| It's
really embarrassing: Eric
09 May 2006
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Azim misses a golden opportunity to score
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MALDIVES - It
was a nervous ending for Valencia, but they managed to hold the
score line till the end of the match. Hurriyya players were fighting
till the end to score and a couple of open chances missed, there
chances to at least draw the game were diminishing minute by minute.
In the first
half as well, Hurriyya got some few open chances while Valencia
managed only one shot which was on target.
But in the early
period of the second half, Valencia players tried to score and pushed
their players upfront. In the 55th minute Mohamed Hussain scored
from a half volley which was passed by Badjektek.
Minutes later
from the first goal, Stainley beats two defenders of Hurriyya and
shot the ball in to the running Ishaaq. The rebounded ball was shot
in to the goal by Farhad.
Hurriyya players
then tried to score and out of a very good chance in the 80th minute
Shinaz scored from a terrible mistake by the defense line of Valencia.
The match ended
with that score line. Man of the match was awarded to Mohamed Hussain
(Oittey)
It is
really embarrassing: Eric
In the post
match news conference, Valencia’s coach Eric Williams said
that it was a very poor performance from the players in today’s
game
‘It was
very poor. Very poor indeed. It is really embarrassing football”
But he noted
that it might happen as they only got 3 days rest between the two
games
“We just got only 3 days between the games. They are really
tired and it would happen and in the dying minutes all of their
energy was gone and as a result silly mistakes were made”
Eric once again
noted that the problem is caused as the program was not followed
during his absence.
“The discipline and attitude of the players are really poor.
They bunked the practices as I was not around. ‘
Eric was very
unhappy about the performance of the foreign players as well.
‘The foreign players are of the same level as the locals,
so I don’t think we need to spend that much money on them
and keep them in a contract. We need to enter the shopping market
when the tournament ends”
It was
an unlucky day for us: Rafeeu
Meanwhile, Hurriyya’s
Assistant coach Rafeeu noted that he was delighted with the performance
of the players
“It was that we could not score. It was an unlucky day for
us. There were a lot of chances and we did not have the luck with
us”
Rafeeu also
noted that the performance would improve when Mansoor and Imad joins
the team.
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