'Losing the friendlies does not affect the Champions league'

Sitiawan, The head coach calmed the expectation on his team by saying the series of friendly results will not demotivate his team in the coming MSC games. According to him, everyone knows we were trying with the new formulae and the lineup for the tournament. "when you go with friendlies, you will always be experimenting on the new line up. That is the only platform. isnt it? "

LPP started the friendly tour with a 8-1 score, losing to KEV. during the game, LPP were trying with their academy players and their experienced line ups. With the new faces on the post, LPP found out they are in their backfoot in the whole 90 minutes. there seemed to be a huge gap between the reserve, youth and their first team players. "everyone knows that, we have to work harder." said the coach.

moving to the next game against Belia Sg Batu, the organizer had moved

the game early during the day to give ways on general election campaigning talks at night time. this was the first time LPP had been forced to play under the sun heat. "the stadium was so hot and player looked to have been dried out. its a good experience to the team and i am very proud of them" said the coach during the post match conference. LPP which mainly played their academy team was unable to recapture the game. they were defending hard at their half. Sg Batu had exploited this heat to grab 5 goals to none. Asked  on the development of their academy players, the coach responded " These blokes has not been playing a competitive match. It was a good experience for them but i have to admit, losing with that amount of goals is hurting them as well as me".

The last game on the tour series was at least a relief to the head coach. against their bitter derby, Janamanjung, they headed to the MSC2013 tournament with a 3-2 win. More good news are both midfields and attacking area had been able to work together resulting to their best performance in the tour series. "Everyone knows we will be feturing our strongest line-up against our derby rival. the result was massive, in terms of scoresheet as well as the team performance. i hope we could bring the performance into the next tournament." said the head coach.

Full result of  manjung tour friendly series:

27th April 2013,    LPP 1 - 8 Kapar
   1st May 2013,    LPP 0- 5 Belia Sg Batu
   8th May 2013,    LPP 3 - 2 Janamanjung BiriFC

Rajagopal Ingatkan Anak Buah Sarung Jersey Kuning

Segari, Perak - Sehari sebelum kejohanan Liga Juara-Juara Malakoff bermula, Ketua Jurulatih pasukan LPP-FA telah mengingatkan anak buahnya untuk memakai jersey kuning kebanggan meraka dan pulang ke segari membawa trofi kejohanan.

Ketika ditemubual di sidang akhbar pagi tadi, Rajagopal amat berpuas hati dengan senarai pemain yang dipilih. katanya, skuad kali ini menampilkan adunan muka baru dan muka lama. Turut tersenarai ialah penjaga gawang ke -3, Rasul Pantilimon menggantikan Amin Azram yang direhatkan.

Ketua jurulatih LPP ketika sidang akhbar pagi tadi

Ketika bercakap, Roajagopal amat berpuas hati dengan kemajuan pasukannya dan berharap prestasi baik peledak hadapan utama beliau mampu mengemudi pasukannya ke final. "Rizal Ghaddar tidak bernasib baik dipertengahan musim lalu kerana kecederaan yang dialami. walau bagaimanapun, prestasi beliau di 3 perlawanan akhir sedikit melegakan saya. saya yakin beliau mampu membuktikan yang beliau masih berbisa ketika ini".

Ditanya akan kehadiran penonton mampu melonjakkan LPP, beliau menjawab "sudah semestinya. kesemua pasukan memerlukan penyokong-penyokong mereka, kerana sorakan penyokong boleh melonjakkan semangat dan tempo permainan. Malah, kehadiran penyokong yang juga mampu membantu pasukan dari segi psikologi terutama diawal dan penhujung permainan."

Di akhir sesi sidang akhbar itu, beliau sempat mengambil kesempatan untuk mengajak semua peminta ke stadium untuk menyaksikan perlawanan mereka itu. "Saya ingin menyeru semua peminat kita untuk turun beramai2 ke stadium Ilsas di bangi pada hari esok, jumaat untuk memberikan sokongan moral kepada pasukan kita. ""