KEEP out: Lions at work. Such is the importance of Saturday's Asian Cup football qualifier between Singapore and Thailand that Lions coach Raddy Avramovic is closing his training sessions from today to Saturday to prying eyes.

The likely reason: Top-secret, set-piece routines are being rehearsed.

The Serb is not keeping his first XI under wraps as he had fielded Singapore's strongest side, based on current form and fitness, in the 3-1 friendly win over Indonesia last week.

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