Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Geylang Play Goalie In Defence
Speaking after the match, Geylang head coach Vedhamuthu Kanan was visibly disappointed.
He
said: “We were lucky not to have conceded more goals and our tactics
didn’t work in the first-half. We wanted to be very defensive and let
them come at us but they [Tampines] obviously had their own plans.
“I
told them that we had nothing to lose in the second-half, we are 3-0
down so we must come out and play. We were able to play and match them a
little bit in the second half [which was] something to take back. We
still can play if we want to play.”
He also bemoaned
the absence of his Japanese defenders Kento Fukuda and Yuki Ichikawa,
whom he believed would have made a difference if they had taken to the
field.
“I think they will return in two weeks’ time when we play Brunei DPMM,” he shared.
“We
miss them already. They’ve only played together for one match during
the three games this season. It makes a lot of difference to the
backline, if Kento and Ichi were playing as it would allow us to play
more confidently at the back.”
Explaining his decision
to play goalkeeper Siddiq Durimi at the heart of defence, Kanan said: “I
don’t have a centre-back as Fabian [Kwok] and the two Japanese are also
injured meaning that the three options at centre-back are all out and I
don’t have any option.
“I don’t have a Prime League
player who is strong enough and I didn’t want to take the risk to play
another Prime League player in an already inexperienced backline.
“I
thought Siddiq did very well and worked his socks off and although he
cramped [towards the end], he recovered very fast for the
counter-attacks. He did very well.”
SOURCE - SLeague
Labels: Geylang International, Siddiq Durimi, SLeague
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