February 1, 2004
It looked likely the defence will cause Singapore coach Raddy Avramovic endless problems until he can solved it.
While Raddy Avramovic can be pleased with the way Singapore came back from 2 goals down in both matches against Norway & Iran U23. It was the collapse of the team after that had let the team down.
Raddy Avramovic acknowledged his team could not be faulted not lack of effort but their weakness in defending is a main problem for him. He stated the team was always losing concentration at crucial moments & conceding goals.
Therefore he will have to find a balance between attack & defence.
He also stated that the real test would be in the World Cup qualifiers Round where Singapore is grouped against Japan, Oman & India & the 1st test would be against India on February 18 at India (Goa).