SINGAPORE - The pubescent Lions are technically Singapore's Under-22 development team but, in reality, the Singapore Premier League (SPL) team are even younger in 2019.As Fandi Ahmad's team agree to upon Balestier Khalsa in their inauguration SPL fixture upon Saturday (March 2) at the Jalan Besar Stadium, they will have an average age of just 20, like many of them rookies in professional football.Also, the key players in back their 2018 season have left - Hami Syahin and Taufiq Muqminin both signed for home allied while 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 difficult to repeat. He said: "Seriously, it will be a extremely difficult season. I will be extremely glad if we are not bottom. We just have to keep fighting."But this is not a gripe from the 56-year-old former national captain. like nine players in the squad born in 2000 and after, he knows the team sorely want experience."I have no complaints. They know the level is extremely 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 attempt to perform good, clear football." But one thing that defines this team is their spirit. As seen during training at Geylang pitch upon Monday, Fandi and assistant coach S. Subramani drilled the boys' pack mentality, instructing them to press tall occurring the pitch in groups. 
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Even if this year's cohort is yet raw, there are yet bright sparks to see out. Attacking midfielder Saifullah Akbar is pacy and creative, Rezza Rezky Ramadhani is a central midfielder like an eye for a through pass while 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 acquire hectic but we are looking to pull off well and get more experience."No doubt, it will be tough adjacent to every the seasoned SPL players."We are a extremely pubescent team but our team computer graphics is strong, our fitness is fine and we will never stop skirmish for each other."This year's pre-season results have been mixed. while Fandi's team easily brushed aside amateur National Football League sides such as Jungfrau Punggol and Katong, they in limbo to Malaysia Super League team Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia Premier League side PDRM, along with additional results."Preparation was not the best, it has been difficult to acquire the total squad together," he said."Many of them have assay and NS (national service) commitments, some were taken by additional clubs, that's why I am calling occurring much younger players, who are 17 or 18."The youngest is Marc Ryan Tan, 17, son of former Lions winger Steven Tan.And in accessory to the SPL, they will hover off to Japan for training and cold-weather acclimatisation next-door week, ahead of the AFC U-23 Championship qualifiers in Ulaanbaatar from March 22 to 26. The team are drawn in bureau G like 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 thing is development. After the first few games, the boys will comprehend the game more. It's a huge challenge. Some of them are extremely raw but I am extremely glad like their commitment."
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