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Assistant coach Luis Alcántara was all frowns during the majority of the game, although he made no changes till the very end to, in his own words, teach the youngsters something.
"They seem to be missing Li already." Luis noted, referring to Li Boon Boon, who has recently moved for S$1.25 million to Germany. "Cohesion is a good thing, but a professional can't have too much of it since he may be called upon to play with new teammates at any time."
Tang Hengcai, recognized as maybe the most promising forward of his batch, agreed only partially with his coach's assessment. "It simply didn't work out for us today, but there's no need to read too much into it, it's probably just a blip."