AUSTRALIA’S coach Jay Stacy said the Burras must learn some tough
lessons from the 1-1 draw with Malaysia as they gear up for the all-
important encounter against defending champions Great Britain on
Tuesday (13 Oct).
“If you perform well, you normally get points with that. So, we need to
perform well, we need to get better, and against Malaysia last Sunday we
were not at our normal standards. So, that’s a little bit disappointing. We
need to reflect on our performance,” said Stacy.
“It’s not only the result, but it’s the way we played. Our skill level was
below our normal standard. Malaysia played very well. They’re skillful,
they’re fast, and, you know, they took the game on and created some
chances. We got off to a slow start, which is disappointing, but we need to
get better, you know. Malaysia played well. Good on them, you know,
they’re working hard.”
He acknowledges that Australia will have to make a strong comeback
against Great Britain in the next game.
“I think Great Britain are going well. They lost by one goal to India, so India
is a good team, Pakistan are a good team. Malaysia’s playing well, so it’s a
very close tournament. We knew that at the beginning.
“We’ll review our matches as we normally do, and then from that, we’ll find
some areas where we need to improve. We need to improve them,
implement them, and then we grow as a team and as individuals, and then
that hopefully brings better performance in our third match,” added Stacy.
The Australians are second in the table standings on four points – two
behind India (6), followed by Great Britain (3), Pakistan (3), Malaysia (1)
while New Zealand have yet to win a point.
In the 2024 edition, Great Britain defeated Australia 3-2 in the final, a
victory that saw the Britons lift the coveted trophy for the fourth time since
the introduction of the championships in 2011.