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Dhaka, BANGLADESH – Maldives coach Urbanyi felt sorry for the game as they missed the finals after the loss against Afghanistan in the semi finals. Speaking to Maldivian media present in Dhaka, coach said that he was sad and disappointed over the loss.
“I feel sorry about this game. That was the easiest way to the finals. We started a bit slow. We had a big chance to score in the first half. If we had scored the first goal, it would have been different”
“Usually I don’t comment about other teams. But Afghanistan is not a strong side. It was just our bad form or some kind of discomfort that we didn’t win this game”
Speaking about the chances Maldivian strikers missed coach said that they need more games.
“We had couple of chances. Nafiu is a young guy and this is his first game and this is his first international tournament”
“When Ashfaaq is playing, some of the players believe he is the one who has to shoot and they try to pass the ball to him. So that kind of correlation is not working on what we are doing normally. Because of the young guys it would happen”
Ashfaaq was seen playing in a more central role rather than as the first striker and when asked by maldivesoccer.com on the reason, coach said it was not part of the plan.
“We never planned for Ashfaaq to play behind Nafiu. I asked him to go to the first line to get the ball over there. But he came too deep and I told him that there is no way for him to score from that position. So that happened. It was not part of the plan. The plan was to play Ashfaaq and Nafiu.”
“We only missed the goal. Nafiu is a talented guy. He was young. That was the point. Because of his talent he got the chance, but he missed. But after the chance, he was scared or disappointed”
Speaking about the performance of Fair (Sentey) coach said his effort was alright.
“Sentey did ok. I think we had four or five chances which were stopped offside. I don’t know why it was lack of concentration or lack of education. I told the players to think about a basket ball game. If the player shoots behind the three point line he gets three points. But if he steps in he gets two points. So I asked them to look for that line. They must learn. But the effort was good”
Speaking about the red card shown to Hussain Latheef after the game, coach said that they lacked experience.
“That shows that experience player or a pro player in our level, it takes time. We should start with that kind of effort during the game. We have 20 players so we can use the other players”
Speaking about the bronze medal game, coach said that they would prepare for the game.
“Our team is more disappointed than India. I believe we can prepare for the game. We are good enough to win the game against India”
“I think they will find enough challenge why to win that game. We are disappointed. They would find a good mentality to find some way to deal with the disappointment. It would be a good chance. I am sad that we did not finish with a better one.”
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