KUALA LUMPUR: Asian nations have been urged to go to the really young children for their grassroots development programmes.
German Thomas Flath, the AFC director of grassroots and youth development, told the first Asian Football Conference yesterday that Asians tended to start coaching their players later in life, making it difficult for the players to reach their full potential.
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