Singapore vs Malaysia - AFC Saturday Jan 27

last SG · 2007-01-27T10:24:17+00:00

Asean Football Championship 2007: Semi-Final (2nd Leg): Thailand 0 - 0 Vietnam Full-Time: Thailand through on 1st leg result. Vietnam 0 - 2 Thailand

zocoss SG

The way we won the match will leave the malaysians heart pain for many years... They will alway remember this match even after the players retire from football... Mr. Green

universe SG

hee..lucky keeper!

yeah To the Finals!!! hopefully can tame thailand..oh, esp now thailand keep saying we tap their fone lines...political match eh.. Laughing

yellow_monkey SG

yeah, thats revenge for the 4-0 thrashing they gave us.
it also gave us heart pain u know! Laughing

zocoss SG

That match was like... we already know we were going to lose long before the match ended. This one at the last min, last penalty, last kick of the match... Laughing

Bo song ... Mr. Green

yellow_monkey SG

ya, have to agree with you on tat

stellazio SG

cb thailand.. buy their shincorp kp so much..time to to make them pay. Twisted Evil

dragg SG

south east asean soccer hardly improve after all these years.

zocoss SG

Wah... the malaysian players tonight cannot sleep... Lose in such circumstances... Neutral

Bring on the thais... Mad

used SG

boring match…both teams really out of shape

zocoss SG

Singapore will play the Thais at home first on this wed then play the 2nd leg away in thailand next Sun.

anhydrouscoppersulphate SG

Laughing

used SG

hopefully the viets can produce a miracle

stellazio SG

unlucky.. Mad

Short Ninja SG

This was like climaxing again just after the anti climax.Yes heard about the 4-0 story and this time the Malaysians deserve what they came here for.Again FAS will be happy to make some dollars and bahts from die hard fans.For me it doesnt matter who wins in the finals ...I am a staunch supporter of Thai Soccer and I just hope the two teams play fair and good entertaining soccer...no tapping of coversation between the referee and linesman please!!!hehehe Mr. Green

zocoss SG

SINGAPORE SQUEEZE THROUGH TO THE FINAL ON PENALTIES

SINGAPORE (Jan 27, 2007) - Singapore are through to the final of the Asean Football Championship for the
second consecutive time. And they did it the hard way. They triumphed in the penalty shoot-out and 55,000 fans at the National Stadium on Saturday night heaved a huge sigh of relief.

More so after the second leg semi-final clash had ended in a 1-1 draw and extra time failed to produce an outright winner with the opening leg at the Shah Alam stadium on Tuesday had also ended in a similar score. And the saddest man at the stadium must surely be Malaysia's Mohd Khyril Muhymeen whose failed penalty kick in the shootout saw his team bowing out of the competition.

The sell-out crowd in the traditional red of Singapore erupted into joy as goalkeeper Lionel Lewis dived the right way to prevent Mohd Khyril and taking the match into further agony. It ended five to four in the mandatory shootout and Singapore now have the chance to repeat their triumph of 2004 where they beat Indonesia in the final.

Indeed there was the silver lining for Singapore as the match got underway under the dark threatening clouds hovering above. Yet the weather held but Singapore with the crowd solidly behind them was slow to find their tempo and for long periods in the opening quarter, they just could not find the fluency in attack and Malaysia were contented to sit back and absorb whatever their opponents could hurl at them.

Only the three yellow cards - two for Malaysia and one Singapore - provided the talking point in the terraces as they sat and wait for the opening goal to lift their spirits. And it almost came in the 29th min when Singapore's fullback Muhammad Ridhuan Muhammad stole the ball from Fuazi Nan deep in the Malaysian 18-yard box and played it forward for Indra Shahdan Daud but the shot from the Singapore striker was a little too weak to cause any real problem for Mohammad Syamsuri in the Malaysian goal.

Malaysia survived but when Singapore just could not inflict more damage, they grew in confidence and in the 36th min they thought they found the breakthrough. Hairuddin Omar broke free down the middle in the 36th min. Singapore's Baihakki Khaizan playing in place of the suspended skipper Aide Iskandar Sahak was there to challenge and the ball fell loose only for Shukor Adnan to blast it over the bar from 18 yards.

Malaysia kept chipping away and in the 57th min they struck. Eddy Helmi Manan chested down a clearance off a freekick and from 25 yards out, his shot, struck low and hard, slipped through the grasp of Lionel and Malaysia were one goal up.

The response from Singapore was also swift and in the 74th min, fullback Daniel Bennett's looping cross into the Malaysia penalty box was met with a nod down from Nor Alam Shah and Muhd Ridhuan Muhammad was there to tap the ball in for the equaliser.

The battle continue but extra time failed to produce a goal and then came the heartbreaker for Malaysia.

jay_rocks SG

woot~ i was thr. sibei shiok.

zocoss SG

Match status: Full Time + Extra Time End

Latest Scoreline:
Singapore 1
Ridhuan Muhd 74'

Malaysia 1
Eddy Helmi Abd Maman 57'

Penalty Kick
Singapore 5
Indra Sahdan
Noh Alam Shah
Mustafic Fahrudin
Fazrul Nawaz
Shi Jia Yi

Malaysia 4
Muhammad Hardi Jaafar
Rezal Zambery Yahya
Sanramsak Kram
Thirumurugan Veeran

Lineup
Singapore
Lionel Lewis (gk), Hafiz Osman (Noh Rahman 90'+1'), Baihakki Khaizan, Precious Enuejeraye, Daniel Bennett, Ridhuan Muhammad (Fazrul Nawaz 77') Fahrudin, Shi Jiayi, Isa Halim (Khairul Amri 64'), Indra Shadan (C), Noh Alam Shah

Malaysia
Mohamad Syamsuri (gk) Mohd Fauzie Nan, Norhafiz Zamani Misbah, Thirumurugan Veeran, Mohd Khaironnisam (C), Muhammad Hardi Jaafar, Mohd Nizarudin Yusof (Rezal Zambery Yahya 89'), Eddy Helmi Abu Manan (Sanramsak Kram 84'), Nanthakumar Kaliappan, Hairuddin Omar (Mohd Khyril Muhymeen 90'+28'), Muhammad Shukor Adan

Cautions
Singapore
- Noh Alam Shah 14'
Fazrul Nawaz 90'+24'

Malaysia
- Mohd Fauzie Nan 9'
Mohd Khaironnisam 26'
Norhafiz Zamani Misbah 66'
Rezal Zambery Yahya 90'+3'

Expulsion
Singapore
-
Malaysia
-

Match Officials
Referee: Cheung Yim Yau (HKG)
Asst Referee 1: Lui Siu Chuen (HKG)
Asst Referee 2: Koung Ly (CAM)
Fourth Official: Nuon Yin Monarath (CAM)
Match Commisioner: Dr. Nugraha Besoes (AFF)

Venue
National Stadium, Singapore

Match Attendance
55,000

OO_OO_OO SG

i was there too.. and the atmosphere was just electrifying...
it beats the atmosphere at any national day parade.

and the unforgetable kallang wave.. it swept past the small group of malaysian supporters just too many times. lol

Pitot SG

well done guys, well done. this goes out to the fans who where there to.

bye malaysia. Mr. Green

Poolman SG

For those who had experience the electrifying atmosphere at National Stadium just now .... The Roar aren't good enough !!!

Sorry i just had to say it again , during the 80's Malaysia Cup series , we had this sort of Fanaticism at the National Stadium almost every week .... and the sound ... is twice louder , twice more agressive , 10X more passinoate .

I saw from the TV just now , just a bit too quiet when 0-0 . Mr. Green

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