SEA Games: Young Lions coach admits lack of preparation contributed to group-stage exit

The Young Lions' involvement in the Singapore Premier League meant head coach Nazri Nasir had only a week to work with the SEA Games squad. PHOTO: SNOC
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HANOI - A fourth straight SEA Games group stage exit could have been averted if there had been better planning for the Young Lions, head coach Nazri Nasir told The Straits Times on Tuesday (May 24).

Singapore's Under-23 side won just one of their four matches in Hanoi and finished third in their group behind Thailand and Malaysia and ahead of Cambodia and Laos.

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