DOHA: Paulo Josue, the Brazil-born midfielder now wearing a Malaysian shirt, remains optimistic that his adopted country's Asian Cup challenge is not over.
Despite the devastating 4-0 loss to Jordan in their Group E opener on Monday, Josue believes Harimau Malaya can get back on track when they meet Bahrain on Saturday.
Josue refrained from talking much about the Jordan setback as he did not want to 'jump the gun' in his analysis.
"We tried our best (against Jordan) and had our plans in place. But in a competition of this level, you face tougher opponents
"We need to hold our heads up high and learn something from this. We could see the quality that Jordan have.
"We need to learn, analyse and try to bounce back for the next game."
Josue, 34, refused to look at the match negatively nor speculate on what went wrong because he believes the team had done whatever was instructed by coach Kim Pan Gon.
'Unfortunately it didn't work out for us. We're still in the competition, we just need to catch up for the next match and put this one behind us," said Josue.
