Suzuki Cup: Can Singapore cope with double blow in do

Malaysia coach, Dollah Salleh (left), is all smiles with Singapore counterpart Bernd Stange ahead of the big s ... Set for his first Causeway derby clash as Singapore coach, Bernd Stange will head into their encounter with Malaysia on Saturday night in the AFF Suzuki Cup missing two key players.Towering centre-back Baihakki Khaizan is suspended after picking up two bookings in each ofthe Lions' first two Group B games, while playmaker Shahdan Sulaiman cruelly suffered a broken fibula on Wednesday against Myanmar.The experienced duo, who share 155 international caps between them, have been integral to Stange's tactics for Singapore. They will be huge misses for the team against their fierce rivals, where a draw should be sufficient for the defending champions to progress to the semi-finals.Tough to replaceStange acknowledged that it would 'not be so easy' to cope with the absence of Baihakki and Shahdan, but was vocal in his belief that his players will come good.'We have still plenty of players available for tomorrow's match,' he said at the pre-match press conference on Friday afternoon.'Today is our last training session and after that we will think about and we will find a solution. 'We can trust our team [and] we are playing at home. Okay it (Shahdan and Baihakki) is a miss [for us]... but I think we are all prepared and we know what to do.'Midfield dynamo Hariss Harun, the two-goal hero against Myanmar, could be dropped back to defence, while Afiq Yunos and Shakir Hamzah are two other alternatives. In midfield, Zulfahmi Arifin should come in as a straight replacement for Shahdan, although Hafiz Sujad is another option.FocusedWith Malaysia needing nothing less than a win to stay in contention and Singapore only needing a draw, Stange knows his opponents will be 'extremely dangerous' in their final group stage match. However, he declared himself 'excited' about the derby and hopes Singapore can put on a solid display to'win the hearts of Singaporean football fans'.'They know everything about the Singapore team; at this point there is nothing confidential [about each other],' he said.'We are focussed, we are committed and looking forward to this match.'