REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN - U-19 coach, Indra Sjafri will not replace any player in the tournament of Hassanah Bolkiah Trophy (HBT) 2014 in Brunei Darussalam. He wants to deploy the Winning Team in each game.
Sjafri has split the U-19 national team into two groups in Brunei. The first group contains 11 players who appeared as starter in the first game of counter Malaysian U-21 at Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta. The second group contains 15 players that were departed to Brunei.
Sjafri also provides different portions to each team during practising at the Athlete Center Jerudong on Saturday morning.
"The starter team must concentrate to HBT tournament. They must show good performance and also achieve the target. While other team must keep exercise to prepare the U-19 Asian Cup in Myanmar this October," Sjafri said.
In the first game versus Malaysia, which ended with no goals, Sjafri deployed his best players, such as Evan Dimas, Maldini Pali, Ilham Udin, Ravi Murdianto and Hansamu Yama Pranata. From the beginning, Sjafri considered this tournament as a stabilizer composition.
In the next game, Evan Dimas and friends will face the host, Brunei on Monday, August 11. With two days of recovery session, the coach team will be possible to set the same composition of players.
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