SINGAPORE - The teenage Lions are technically Singapore's Under-22 expand team but, in reality, the Singapore Premier League (SPL) team are even younger in 2019.As Fandi Ahmad's team put up with upon Balestier Khalsa in their opening SPL fixture upon Saturday (March 2) at the Jalan Besar Stadium, they will have an average age of just 20, behind many of them rookies in professional football.Also, the key players behind their 2018 season have left - Hami Syahin and Taufiq Muqminin both signed for home allied even if brothers Irfan (Bangkok Glass, Thailand) and Ikhsan Fandi (Raufoss, Norway) have ventured overseas. Looking pragmatically at his squad, Fandi feels that last season's creditable seventh-place finish in the nine-team table will be hard to repeat. He said: "Seriously, it will be a totally hard season. I will be totally glad if we are not bottom. We just have to save fighting."But this is not a gripe from the 56-year-old former national captain. behind nine players in the squad born in 2000 and after, he knows the team sorely nonappearance experience."I have no complaints. They know the level is totally tall and I want them to learn fast. They are not used to this level of fitness, they are not used to training at this intensity. We will try to deed good, determined football." But one issue that defines this team is their spirit. As seen during training at Geylang field upon Monday, Fandi and partner coach S. Subramani drilled the boys' pack mentality, instructing them to press tall going on the field in groups. 
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Even if this year's cohort is still raw, there are still shining sparks to see out. Attacking midfielder Saifullah Akbar is pacy and creative, Rezza Rezky Ramadhani is a central midfielder behind an eye for a through pass even if left-back Syahrul Sazali loves to overlap.Captain Joshua Pereira, 21, said: "It's going to be a tough and long season."Apart from the SPL, we have the SEA Games and the AFC (Asian Football Confederation) U-23 Championship qualifiers. It's going to get hectic but we are looking to get with ease and gain more experience."No doubt, it will be tough neighboring every the seasoned SPL players."We are a totally teenage team but our team activity is strong, our fitness is good and we will never stop skirmish for each other."This year's pre-season results have been mixed. even if Fandi's team easily brushed aside amateur National Football League sides such as Jungfrau Punggol and Katong, they free to Malaysia Super League team Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia Premier League side PDRM, among additional results."Preparation was not the best, it has been hard to get the combined squad together," he said."Many of them have chemical analysis and NS (national service) commitments, some were taken by additional clubs, that's why I am calling going on much younger players, who are 17 or 18."The youngest is Marc Ryan Tan, 17, son of former Lions winger Steven Tan.And in supplement to the SPL, they will soar off to Japan for training and cold-weather acclimatisation neighboring week, ahead of the AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers in Ulaanbaatar from March 22 to 26. The team are drawn in work G behind Hong Kong, North Korea and hosts Mongolia.In November and December, they will compete at the SEA Games in the Philippines.And Fandi has called for patience as he begins the tough process of guiding his rookies in their additional world of professional football.He said: "The most important issue is development. After the first few games, the boys will comprehend the game more. It's a big challenge. Some of them are totally raw but I am totally glad behind their commitment."
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