Indeed we didn't. That's beause we are a professional team, not
a kampong team. 
Still I hope that next ASEAN Cup the organisers can employ Asian
referees. None of the ASEAN referees are good enough except for our
World Cup referee Shamsul Maidin. There's even one kuku referee who
allowed the Indonesians to play with 12 men on the pitch.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamsul_Maidin
Report for those who did not catch the match:
Substitute Khairul Amri's stunning goal nine minutes from time
helped Singapore to a 1-1 draw with Thailand in the second leg of
the Asean Football Championship final and ensured that Singapore
retain their crown.
The draw in Bangkok's Suphachalasai Stadium, on top of Wednesday's
2-1 win in the first leg meant that the Lions won their third Asean
title 3-2 on aggregate.
Thailand had taken the lead eight minutes before the break through
Pipat Thonkaya but they were to endure a long night as their push
for the all-important second goal came to naught.
The visitors made two changes to the team that started the first
leg at the National Stadium. Forward Indra Sahdan had not recovered
from the hamstring injury that forced him to be taken off at
half-time on Wednesday and his place went to Itimi Dickson.
Meanwhile, Shahril Ishak was named in place of the suspended Fazrul
Nawaz.
Thailand made three changes themselves, with Pichitphong Choechiu,
Natthapong Samana and Hadthporn Suwan in for Sarayoot 'Joe Five
Yards' Chaikamdee, Nirut Sirusiang and Nataporn Phanrit
respectively.
And perhaps more importantly for the team in red, their star
forward Kiatisuk Senamuang made the team - albeit as a substitute -
despite street talk around Bangkok saying that he would not be fit
for even a place on the bench,
Ten minutes in, Singapore had the ball in the back of the net but
unfortunately for Radojko Avramovic's side, the goal was ruled out
for offside.
Shi Jiayi's freekick had been deflected into Shahril's path by
Niweat Siriwong but the linesman on the far side had his flag up
already before the Young Lions midfielder prodded the ball in off
the inside of the post.
With a quarter of an hour gone, Thailand had their first shot on
target. Pichitphong's attempt from 20 metres out however, was
easily smothered by Lionel.
Three minutes later, Datsakorn's curling freekick from distance
seemed destined for the top right hand corner before it was
spectacularly fisted away by Lionel.
The Home United man came up trumps again in the 25th minute with a
fine double save from first Pipat Thonkaya, and then Suchao Nutnum
as Chanvit Phalajivin's men went on the offensive.
Four minutes later, Sutee Suksomkit's grasscutter from 25 metres
out just missed sneaking into Lionel's bottom left hand
corner.
By this stage, Singapore were struggling to cope with the constant
wave of Thailand's attacks and Pipat's cool close-range finish off
Datsakorn's chip-pass gave the hosts a well-deserved lead. Just as
he did in the first leg, the No.23 ghosted past more static
defending to slot past Lionel Lewis to send the Suphachalasai
Stadium into raptures.
The Thailand No.7, who just completed a move to V-League giants
Hoang Anh Gia Lai, was a constant menace to the Singaporean defence
all evening, playing the conductor's role to a T.
After robbing Aide Iskandar of possession inside the Lions' half,
Datsakorn tried an audacious lob from 25 metres. But unfortunately
for the hosts the ball sailed harmlessly wide, as the collective
groan of disappointment quickly changed into a rousing cheer
applauding the sheer cheek of the midfielder's attempt.
The start of the second half was more of the same as the Thai
assault continued on both flanks.
Suree Sukha was reveling in his role as the attacking wingback,
which meant the Itimi was unable to venture as high up as he
wanted.
But even the man nicknamed 'Magic' couldn't keep his shot down as
it flashed his shot high into the Bangkok night after the Lions
struggled to clear their lines yet again
The defending champions are not nothing but resolute and the sheer
physical presence of tournament top scorer Noh Alam Shah meant that
Thai defence had to have their wits about him.
Having received the ball off Amri in the six yard box, Noh Alam
Shah 's close range attempt under pressure was too tame to trouble
Kittisak Rawangpa.
As the onslaught continued, so did the heartbeats of the small army
of traveling Singapore supporters as Sutee's corner was narrowly
headed wide by Suchao in the 68 th minute with Lionel
stranded.
Barely a minute later, Mohd Noh Rahman flung himself to deflect
Suchao's goalbound attempt away for a corner.
Amri's goalbound attempt off a Jia Yi freekick from the right flank
was cleared away by the under-worked Thai defence as another rare
Singapore attack resulted went in vain.
Then came the goal that silenced the capacity crowd.
Amri brought Lionel's huge punt upfield with some ease and then
proceeded on a mazy run.
Perhaps untroubled by the attempts of the lightweight midfielder so
far, the Thai defence left his run unchecked but their inactivity
was punished as Amri slammed a right-footed shot into the back of
Kittisak's net before a red shirt could get their foot in.
In the end, the Lions held their nerve for a well-deserved draw and
more importantly, ensuring that they equal Thailand's feat of three
Asean titles.
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