PHNOM PENH — Cambodia’s Lebanese head coach Harry Savaya had some parting phrases for his Philippine counterpart even after the 2 international locations concluded their gold medal match that noticed the Filipinos prevail to reclaim the throne within the thirty second SEA Games.
Savaya, who drew the ire of the Gilas Pilipinas bench throughout their group stage conflict for a late timeout and taunting gestures, mentioned he had issues he might educate his Filipino counterpart, Chot Reyes, about teaching because the latter had some complaints concerning the situations within the biennial meet.
According to Savaya, he solely convened the Cambodian nationwide group 4 days earlier than the SEA Games and their leads to the competitors given the circumstances made him proud.
“Four days of preparation to come here and be second after beating the Philippines? I’m more than proud.”
Unlike the Cambodians, the Filipinos had some struggles at first of the match as Reyes complained concerning the situations on the Morodok Elephant Hall, together with warmth and the taking part in courtroom’s flooring, that led to dehydration and cramps.
“He (Reyes) blamed the weather, he blamed everything, he blamed the players, I don’t do that,” Savaya mentioned on Tuesday.
“I can teach him if he wants—about coaching in Europe, and everywhere, the places that he’s never been.”
But Savaya mentioned he had loads of respect for the Philippine nationwide group, notably to Justin Brownlee whom he mentioned he knew because the latter performed in Lebanon prior to now.
“We all know the Philippines. At least eight of their players were in the World Cup qualifiers. They’re gonna go to the World Cup. It’s a big team. I respect them, I respect their fans, I respect everyone. They did a great job,” he mentioned.
“First game, we made our shots. It’s basketball. If you score and play good defense then you win. Today, we couldn’t make those same shots, and the Philippines scored them. It was fair game.”
“And it was a good game, I respect them. Great job for them.”
—JMB, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
