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| Interviewed by Thiha Tun |
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Myanmar U-20 selected team will take part in U-20 football competition which will be held from August 5 to 19, 2005 in Indonesia. I interviewed with the head coach and administrator U Tin Han and asked some questions. Myanmar U-20 team won the third place in the previous Asia-Europe youth football tournament. 26 players of U-20 team are under training. Among those, 18 players have to be selected after the qualifiers with premiership teams. Myanmar are in group (A) with Thai, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.
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It is first time you go for U-20 tournament. Isn't it? |
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Yes, it is. It is the first time for me. |
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When will you go to Indonesia? Who will be on board? |
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The opening day was changed from July 31 to August 3. So we are going to leave on August 3. There are 25 members in our team including 7 officials and 18 players. |
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Will you please tell me your training programme? |
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Mainly on fitness and pace, we train for team work. |
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Do you satisfy with the preparation? What about the players selection programme? |
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Since Asia-Europe tournament ended, we added 9 talented players from premiership. We will select 18 best players after qualifiers with 4 premiership teams. |
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Which team will be our main rival among the group (A) teams, Thai, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei? |
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That is Thailand. And also Indonesia, the host. Indonesia is sure to be well- prepared. |
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Have you already played with those teams? |
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Yes, we have. We lost semi-final match with Thailand and won the match with Indonesia in previous Asia- Europe tournament. |
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What is your destination in the tournament? |
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We wanna be the champion . At least to enter the semi-final. |
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How will your team play at Indonesia? |
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Our team will play 4-4-2 and 4-5-1. At least 8 or 9 players will support the defence and 5 the attack. |
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What do you want to tell the fans? |
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We have trained very hard and will try our best for our country to satisfy our Myanmar football fans. |
