The players did their best during the preseason campaign in Thailand recently. The matches against Thai sides also went well. The players showed a good playing style when going up against strong teams. We are confident and prepared for the match against Perak tomorrow. [1/9]

Regarding Diogo, he is currently injured, but he is in a recovery process to be fit for tomorrow's match. We need to ensure he really can play because we don't want his injury to be aggravated until he is unable to play in the following match.


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At the moment I'm feeling very confident because we have great players. The local players have also shown good performances during training sessions, so have the foreign players.


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Besides that, we also have a great coaching line-up. What we can do in tomorrow's match is to give our best.


Perak are a strong team, having won the Malaysia Cup last season. The match will definitely be challenging. However, we are ready to get a win for our fans.

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I also know Perak have good local and foreign players. However, we also need to look at our own team. You will see the starting line-up that we will use tomorrow.


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Our current problem is to pick who to play tomorrow because all my players have shown incredible performances. However, for me, it is a good problem to have because all the players are at the same level. So, anyone can be picked to play.


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We will constantly rotate the players because there are plenty of matches that we need to play. We cannot always use the same players. All players will be given playing opportunities.


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Regarding Safawi, he is a talented young player. We hope he can do better than last season because I'm confident he can do it. For me, he is the best local player in Malaysia.


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We also do not want to put pressure on him because he knows what needs to be done and we are confident of his ability.


Luciano Figueroa, Manager and Head Coach of Johor Darul Ta'zim FC
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