Laos coach Hans-Peter Schaller believes his team can spring a surprise or two at the 26th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games which will take place in Indonesia.
Austrian national Schaller wants the team to repeat their achievements in the 2009 edition of the SEA Games where they finished fourth.
It s not an easy group. In the last SEA Games, we occupied the fourth position, but it will not be easy to do that again, Schaller told Kompas Bola.
We re not the favourites. However, we will strive to repeat the achievement of two years ago.
Several trials have been done to prepare the team, including some in Malaysia. Schaller admitted that his team had been prepared for two months to deal with this event.
We cannot wait to face the first match against Myanmar. The expectancy of Laos public to us must be very high. However, the new results will be answered tomorrow, he said.
Laos are in Group B alongside Vietnam, Myanmar, Philippines, Brunei and Timor Leste and will play their first game against Myanmar on Thursday.
