No extra time, no penalty shootout, and no mercy of course. Malaysia's Brad Maloney and his Vietnam counterpart Park Hang Seo want to settle it in 90 minutes.
With both the coaches wanting to avoid a regulation time stalemate, expect both Malaysia and Vietnam to go on the attack in a no-holds-barred Sea Games football semi-final battle at the Viet Tri Stadium today.
They want to avoid a physically and mentally-draining match to have something in the tank left for Sunday's final.
"We will try to play Vietnam in 90 minutes," said Maloney in Hanoi yesterday.
Vietnam coach Park Hang Seo, who was at the same press conference, also said he wants his team, who are the defending champions, to settle it in 90 minutes.
Maloney said: "It's not about being confident to end the match in 90 minutes. It's just that no team want to prolong a game more than 90 minutes in a tournament.
Hang Seo said: "In football, it is impossible to predict anything, but we will try to end the game in 90 minutes."
Malaysia are the only team in the 11-nation competition whose players are all-Under-23 but Maloney believes his men can raise their game.
"Vietnam is a good team and is under a good coach, so it will be a tough match.
"I rotated the squad in the last group stage match to keep the players fresh against Vietnam."
Maloney will bank on two overseas-based strikers - Luqman Hakim Shamsudin and Hadi Fayyadh Abdul Razak - who had combined for five goals in four group matches - to do the damage against Vietnam.
"I'm happy Luqman and Hadi are in the squad. They made a difference and contributed a lot to the team."
This is the third time Malaysia meet Vietnam in the semi-finals of the biennial Sea Games. Their last two meetings in 2003 and 2005 ended up with Malaysia losing 4-3 and 2-1 respectively.
In six clashes between them — since 2001 when the football competition became an Under-23 event — Malaysia lost five times and won only once.
Though homesters Vietnam topped Group A and are the heavy favourites, Hang Seo's campaign has not been smooth sailing.
Vietnam seem to struggle to break down stubborn defences, and have scored only six goals in four group matches. Even Group A runners-up Indonesia scored more - 11 goals.
The Vietnamese team have shown signs of struggling under the weight of expectations of a 99 million population, but expect the crafty Hang Seo to have plenty of firepower against the Malaysians.
Hang Seo has recruited three overaged players - Do Hung Dung, Nguyen Hoang Duc and Nguyen Tien Linh - and they were rested in Vietnam's 2-0 win over Timor Leste in their final group game last Sunday.
The Korean coach said that Malaysia's nine goals in the group stage show good attacking ability but their leaky defence, which had conceded six goals, is something Vietnam could exploit.
"All three of our overaged players are fit. I believe their experience will be useful in difficult circumstances like this. They are leading the team and showing good influence, but that doesn't mean the team is too dependent on them.
"Malaysia played with three central defenders in the group stage, but we are not sure if they will change in the semi-final.
"Malaysia has good attack but looks limited in defence, so we need to take advantage of it."