Courtesy: Fiji Sun


Futsal needs to operate separately

10/7/2009

Anil Sharma believes Fiji needs to develop a specialist set of futsal players rather than relying on the regular 11- a -side reps to feature for them.

The prominent soccer administrator said both codes needed to operate separately. He said it was about time a pool of new players who would only concentrate on the shorten code be developed.

Sharma gave Solomon Islands as a good example. The Solomons outclassed Fiji 3-5 in their encounter Tuesday night at the 2009 OFC futsal championships at the Vodafone Arena in Suva.

The Islanders had developed a team which had been together for about six years. In light of the futsal competition, Fiji opted for the services of districts rep to represent the country.

“We need to have specialist futsal players. We are bringing in regular players who do not have time as they are with their districts.

We need players who can concentrate on only futsal. Looking at the Solomon’s team their players are not playing for clubs.”

The Navua football association boss on the other hand said the national side had gone up a notch.

“Definitely looking at the results from last year Fiji has improved and that is a very good sign.

The Solomons were a little more superior to our team but when they go to major world competitions they too lose by huge margins,” Sharma said.








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