Tuesday, May 27, 2014

MS ABDB hunting for goals

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

THE Royal Brunei Armed Forces Sports Council (MS ABDB) manager Major (A) Pg Mohd Mufid Pg Umar Ariffin has called on his players to deliver more goals if they are to win the DST Super League this season.

The army men have collected 28 points after 13 games and are only one point behind league leaders Indera Sports Club (SC) - the defending champions who still have two games in hands.

MS ABDB’s last game saw them defeat the Royal Brunei Police Forces Sports Council (MS PDB) 1-0 at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium on Sunday, with defender Suhaimi Hj Mohd Yussof getting his name onto the score sheet in the win.

Despite the win, the manager was left ruing his side’s missed chances – especially since MS PDB had a man sent off just before the breather.

“When MS PDB were reduced to 10 players following a red card just before the half-time break, I expected my players to score more goals,” said the manager in an interview with The Brunei Times yesterday.
 
“We scored early in the first half and played well by creating chances... But failed to increase the lead.

“We did not take advantage of (our numerical advantage) in the second half and most of our chances were wasted away with poor finishing.

“We have no problems with creating play and chances in the game, but we have not been very lucky in front of the goal this season.

“Our strikers need to find their form and start to score again if we want to win the tournament this year.

They need to take their chances every time,” he insisted.

Taking their chances or not, MS ABDB still lead the league in goals having scored 32 times this season - Indera have netted 27 times.

Though Major (A) Pg Mohd Mufid was pleased with the result against the policemen, the manager was not impressed by his players’ performance on Sunday night.

The manager also felt that the other teams’ improving standard means that MS ABDB will have to be firing on all cylinders if they are to taste success this campaign.

“Indera and other teams are getting better this season and we must work hard to keep up with them,” he said.

“It is always very nice to get three points in a difficult game like this, but I was not happy with the way we played.

“However, we have won three games in a row now.

“It is a very good run of form and I hope that we will be able to continue that,” he added.

The Brunei Times

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