| Fadhil Yunus |
DPMM FC Head Coach Rene Weber has fixed his sights on a place in the Singapore Cup final as his charges take on a much-improved Warriors FC in the quarter-final first leg at the Jalan Besar Stadium in Singapore tonight.
The Gegar Gegar men would have to get pass the most-inform team in the league first and make an appearance in the last-four for the first time in three seasons.
“The result (against Hougang) gives us more confidence against Warriors in the RHB Singapore Cup even if it is a different competition. It is our target to go to the final,” Weber told the Bulletin in a match preview.
“Anything can happen in the final and I hope I can win. We have the team to do more.
“We lost five times in 20 games, three against Albirex (they are champions) and two against Home United.
“We must do something better this season. We have quality to do this,” the former Atletico Mineiro assistant manager added.
The head coach is wary of the threat that the Warriors pose and highlighted their strengths particularly in the offence with 18-goal forward observed as a main threat.
“We know Warriors will be difficult because they improve a lot since the beginning. We played against them in the third round and after that I follow them.
“They improved and they have a big striker (Jonathan Behe) who scores and make passes. They improve with their teamwork but anyway, we also have some big capacity to do something.
“The ball travels fast with the artificial surface at Jalan Besar Stadium but anyway, we can win.”
The Brunei-based outfit have performed well historically at the Jalan Besar Stadium as the designated home team with the exception of the last two seasons when they suffered an early exit.
Asked if the ground provides home comfort, he replied, “It can be an advantage if we play well. The most important thing is we have the capacity to go to the final.
The head coach also indicated that his charges possess the armoury to reach the final in his first season in charge.
“We have good quality and we are more organised than before after six or seven months working here. I hope we can win and go to the final.
“It will be difficult against Warriors as they have improved in the league. It is a different competition and I always think that teams who cannot reach a higher position in the table, they will be looking at the cup competition.
“But I believe too much in my team and if we play like we can, I believe we can win the game,” he said.