Colin Batch menjelaskan, beliau bakal menurunkan barisan muda pada kempen kali ini sebagai pendedahan pasukannya dalam menghadapi kejohanan utama pada tahun 2013.
ā€œKami pulang dari kem latihan dengan hasil yang positif dan ada beberapa pemain baharu beraksi dengan baik dan patut diberi peluang beraksi dalam skuad ini.

ā€œSaya kagum dengan kualiti pemain-pemain muda kami. Pengalaman dalam kejohanan antarabangsa sangat penting sebagai usaha pembangunan untuk masa hadapan dan PSAS sudah pasti menjadi program utama kami.ā€

Oleh SHAHRIL NIZAM ABDULLAH
shahril.abdullah@kosmo.com.my

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