Ong: Don’t pressure players to bring home ‘mother of all medals’


KUALA LUMPUR: Pressure can be the factor that will contribute to the failure of the national Under-22 football squad in their hunt for glory at the Cambodia 2023 SEA Games,.

This was voiced by the team’s former coach Datuk Ong Kim Swee who sees the pressure to bring home the gold medal in the men’s football event, dubbed the ‘mother of all medals’, as one of the main challenges at the carnival-themed tournament.

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