{"id":174636,"date":"2018-08-02T04:36:20","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T08:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=174636"},"modified":"2018-08-02T04:36:20","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T08:36:20","slug":"home-united-coach-wont-easy-beat-ceres-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/08\/02\/home-united-coach-wont-easy-beat-ceres-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"Home United coach: \u2018It won\u2019t be easy\u2019 to beat Ceres in Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"
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File Photo: \u201cThe team\u2019s performance (Wednesday night) was superb. I told the boys before the game to hold them off. To beat Ceres, we need double hard-work,\u201d Sharin added. (Photo<\/a> by Aidil Sharin Sahak\/Twitter<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BACOLOD CITY<\/strong>\u00a0— After forcing the Philippines\u2019 Ceres Negros to a 1-1 draw in the first leg of the ASEAN Zonal Finals, Singapore\u2019s Home United head coach, Aidil Sharin, said they need to work hard to beat the defending champion at home on August 8.<\/p>\n

One of Ceres\u2019 new additions, Australian striker Blake Powell, scored a penalty for his first Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup goal while Isaka Cernak was Home United\u2019s goal scorer on Wednesday night\u2019s Leg 1 match at the Panaad Park and Stadium here.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to do another good game in Singapore. We have to put extra hard-work to beat Ceres. It\u2019s an advantage that it\u2019s a home game, but it\u2019s not going to be easy,\u201d Sharin said in a press interview after the match.<\/p>\n

The two-leg AFC Cup 2018 ASEAN Zonal Finals, which will end at the Jalan Besar Stadium in Kallang, Singapore next Wednesday, is a rematch for both teams – which could either bring Ceres Negros a back-to-back title or deliver the championship to Home United after losing to the Filipino club last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe team\u2019s performance (Wednesday night) was superb. I told the boys before the game to hold them off. To beat Ceres, we need double hard-work,\u201d Sharin added.<\/p>\n

Ceres Negros head coach Risto Vidakovic acknowledged that Home United\u2019s defense limited his team\u2019s chances to score more goals.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey played defensively so it was not easy to penetrate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Still, he remained optimistic that Ceres Negros can defend its ASEAN Zonal title.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have another 90 minutes (in Singapore) so everything is open. We need to win there and I think it will be similar to this one (in Panaad),\u201d Vidakovic said, hoping that the players who did not play in the first finals match can recover and \u201cwe will be stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n

Powell, who was named \u201cMan of the Match,\u201d said the Busmen will step up their game to win the next match.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got a must-win game coming up so we\u2019ll go to Singapore and give our 200 percent,\u201d he added.\u00a0(PNA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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