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Tak hirau Artikel 88, perkasakan Harimau

Kelana Jaya: Ketua jurulatih negara Datuk K Rajagobal tetap fokus memperkasakan skuad kebangsaan walaupun bakal berdepan tuduhan melanggar Artikel 88.
Menurut pengendali berusia 56 tahun itu, tiada apa yang hendak diperkatakan dan fokusnya kini hanya untuk skuad negara yang mempunyai jadual padat sepanjang tahun ini.

ā€œSaya belum terima surat, tiada apa untuk komen. Hanya laporan di media, itu saja,ā€ katanya di Wisma FAM, petang semalam.

Jawatankuasa Tatatertib FAM kelmarin memutuskan untuk menghantar surat pertuduhan terhadap Rajagobal susulan kenyataannya mengenai kekurangan penyerang berkualiti di jentera serangan skuad kebangsaan menyebabkan kekalahan 1-4 kepada Arab Saudi.

Pengendali yang pernah memenangi pingat emas Sukan SEA dan Piala AFF itu turut menyentuh kedudukan penyerang beberapa pasukan tempatan seperti Angkatan Tentera Malaysia, Selangor dan Kelantan dengan ketiga-tiganya diketuai penyerang import iaitu Marlon Alex James, Francis Forkey Doe dan Keita Mandjou. Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Tatatertib FAM Datuk Taufek Abd Razak selepas membuat penelitian terhadap kenyataan terbabit berkata, terdapat merit untuk membuat pertuduhan terhadap Rajagobal yang bakal dihantar minggu depan.

Menurutnya, Rajagobal seperti yang dikatakannya sebelum ini, fokusnya hanya terhadap skuad kebangsaan.
FotoDatuk K Rajagobal (kiri).
Skuad kendalian Rajagobal kini bersaing dalam aksi kelayakan Piala Asia 2015 dengan tiga perlawanan berlangsung pada hujung tahun ini dan baki satu pertemuan pada tahun depan.

Namun Harimau Malaya yang berada di ranking ke-164 dunia dijangka mengharungi aksi persahabatan antarabangsa yang padat pada Jun dan Julai terutamanya dengan kehadiran kelab terbaik dunia seperti Chelsea dan Barcelona selain Belanda yang turut dilapor berminat singgah di Kuala Lumpur.
Rajagobal yang mula melatih skuad negara pada 2009 mempunyai kontrak hingga hujung tahun ini selepas dilantik menggantikan B Sathianathan.



Oleh Azlan Muhammad Zain, Arena - Harian Metro

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