Juniors face daunting task
Published on: Wednesday, March 04, 2015
Kota Kinabalu: Sabah Junior Rhinos are still searching for their first win in the President Cup competition this season as they take on KL Felda today (Wednesday) in Kuala Lumpur.The team who have lost their only away match played so far against Melaka and only managed two home draws against PDRM and Kuala Lumpur may face a daunting task against the team who are currently at the top end of the table.Head Coach R. Gopal who gave the team a final training session here on Monday said the only problem he fears for this team is their mental strength. "As I said earlier, they all are good players and can play good football which we all can see during training.
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"The only issue is that they can't perform in a real match to date and if they can overcome that, which I think is only the mental aspect then I am sure the result will come."The coach also disclosed that senior team striker R. Surendran will not be making the squad as he opted to stay behind to train with the Rhinos squad.Attacking midfielder M. Yoganathan and Didie Arizal, both played well in the Kuala Lumpur match despite only a day with the team are set to be featured in the starting line-up according to him.Didie who is likely to be given the skipper's armband again is set to play in central defence partnering Nazrein Sani and supported by Ikmal Akid Bahari on the left and Azfizam Norli on the right.
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