Marhan: We had to fight for pride against a lower-ranked team


SKIPPER Marhan Jalil knew that the nation’s pride and the Speedy Tigers’ survival was at stake when they were trailing 1-2 during half-time against Chile, a team ranked lower than them.

And together with coach A. Arulselvaraj, they rallied the players to show more fight in the next two quarters.

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