Nadi Weekend (22/3/25)
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00:00Sajid Singh, the head of the National Hockey Squad, is in a dilemma as he faces the most challenging
00:10campaign in his career as a coach.
00:12This is because Sajid fought with the time to form the Ampoh team and was forced to leave
00:16the squad after the retirement of the most recent senior player, Faizal Sari.
00:21Adding to the strategy, don't be complacent towards the Spirit Tigers.
00:25Despite the reality, the national team went through a process of transformation after
00:29their failure to qualify for the Paris Olympics.
00:31The national team will fly to Australia to finish the Ampoh as a squad training program
00:36before attending the national team's face-to-face tour in Kuala Lumpur.
00:48The draw, I mean, wherever you go, the draw is there, you must live with the draw.
00:52But, I mean, for us, it's very important, this National Cup, we need to do well.
00:57We need to do well.
00:58Because last National Cup, I mean, our performance, the performance of the team was good, but
01:03only thing because, I think, Abugail Hafizuddin was not there.
01:08So this time, hopefully, we will get better.
01:11Pakistan has a very good team now.
01:13They have built a very good team now.
01:15I mean, New Zealand has always been there.
01:17And Japan, I mean, they are the host for the next Asian Games.
01:21So they are also preparing well.
01:22I mean, every team has equal chance.
01:24The most important on the pitch when you play, you take your chances and you defend well.
01:29I mean, it's good to play with good teams.
01:31I mean, your performance needs to be good.
01:33But the results, of course, in Malaysia, they say the results are important.
01:37But our target is the Asian Games next year.
01:41So if we get good quality matches and our momentum is good, going in the right direction,
01:45I think we will do well.
01:47This is only less than one year.
01:49I mean, last year, I said we need 40 to 45 matches.
01:52We only got 17 matches last year.
01:54So this year, I think the matches are there because we are going to Australia.
01:58Then we are going to Korea.
01:59Then we have the Nation Cup.
02:01Then we have the Asia Cup.
02:03Asia Cup in India.
02:05And then only Azlan Shah.
02:07So at least we got five tournaments.
02:08And in between, we will play some friendly matches.