He has been in the role for barely six months, but Singapore national coach Tatsuma Yoshida has shown he is not afraid to lay down the law.
The Straits Times has learnt that the Japanese made the tough call to drop one of his key footballers, full-back Shakir Hamzah, ahead of the team's World Cup 2022 qualifier against Yemen next Tuesday.
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