YOUNG Tigers 'A' produced a great fightback to beat Pahang 3-1 to notch their first win in the Super League but coach Ong Kim Swee is still not satisfied with the way his boys conceded an easy goal, apart from wasting too many scoring opportunities.
"My boys controlled the entire match after conceding a soft goal after just three minutes. I am happy that they got back strongly despite being down," said Kim Swee at the Shah Alam Stadium on Tuesday.
"We won because we did not lose focus. But we cannot go on conceding soft goals as it may not be as easy next time to fight back.
"We cannot afford this in the Olympic Qualifiers. We also created so many opportunities but only scored three but I am not too worried as I am still testing options."
Kim Swee should also worry about the defensive lapses in his team despite fielding three experience defenders -- Mahalli Jasuli, Fadhli Mohd Shas and Faizal Mohamad, who all played for the national team in the AFC Cup.
Three other AFC Cup players - Muslim Ahmad (defender), K. Gurusamy (midfielder) and Izzaq Faris Ramlan (striker) were left on the bench.
But Kim Swee replaced Wan Zack Haikal Wan Noor with Izzaq Faris for the second half and the lanky striker turned the tables on Pahang by scoring a brace and earning a penalty for teammate Fandi Othman to score the third.
"The six players who played for the senior team in the AFC Championship, have had too much of football since last year. I want them to forget about football during the break before reporting for training again next week," Kim Swee added.
"I will also give a chance to my fringe players to get involved in the Super League after the break. This is to test options and different strategies."
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