PETALING JAYA: Four preparatory matches in Dubai and the Agro Bank Cup in Hanoi. That's all coach Norizan Bakar has to whip the Under-23 squad into shape before the SEA Games football competition in Manila next month.
The former Penang coach, a replacement for national coach Bertalan Bicskei at the 11th hour has to make do with the two stints to re-organise the side, who suffered a 7-0 drubbing by Thailand in the Asean Football Federation's (AFF) Under-23 tournament in Bangkok last month.