National Under-23 coach Brad Maloney.
National Under-23 coach Brad Maloney.

Brad Maloney will not spend much time frowning over the ages of his rivals at the Asia Cup Under-23 qualifiers in Mongolia.

Amid reports of teams fielding overage players, the coach said age fraud is hard to prove, and he feels it's better for him to focus on getting the best out of his team.

"I don't want to accuse anyone of age fraud, but these allegations had happened in the past. It's hard to prove.

"Instead of worrying about it, it's better for us to focus on our team. Get our players to be at their best to win our matches and qualify for the final," said Maloney.

The Malaysian team, who departed for Ulaanbaatar yesterday, will open their Group J campaign against Laos on Oct 25 before meeting Mongolia (Oct 28) and Thailand (Oct 31).