December 9,
2004
Singapore coach Raddojko
Avramovic is unlikely to tinker too much with the
side that started 1-1 with Vietnam, when the Lions take on Indonesia at the
Thong Nhat Stadium in their second Group A match.
Responding to the question about his team selection for the
match against
He said the team continues to improve & we know that
the match against
That is why he had already warned his team not to take the
result of that game too seriously.
While admitting it is difficult to gauge Indonesia thus far
as their game against was too easy for them with the Laos team collapsing with
every Indonesia attack, he still felt from what he observed the Indonesians are
very disciplined & can be dangerous on the counterattack.
Apart from Avramovic, Indonesia coach Peter Withe is also unlikely to ring the changes even though a
quite a number of errors in the Indonesia defence had
given the Englishman some cause for concern.
He defended his team saying there are always going to be
periods in a game when players lose concentration & that is what had
happened to them against
Still he admitted defensively-wise they were not as sound
as he could want them to be & that is something they will improve on.
However in term of attack, he knows his team is superior to
But he know it will not be easy as