AFC Cup 2014: ‘I hope that my players can adapt to the situation,’ says Tampines Coach Salim Moin

A 26-member Tampines Rovers FC team arrived in the city on Sunday night ahead of their AFC Cup 2014 Group Stage Round-4 against home-side Pune FC.

Expressing his pleasure at the facilities provided by Pune FC, Tampines Rovers Coach Salim Moin said, “I’m very happy to be here and Pune FC have provided us with good facilities. The pitch at the stadium is also great.”

Moin further added, “The conditions in Singapore and India are very much similar, but the heat is a little but high over here. I hope that my players can adapt to the conditions.”

The Singapore-side then had a one-hour pre-match practice session at the Shree Shivchhatrapati Sports Complex under lights on Mondayevening.

The 26-man team is as follows

Goalkeepers: Mohammed Hyrulnizam Juma'at, Muhammad Ridhuan Barudin

Midfielders: Ismadi Muhammad Mukhtar, Fahrudin Mustafic, Shahdan Sulaiman, Mohd Imran Sahib, Mohamed Jamil, Zhiwei Ang, Closa Gonzalez Luis Alberto

Defenders: Muhammad Jufri Taha, Muhammad Shariff Abdul Samat, Mohammad Shaiful Esah Nian, Anaz Abdul Hadee, Matthew Abraham, Norihiro Kawakami

Forwards: Aleksandar Duric, Mdrakovic Miljan, Mohd Noh Alam Shah Kamarezaman

Officials: Salim Moin (Coach), Rafi Ali (Asst Coach), Clement Teo (Team Manager), Michal Horny (Fitness Trainer), Matthew Tay (Goakeeper Coach), Premjit Singh (Sports Trainer), Thomas Pang (Sports Trainer), Koon Hiang Goh (Representative)