Kota Kinabalu: Captain, Reithauddin Awang Embran wants to keep the ball rolling and lead Sabah to a second consecutive victory when they clash against Perlis at the Likas Stadium here, tonight.
The statueous leader wants to capitalise on his teammates' renewed confidence to inspire and lead them to another Super League home win.
Sabah's previous game against Perak injected some spirit in all the players and hopefully the confidence it provides will translate into another fruitful outing tonight.
"The victory provided some much needed confidence for everyone on the team. What we want to do now is keep things going.
"We want to celebrate another victory and we will go all out against Perlis tomorrow to capture all three points," said Reithauddin.
The lanky charismatic defender said the team has done well in the previous two games and that all the players have begun to yearn for success.
Sabah won four points from their last two fixtures.
They drew 1-1 against hosts KL Felda United FC earlier last week, before beating Perak 2-1 at home on Saturday.
"All the players played their hearts out on Saturday just like they did against Felda. I hope they can all maintain playing the way they did, if they do then we can win," added Reithauddin.
He said maintaining their rhythm is crucial and that all players must be focused on the task at hand, which is to defeat Perlis.
"Our mission is to hail another victory and our match against Perlis tomorrow is the best opportunity for us to show our fans that we can do it," said Raithauddin.
He told reporters this via short messaging system here, yesterday.
Meanwhile, victory from tonight's game will be crucial for the team, more so for their team manager and coach Gary Phillips.
And going against the only team below them in the standings will surely have the local fans expecting nothing less than victory.
But the Sabah boss has been under pressure recently for failing to win games.
Despite having done an excellent job to lead Sabah back to the M-League's top tier, the challenges that Gary and his charges face in the Super League is a whole new ball game. Sadly, his achievements last year has not been well reflected in the team's progress thus far this season.
The Super League is a much beefier competition and Gary has struggled in keeping up with the other promoted team, KL Felda United FC, who are riding comfortably in the top half of the table.
But blame cannot be placed on Gary alone to shoulder.
Sabah's poor performance in this League is due largely to factors beyond his control.
Injury struggles, which began early in the season, have been a big part of the troubles Gary is facing.
Luck too has not been so kind on the team.
He hopes to change that tonight by leading the team to victory.
This would surely set the mood for all Sabah supporters to expect more positive results from coming matches.
With little cover available around the park, some might say that Gary has done well recently in getting the team back on track.
For the record, Sabah is still lingering near the bottom of the 14-team standings.
They are currently in 13th spot on 9 points from two wins and three draws.
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