LionsXII - Johor Darul Takzim FC
Malaysia Super League 2013
Saturday, 22 Jun 2013, 7.45pm
Jalan Besar Stadium
Malaysia Super League 2013
Saturday, 22 Jun 2013, 7.45pm
Jalan Besar Stadium
2013年6月18日星期二
2013年6月16日星期日
2013年6月13日星期四
Heartbreak for Singapore lads
Heartbreak for Singapore lads
Victory was sweet but it was not enough for the Singapore Under-16 side to continue their journey in the 25th Canon Lion City Cup.
Needing to beat German side Eintracht Frankfurt by two clear goals in their final Group A match on Wednesday night, the Singapore team went 2-0 up with early goals from Irfan Fandi (9th minute) and Andin Addie (18th).
Seemingly with one foot in the semi-finals, the Singapore boys defended stoutly until Eintracht Frankfurt conjured up a goal with a minute left in normal time to earn themselves a place in the final four, and leave the local side heartbroken.
All three teams in the group, which included English side Arsenal, finished the preliminary round with one win and one defeat each, but the European sides advance by virtue of having scored five goals each, while the Singapore U-16s managed three.
Frankfurt will top the group having won their penalty shoot-out against Arsenal on Monday when they met in their opening match.
Singapore fans could take heart that there was not much disparity on display, at least not in terms of physical advantage as the hosts paraded players like defenders Thaniyath Vishaal and Adam Hakeem Nazri and forwards Irfan Fandi and Amiruldin Asraf who could match their German counterparts.
Eintracht Frankfurt looked the more adventurous throughout the match although the Singaporeans were equally comfortable in defence.
The first goal came when the ball was played out to Amiruldin on the right and his cross into the six-yard box evaded the right foot of Furkan Zoba in the heart of the German defence.
From there Irfan, the son of Fandi Ahmad, needed no second invitation as he swept the bouncing ball into the German net.
Irfan, who is due back to continue his stint in the academy of the Spanish second division club Hercules CF, was a constant threat to the German defence but it was Andin Addie who scored the second goal for Singapore in the 18th minute when he latched onto a poor clearance out of the Eintracht box to put the Germans into deeper trouble.
For Eintracht, it was an evening in which they could not find their way past a resolute Singapore defence led by Hakeem, the eldest son of former skipper Nazri Nasir, and even their two-goal hero against Arsenal, Nils Herdt, was largely ineffective and his best effort of the night was a 61st minute header which was pushed away by Zarfan Rohaizad in the Singapore goal.
The young lads were living dangerously as legs began to tire and Lukas Rodwald let the host off the hook in the 73rd minute when he had an open goal but put his shot wide.
Then came his substitution, and Rodwald's replacement Marvin Diehl was to become the hero for the Germans when he ran through the Singapore defence in the 78th minute, saw the opening and his right-footed shot landed in the left hand corner of the Singapore net.
The Germans lined up a semi-final date on Friday with SC Corinthians, while Arsenal will face PSV Eindhoven.
The U-16s, meanwhile, will have to be contented with a match for the fifth placing against the Under-15 counterparts.
~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~
Victory was sweet but it was not enough for the Singapore Under-16 side to continue their journey in the 25th Canon Lion City Cup.
Needing to beat German side Eintracht Frankfurt by two clear goals in their final Group A match on Wednesday night, the Singapore team went 2-0 up with early goals from Irfan Fandi (9th minute) and Andin Addie (18th).
Seemingly with one foot in the semi-finals, the Singapore boys defended stoutly until Eintracht Frankfurt conjured up a goal with a minute left in normal time to earn themselves a place in the final four, and leave the local side heartbroken.
All three teams in the group, which included English side Arsenal, finished the preliminary round with one win and one defeat each, but the European sides advance by virtue of having scored five goals each, while the Singapore U-16s managed three.
Frankfurt will top the group having won their penalty shoot-out against Arsenal on Monday when they met in their opening match.
Singapore fans could take heart that there was not much disparity on display, at least not in terms of physical advantage as the hosts paraded players like defenders Thaniyath Vishaal and Adam Hakeem Nazri and forwards Irfan Fandi and Amiruldin Asraf who could match their German counterparts.
Eintracht Frankfurt looked the more adventurous throughout the match although the Singaporeans were equally comfortable in defence.
The first goal came when the ball was played out to Amiruldin on the right and his cross into the six-yard box evaded the right foot of Furkan Zoba in the heart of the German defence.
From there Irfan, the son of Fandi Ahmad, needed no second invitation as he swept the bouncing ball into the German net.
Irfan, who is due back to continue his stint in the academy of the Spanish second division club Hercules CF, was a constant threat to the German defence but it was Andin Addie who scored the second goal for Singapore in the 18th minute when he latched onto a poor clearance out of the Eintracht box to put the Germans into deeper trouble.
For Eintracht, it was an evening in which they could not find their way past a resolute Singapore defence led by Hakeem, the eldest son of former skipper Nazri Nasir, and even their two-goal hero against Arsenal, Nils Herdt, was largely ineffective and his best effort of the night was a 61st minute header which was pushed away by Zarfan Rohaizad in the Singapore goal.
The young lads were living dangerously as legs began to tire and Lukas Rodwald let the host off the hook in the 73rd minute when he had an open goal but put his shot wide.
Then came his substitution, and Rodwald's replacement Marvin Diehl was to become the hero for the Germans when he ran through the Singapore defence in the 78th minute, saw the opening and his right-footed shot landed in the left hand corner of the Singapore net.
The Germans lined up a semi-final date on Friday with SC Corinthians, while Arsenal will face PSV Eindhoven.
The U-16s, meanwhile, will have to be contented with a match for the fifth placing against the Under-15 counterparts.
~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~
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