A FLAG handing over ceremony was held yesterday for DPMM FC at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium. The football team set to represent Brunei embark today for Cambodia to compete in the Asean Football Federation's (AFF) Suzuki Qualifying Cup.
The eight-day qualifying cup starting from Oct 17 will see coach Vjeran Simunic's boys go against Laos, Philippines, Timor Leste and host Cambodia in a round robin format for the two remaining slots in December's 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup.
The best two teams that qualify for the finals will meet Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar and defending champions Singapore.
"It will not be easy to qualify but we're taking it each step at a time hoping to make Brunei proud," coach Simunic said.
"We did our best during training taking into account that we have not been going through our normal training sessions because of the fasting month and Hari Raya season," Simunic added. During the fasting month, the team trained solely at night.
"Nevertheless my boys are hungry to win and hopefully through their combined talents we will achieve something," he added.
Players such as striker Shahrazen Hj Md Said, defender Pg Sallehudin Pg Hj Damit and winger Sairol Sahri are once again expected to be key figures in the team when they take to the pitch in Cambodia.
"I did my best to engrain the spirit into the team that no one is better than us," the coach said.
Pg Hj Mohd Yussoff Pg Hj Bahar, the Brunei team manager and Vice President of Bafa said that the team will be hoping to turn their luck around this year as they lost on goal differences to Philippines in the final of the 2006 AFF Championship, hopefully they will see this as something to motivate and increase their drive to improve their performance.
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