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Coach Hermans says amateur players should be allowed to play futsal - Malta Independent Online |
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Tuesday, 06 September 2011 01:13 |
 Malta Independent OnlineMalta coach Vic Hermans said yesterday that local amateur football players should be allowed to play the game of futsal. He conceded that football is the No. 1 game, but added: “If we want to see the game of futsal growing here in Malta, then amateur ...Times of Malta
06 September 2011 Malta coach Vic Hermans said yesterday that local amateur football players should be allowed to play the game of futsal.He conceded that football is the No.
1 game, but added: If we want to see the game of futsal growing here in Malta, then amateur football players should be allowed to take part in futsal as well.
I can say that many local coaches are not in favour of such an idea.
As a coach, I fully understand their approach to this idea, but the MFA and the clubs should discuss the situation for an overall improvement.Hermans was speaking yesterday morning, after Sunday evenings 2-1 win against Switzerland in the friendly tournament in which Greece and the United Arab Emirates are also taking part and before yesterdays match against Greece.
Maltas final commitment is scheduled for tomorrow, the third and final day of the tournament, when it faces the United Arab Emirates at 8pm at the Hibernians Corradino Pavilion.Hermans said it is important that Malta introduces a new sporting mentality.
There is a lot of talent, but we are not making full use of it.
They should do what other countries are doing.
Take for example, the Netherlands.
It is considered a small country.
Yet they are among the top teams in the world of football.
Why cannot Malta produce more good players? he asked.He said the victory over Switzerland on Sunday evening showed and confirmed the progress of the team since his arrival here on a two-year contract.
I was very pleased with how we controlled the match.
Only one thing went wrong.
We were all disappointed with the poor attendance for this match, he remarked.
Player Xavier Saliba, who scored the winner in the last minute against Switzerland, was euphoric: It was a big sensational moment to score the winner in the last minute.
It was our first ever win at home and we played our hearts out.
I sincerely thank the coach for what he has been doing for us, he said.Captain John Cutajar said it was a positive result and performance.
This match showed that there has been significant improvement by the Malta team.
We were disappointed with the small crowd that turned up.
We expect more support in such matches as this will help us in our efforts to continue building on what we have started, he said.
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