Gambia Coach Paul Put looks on as Namibia trash Scorpions hopes |
Cafonline - Following his side’s
1-0 defeat at Namibia on 2012 AFCON m qualifiers match-day five, Gambia
coach Paul Put expressed his disappointment with the result.’
Put told Cafonline.com
that he believes his side did not reach their full potential on the day
which was detrimental to their campaign.
Cafonline.com: What went wrong today?
Paul Put: First of all I’m so disappointed
with the result and how the team played today. We needed to win this
match but we couldn't do it and now our destiny is not in our hands
anymore. Secondly, I believe my players today did not reach their levels
of potential and this cost us the game. We should have played better
than this.
Cafonline.com: Do you think you created enough chances
today?
Paul Put: Yes, I think we have our chances, half chances and should
have capitalised on them but like I said the players did not reach their
capable level today and that was not good at all.
Cafonline.com: What did you expect from the
players?
Paul Put: I expected my players to control about three
quarters of the match, but we kept losing out on counter-attacks and
because we were not taking our chances in the game, we lost the plot.
Cafonline.com: Why did you think they played
the way they did today?
Paul Put: I believe it was due to our preparations,
not having played enough friendly matches. Also the fact that some
players arrived late to join the team and there was no enough time to
recuperate. But these are football issues and we have to live with them.
I don’t want to make excuses.
Cafonline.com: Do you still have a chance of
making the finals?
Paul Put: Depending on how CAF rules in the
Namibia-Burkina Faso case, and how we do at home against Burkina Faso,
we might have a chance if it all goes in our favour. We still have a
dream and it lives on until the final day, we have one more game and
that counts a lot for us.
Cafonline.com: How would you describe the way
your team has fared so far in the qualifiers?
Paul Put: We have quality players and they
have been great over the last year in our qualifiers, but today it all
just did not happen for us. But sometimes these things happen in
football we have to dust ourselves up and go on and prepare for the next
game which is important for us too against Burkina Faso. We cannot lose
track of the goal but we are aware of the situation and we will do
whatever is possible from our part.
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