Asean Football Championship 2007
11 players, 11 goals
What a game it was indeed. Singapore did extremely well in winning
the game against Laos, with an impressive score of 11-0. I made
history yesterday, by being one of the 5000-6000, crowd at the
National Stadium. Nobody expected such a score margin, in fact
during pre match there were some who even thought Singapore would
go down 1-0 to Laos. Each time Singapore scored, the crowd would
ask for one more goal and they got it. What constituted to
Singapore winning formula, besides the fact that Laos lacked in
fitness, was the technical perfection of the basics of the game by
Singapore.
The passes were accurate and the finishing was good. Finally,
Singapore played how the fans wanted them to play. No flair but a
discipline play was well greeted by the Singapore supporters. Alam
Shah scored seven goals and he finished the game, with an excellent
half volley in mid air, to the delight of the happy fans in the
National Stadium. Even though the crowd size was small, they were
in full support of the team. Professor Ho from the Football
Association of Singapore must be jumping up and down after the
game.
Singapore led 3-0 at half time and scored eight goals, during the
second half, a massive feet I must say. With all the awe, the game
was enjoyable for players and their fans. Singapore meets Indonesia
tomorrow and what the fans are looking forward to, is a win by the
lions, to top the group table and reach the semis in style.
(In a nutshell, get your basics right, that was exactly what
happened in this game)